No matter which brand or model of child car seat you have in your car, it will only perform optimally if it has been correctly installed. The Graco Nautilus 3 in 1 has a stellar record for safety, it  is manufactured by the Graco company  who have an excellent reputation for high quality child and baby equipment. Thousands of happy American  parents buy their products every month knowing that the framework on the child car seat is reinforced steel, the car seat itself exceeds every US safety standard and has undergone every crash test with flying colors.

But what many parents fail to fully comprehend is that this may not be enough to guarantee your childs safety. In an emergency the installation of the 3 in 1 car seat  or any child safety  seat is tremendously important and the  child car seat manufacturer can do nothing about the installation — that is up to you.

Many states now see this as such an important feature of CRS ( child restraint systems ) that they run classes locally, where  parents are instructed how to  correctly  install their child  car seat intially and  the ongoing checking routines. Every time you put your child in his  safety seat you should perform these checks. Oregon State ran a survey and discovered that over 80% of the child car seats that they examined were incorrectly installed so that their safety performance would have been impaired in an emergency situation.

Here are some tips on how to correctly install and check your child’s 3 in 1 car seat for complete safety.

When you first install the seat try to have two people do it. One person must push down on the child car seat to depress the vehicles  seat cushions as much as possible, whilst the other person tightens the seat belt around the child safety seat. Make certain  when you do this that you don’t catch the seat belt webbing or it will not tighten correctly.Then correct the vehicle seat into a fully upright position which will give maximum tightness on the seat belt around the child seat.

The child car seat should be positioned in the center of the back seat of the vehicle. Do not put it on the left or the right side but in the center where it is safest. It may shift over time but you should relocated it to the correct position and check it weekly if not every time you put your child in the car.

The child car seat should be solidly strapped into position and unmoving. Pull on the seat before you use it to see if it shifts in position and if it does – retighten it and recenter it if it has shifted in position. Do this every time before you put your child into it. Make sure that all the straps on the harness are completely flat and not tangled because this will impair their performance.

Always keep the manufacturers instructions in a safe place and refer to them every time you readjust the seat or reconfigure it into a booster seat or back to the carseat.

All parents have to buy a child car seat for their youngster when he outgrows the baby carseat and this is one of the most important choices that parents will make. A good choice for your child’s comfort and safety  is the Graco Nautilus 3-in-1 carseat.

The Graco Nautilus is three different carseat formats in one and will last your child from the age of about twelve months to about ten years, depending of course on the size of the child. This is an enormous time saver for parents. Children grow rapidly and the last thing you want is to have to buy another carseat when your child has a growth spurt and grows out of the car seat you bought 6 or 8 months ago. Instead you can purchase the Graco Nautilus 3-in-1 and when your child grows out of one seating configuration you can adjust it and give your child another form of seat for the next few years.

The main consideration for most young families who are considering the purchase of a carseat is the safety of their little boy or little girl. There are so many models and brands of car seat available now and they look pretty much the same in size and appearance, it is difficult to know which will provide security and safety for your child.

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Is your toddler too big for his car seat? How can you tell when it’s time to move him to a bigger seat and what kind of seat is he going to be most comfortable and safe in? It is difficult to get a straight answer to this important question it really depends on the size and weight of the individual child . A taller or more well built child will need a bigger car seat than a smaller child of the same age.   If you have a Graco Nautilus 3 in 1 car seat the high back booster seat is for kids weighing 40 to 100 pounds.
On your childs routine visits to the doctor make sure that you note down his height and weight. Compare this to the car seat manufacturers recommendations. The other way to tell is to locate the top slots for the harness in the car seat – are  your child’s shoulders higher than these slots? Or are your youngster’s ears above the top of the car seat? If so then it is time to get a bigger car seat or booster seat. If you are one of the lucky parents that  have the Graco Nautilus 3 in 1 car seat you simply pull out the instruction booklet and with a few small adjustments reconfigure the forward facing seat he has been using into a high back booster seat. In less than 30 minutes your toddler will have a comfortable safe seat with a lap belt in which he is completely secure and you will have complete peace of mind.