Hi girls,
DP and i have been lucky enough to be given a 2ndhand car seat for our little one on the way. It a Safe n sound royale retractor (convertible) and is in great nick, no accidents, etc. came with all accs, harnesses etc but the lady had lost/misplaced the newborn insert padding that they usually come with.
we have hunted around and have been unable to find somewhere that sells the inserts, without buying a whole new car seat.
my question is, do you really need the newborn insert or can you use something else e.g. blanket to support them?
our other option is to hire a capsule fro kidsafe WA until bubs is big enough for the car seat, but were not sure how long bubs would need a capsule before they are able to lie in the rearward facing part without an insert?
please help
Have you tried emailing the company direct to see if they can help you out? They might have something in a warehouse somewhere? Might be worth a try?
The only other thing I can think of is the Tetra Tea Tree products, I think they have a head support?
Yep just checked - found them on the basically baby website, but I thought they had their own website as well? Anwyay, if you go to baby accessories, there is a baby headrest. Not sure if this would be suitable or not though?
you can pick up inserts for car seats/prams ect from babyco and baby shops like that. just try and ring them and ask instead of going all the way down there to check... hth
Ta ladies, went to baby on a budget today and they have head supports and pram inserts but said they're not suitable for car seats as they don't match the car seat safety standards, so that's out of the question.
Any idea how long baby needs the newborn insert for before they can lie in the rearward convertible car seat? Then we can just hire a capsule til then
We cannot afford to buy a capsule or new car seat just to last us a few months, we are pretty strapped!
you need the padding until 9kg in rear facing. Then you can turn to forward facing without it.
Your best bet is to email the company that makes them and ask them for one. They will help you out. I have done it before. Not the insert but a base of a cot I brought that was broken and they let me buy just that bit so I am sure that the insert would be the same
Contact the company who make Safe N Sound (they're called Britax - if you go to their website, just put a dot com dot au on the end) and ask what they can suggest. I've called Britax in the past and they have been very friendly and helpful .
Does baby really need newborn insert in car seat?
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