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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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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

  3. Amanda Dean

    California state law requires children to ride in a federally approved baby car seat or child booster seat until they are at least 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds.

  4. Deborah

    If the child is under 8 years old but is taller than 4’9″, the child may ride in a seat belt according to West Virginia law.

  5. Shirley Carr

    In Tennessee the child must be ages 4 thru 8 and height 4 ft. 9 inches. I happen to have my Tennessee Drivers book handy. Just took my son for his permit!

  9. Kathleen Dudzik

    In Illinois, it’s measured by weight and height. I called the local police and asked them. The officer told me that the safest time to let them sit without a booster seat is when the crack of their butt is against the crack of the seat and their feet are flat on the floor.

  12. Sharon

    Here is a bit of MIssouri’s law: Children ages 4 through 7 who weigh more than 40 pounds but less than 80 pounds or are not at least 4’9″ tall must ride in an appropriate child car seat or booster seat.

  18. Kandace

    In KY, children, who are under seven years of age and between 40 and 50 inches tall, must be in a booster seat.

  19. Jill

    Illinois Law doesn’t go by weight, for reasons that won’t fit in this comment, but here is the law:
    “Illinois law requires all children to be properly restrained in a child safety seat or booster seat until age eight. After age eight, Illinois law requires everyone under the age of 19 to be properly restrained anywhere in the vehicle.”
    For more info, got to: https://www.buckleupillinois.org/illaw.html

  22. Christine

    I’m in Ohio too so the law states

    “states that children between 4 and 8 years of age need to be secured in a booster seat.”

    domesticprncs at gmail dot com

  26. Lisa

    In Fl, Children aged 4-7 and weighing approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4’9″ in height should ride in a booster seat.