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Win-It Wednesday: Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat!

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!

Child Passenger Safety Week is September 19-25 this year, and it is a great time to check over your current safety seat situation and make sure your kids are secure and plan for what you will need as your children grow. With many parents not knowing the laws or the guidelines for when to move their children between rear-facing safety seats and convertible seats to booster seats and beyond, this is definitely a topic worth paying attention too and reading up on.

Research done by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has shown that risk of injury to children is reduced by 60% when a belt-positioning booster seat is used rather than seat belts alone. For instance, in my state of Ohio, as of last year, 1/6/09, the law states that children between 4 and 8 years of age need to be secured in a booster seat. This is to protect children in the case of an accident who are not yet as large as an adult, but who have outgrown their car seat.

A few features of the Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat:

  • Easy to install and use.
  • Height and width are adjustable with one hand
  • Fabric cover is removable and machine washable
  • Converts to backless booster for children 40 lbs – 100 lbs
  • “EPS” Energy Absorbing Foam provides enhanced impact protection
  • Triple side protection: head, shoulders and lumbar
  • Deep side wings support child’s head and neck while napping

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat!

To enter, tell me how long a child needs to be in a booster seat in your state. Is it six years old, seven, eight? Do they need to be both an age and a weight before moving out of a booster seat?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

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Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What are the child safety seat laws regarding booster seats are in your state?

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Prize:
(1) Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat

This giveaway ends at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, 9/9 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

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Comments

  2. Vanesa Guenther

    I would like to first say your web site is the BEST!!! I am so grateful for your work on this site..I have told soo many friends and family about you I have truly learned to save $ thanks to you!! Keep up the good work!

    In Florida children from approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4’9″ in height should ride in a booster seat.

    https://www.sheriff.org/safety/carseat.cfm

  5. Julie

    In Texas, children under the age of 8 and 4 feet 9 inches should be in a properly installed booster car seat.

  10. melissa

    In Texas…TRC § 545.412. CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEATSYSTEMS; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a passenger vehicle, transports a child who is younger than eight years of age, unless the child is taller than four feet, nine inches, and does not keep the child secured during the operation of the vehicle in a child passenger safety seat system according to the instructions of the manufacturer of the safety seat system.

  17. tiffany lee

    i think it’s some crazy age and weight requirement, like 8 years old and 80 pounds? something like that. mine’s only about 35 punds so we have a long way to go. i’d love to have this booster!

  22. nehagauri

    Florida state law requires children under age 5 to be protected with an approved and properly used child restraint device. For children under 3, Florida law requires that they be in a separate car seat or a car seat that is integrated into the vehicle. For children ages 4 and 5, a separate car seat, integrated car seat or seat belt may be used. this giveaway is creating awareness for carseat laws in different states which is good to learn, thanks

  24. Sandee

    colorado just changed their booster seat law in august. instead of staying in a booster til age 5, now its age 8. yuck. guess my 3 y/o has a ways to go.

  25. keriann

    In Maine children weighing between 40-80 lbs. and less than 8 years of age are required to be properly restrained in a child restraint

  26. Melanie Drwal

    Children MUST be secured in an appropriate child passenger restraint (safety seat or booster seat) IN THE BACK SEAT OF A VEHICLE until they are at least 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds. This is for California…would LOVE to win this…kinda in a financial bind right now after husband was shot in the back of his head while working…expecting our 2nd child with in 15 months…times are gonna be rough…but we’ll make it!

  28. Christina

    In California, you have to be at least 6 years old or 60 lbs. to remain in a carseat. I think they are trying to make it 8 years old or 80 lbs., but it hasn’t passed yet.