Couple of things - baby monitor, car seat & anchor points.

[black_rose]

ZF how old is the ute? If it's after 1990 it should have anchor points. Both of my brother's utes do, he checked jic we ever needed his help in an emergency. They will prob be hidden up on the parcel shelf and will just be holes that you add the bolt too, you can get the bolts from baby stores for a couple of dollars.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

It's a brand new Mazda BT-50, we got it in Jan this year, i told DP it should have one and he thinks it doesn't. I might GOOGLE.. lol
Are there specific rules with having car seats in utes?

ETA: Googled and a list comes up of inclusions, there is one for the single cab ute and there is just a - no X or no optional so i have no bloody idea, might have to look in there myself or call Mazda..

[krisp]

We have 2 Maxi Riders and they are fab! The laws in Vic state that the child must be an approved child restraint until they are 7 years old and the Maxi is rated to 26kg so will easily take a 7 year olds weight. My DD is 2.5 and my DS is 4.5 and they are comfy and very safe.

[~Trish~]

1. Baby Monitor - As far as I know there isn't one that can monitor two rooms (I could be wrong!). It would be confusing if it could anyway, you wouldn't know which room the sound was coming from! I just use two different monitors for my kids rooms, most come with two channels, so you can set each one to a different channel.

2. Maxi Riders - They are brilliant car seats, I love ours . You couldn't really go wrong .

3. Utes & Car Seats - Have a look in the user manual you would have gotten with your ute, it should tell you where the anchor point is if it does have an anchor point. You can get anchor points put in otherwise, but apparently it is quite expensive. There are no child restraints suitable for your DD's age that don't need to be anchored in.

HTH