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Win-It Wednesday: Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster Seat!

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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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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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Comments

  1. janice

    I live in PA and here, kids under age 4 ride in a federally approved car seat ot booster that is appropriate for the child’s age, height and weight. Children ages 4 to 8 must use a booster seat if they are no longer in a car seat.

  2. Tammy L

    In KY children have to be 7 yrs old and 42 inches tall before they can use a regular seat belt without the booster seat!!

  7. leah

    TX law – Starting June 1, 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.

  11. Nicole C

    Honestly, I’m not 100% sure about booster seat laws in my state, but I need to find out soon because my daughter only has a few more pounds to gain before she can switch to one. I do know, however, that they are required to be in a booster until 8 years old!

  15. Jodi Hill

    Iowa law requires that babies under one year of age and weighing less than 20 pounds be secured in a rear-facing car seat. The law further requires that children under age 6 be secured in an appropriate car seat or booster seat, not a seat belt alone. Iowa law also requires that children over age 6 but under age 11 be secured in a booster seat or seat belt

  19. Samantha

    Well it looks like in NH a child has to be in some type of car seat/ booster til they are 6. I really need a booster BAD for my son!

  26. Erica

    They just sent home a brochure on this the other day from the school. Our law is 4’9″ and 100 lbs which knowing my girls will be when they are teenagers! :)

  28. Ash

    As of Oct. 7, 2009,* Ohio’s children are required to use belt-positioning booster seats once they outgrow their child safety seats (usually at 4 years old and 40 pounds) until they are 8 years old, unless they are at least 4 feet, 9 inches (57 inches) tall.