2002 2-door explorer sport - help!

[wee]

we are expecting our 1st baby come june and are in the midst of researching infant car seats.

one of our cars is a 2 door explorer sport. for the life of me, i cannot locate information on what infant car seat would work best for this car.

i feel lost in this search. any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

	Infant Car Seats Infant-only rear-facing seats are for babies up to about 22 to 30 pounds, depending on the specific car seat. You will need a new seat when your child gets bigger. Infant-only seats have handles that allow you to move the seat from the car to the house or other locations. Some have a base that you can leave installed in the car, so you can just click the car seat into place each time you use it.

[MnMadhouse]

Here are some infant carriers I usually recommend. The BEST thing to do would be to head to a store and try them out.

Graco SafeSeat-- Graco: This seat will harness your child 5-30lbs and around 32" tall, so you do not have to worry about a new convertible seat for possibly some time. Graco boasts that it will hold up to 97% of 1 year olds! These do fit in the Graco strollers. It has 4 handle positions and can be in any of the 3 positions when installed in the vehicle. It is FAA Approved and you can use this carrier without the base.

Chicco Keyfit 30 (pronounced Key-Ko)-- Chicco :: gear for baby :: Car Seats :: NEW! KeyFit 30 Infant Car Seat, Race
This seat will harness your child 4-30lbs and around 30" tall. Has an infant insert that can be used from 4-11lbs. Handle must be all the way down when installed in the vehicle. It is FAA approved. You can use this carrier without the base. 3 harness slots.

Chicco Keyfit 22-- Chicco :: gear for baby :: Car Seats :: KeyFit Infant Car Seat, Explorer holds 4-22lbs and around 30" tall. I have found that if you have smaller children, this seat fits them really well. It is FAA Approved and the carrier can be used without the base. Handle must be all the way down when installed and being used in the vehicle. 3 harness slots.

Baby Trend EzFlex-Loc/Latch-Loc/Rigid Latch-Loc-- Welcome to www.Babytrend.com ::: Convenience through innovation and thoughtful design! Harnesses from 5-22lbs and up to 28.5" tall. The base is pretty narrow and the carseat is really light.

Britax Companion--http://www.britaxusa.com/products/product_detail.aspx?ID=2 Harnesses 4-22lbs and 30" tall. What I really like about this seat is that it has the anti-rebound bar on the base. What is rebound? Think of how the carseat is installed in a vehicle. The front of the carseat is toward the back of the vehicle and the back of the carseat is toward the front of the vehicle. When you are in a crash, the back of the carseat compresses into the vehicle seat, then it rebounds into the back of the vehicle seat--towards the back of the vehicle. The Anti-rebound bar STOPS the carseat from going into the back of the seat too much.

	Britax - Click for more info Britax International has been producing reliable child safety products for over 30 years. Not only does Britax have decades of experience creating car seats and other children's safety equipment, Britax has a long standing reputation as an industry leader and innovator. Britax International is headquartered in the United Kingdom, but Britax car seats are designed and manufactured at facilities in Germany, Austria, and the United States. In the summer of 2002, Britax strengthened their commitment to creating the safest car seats with the opening of a brand new, state-of-the-art crash testing facility in North Carolina. Britax car seats have a reputation around the world for being some of the safest, most reliable, and best designed child safety seats ever made.

	Convertible Car Seats Convertible seats are for infants and toddlers. The seat can be used as a rear-facing seats for younger children, and switched to a forward-facing seat on the child's first birthday if the child weighs at least 20 pounds. However, experts recommend keeping the child in a rear-facing position until he or she outgrows the weight or height allowed by the safety seat.

	Infant Car Seats Infant-only rear-facing seats are for babies up to about 22 to 30 pounds, depending on the specific car seat. You will need a new seat when your child gets bigger. Infant-only seats have handles that allow you to move the seat from the car to the house or other locations. Some have a base that you can leave installed in the car, so you can just click the car seat into place each time you use it.

	Britax Companion - Click for more info It was not a surprise when Britax - a company known for their commitment to safety - came out with an infant seat that raises the bar in overall child safety with side impact protection. The Britax Companion infant seat was considered a safety revolution when it came out, and has only gotten better since. Needless to say, the design of the rear-facing Companion Infant Seat is pretty flawless. Plus, the in-car base makes it really easy to transport your child from your car to your house without waking them up.

	Chicco - Click for more info Chicco makes car seats that are tested for safety and comfort. Italian-made Chicco is sold the world over to discerning parents everywhere, mainly because they are thorough with their design but each children’s product they sell is simple to use and stylish. All of Chicco’s car seats have certain universal elements: they’re lightweight, they are easy to install or use, each have the extra perks like canopies or liquid levelers for added convenience. Take a look and you’ll find an up-and-coming competitor for some of the best car seats on the market.

	Chicco Key Fit - Click for more info The new and improved Chicco KeyFit infant car seat (dubbed the Chicco KeyFit 30 thanks to its enhanced-to-30 lbs harness) has the same great features of the original KeyFit, but with a higher harness weight capacity. It is recommended that a child stay in a rear facing car seat for at least the first year of his or her life, and this infant seat from Chicco assures that your child will.

	Graco - Click for more info Graco is one of the world's best known and most trusted juvenile products companies. They started the entire juvenile products industry with an invention called the Graco Swyngomatic. Since then they have invented products that have changed the way that parents travel with their children such as the travel system, which has made it so parents can lock an infant car seat into a stroller easily, without waking their sleeping baby. Their Graco SnugRide Infant Car Seat is pretty much synonymous with the term “infant car seat” because of its safety and design features coupled with its affordability. Today Graco continues designing and developing top-quality products that inspire parents and keeps children safe. Check out the new Infant Safe Seat Step 1 and Toddler Safe Seat Step 2 for proof of Graco’s continued commitment to child safety.

	Graco Safe Seat Step 1 - Click for more info The Graco Safe Seat (Step 1)—if you couldn't gather from the name— is intended to be the first of a three-seat process. The Step 1 is for infants in a rear-facing position; the Step 2 is for bigger, older kids in the forward-position; the Step 3 is a belt-positioning booster seat without the safety harness of the previous two.

	LATCH LATCH stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren. It is a system mandated by the Federal government in an effort to standardize and simplify the installation of child restraints without using the vehicle's seat belt system. New vehicles and child safety seats manufactured on and after September 1, 2002 will be equipped with the LATCH system. Cars, minivans, and light trucks will be required to have anchor points between the vehicle's seat cushion and the seat back in at least two rear seating positions, and a top tether anchor (with the exception of convertibles). Child safety seats will have a lower set of attachments that fasten to the vehicle anchors. Most forward-facing child safety seats will also have a top strap (tether) that attaches to the top anchor in the vehicle.