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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!

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  4. Sarah A

    In kansas the law is 4-7 in booster seat unless the child is over 80lbs or over 4’9″ or 8 years old

  7. debbie j

    The law in CA is that each child is required to be properly restrained in
    the back seat unless child is six years or older or weighs 60 pounds or more. I have two that will soon be moving into booster seats. This would be great.

  9. Mary Alice

    According to the Florida Highway Patrol, when children outgrow their booster seats, (usually at age 8 or when they are 4’9″ tall) they can use the adult safety belts in the back seat, if they fit properly (lap belt lies across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt fits across the chest).

  11. Michelle T

    In Kansas you have to be in a booster from 4-7 years of age unless the child is over 80lbs or over 4’9″. I’d love to win this for my daughter!!!

  12. Paula

    Indiana says kids have to be in a booster seat up to age 8. Why they use age vs pounds I have no idea. the safety factor is their size not how long they have been on planet earth. When my son was 8 he was bigger than some twelve year old kids and now that he is 12 he has friends the size of 8 year olds…. Kids grow at different rates you would think the goverment coudl see that and adjust their laws.

  13. Heidi Mc

    Missouri’s Child Restraint Law
    • Children less than 4 years old or less than 40 pounds must be in an appropriate child safety seat.
    • Children ages 4 through 7 who weigh at least 40 pounds must be in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat unless they are 80 pounds or 4’9″ tall.
    • Children 8 and over or weighing at least 80 pounds or at least 4’9” tall are required to be secured by a safety belt or buckled into an appropriate booster seat.
    Thanks for the chance to win! :)

  14. Lisa

    Tx -JUNE 1, 2010 – all children younger than 8 years old who are shorter than 4 feet, 9 inches must be properly secured in a car seat or booster seat

  15. Lindy Edwards

    In Tennessee it is 8 years old or 80lbs to get out of the booster seat. I have a 22 months old and a 6 month old so this seat would definitley come in handy!

  20. Kim

    Our laws here in MA are: Until a child reaches age 8 or a height of 4’9″ they are to remain in a booster seat.

  22. Stepheni Gilmore

    Oklahoma- must be in child restraint while 5 years and younger in a car seat or booster seat