Height and Weight Limits:
This child restraint is designed for use only by children whose:
- Weight is between 5 and 40 pounds (2.3 and 18 kg) and,
- Height is between 19 and 40 inches (48 and 102 cm).
Infants With Special Needs
A preterm infant or low birth weight infant may be at special risk traveling reclined in a vehicle or aircraft.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, these infants may be at increased risk of suffering
breathing or other difficulties if improperly reclined or positioned in a car seat.
Have your physician or hospital staff evaluate your infant in this car seat before you and your infant
leave the hospital. If your infant is not able to travel in a reclined position, DO NOT use this car seat.
Use a car bed for your infant.
Section 6 - Use Recommendations
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• All children less than one year old and 20 lbs. (9 kg) must use this car seat rear-facing.
Serious crippling injury or death can result if infant faces front of vehicle.
WARNING -
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur
• To avoid injuries from whiplash, top of child’s ears must be below top edge
of car seat.
• Child’s shoulders MUST not be above top harness slots when
forward-facing.
WARNING -
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur
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Rear-facing Use: 5 to 33 lbs. (2.3 to 15 kg)
• All infants less than one year old and 20 lbs. (9 kg) MUST be
rear-facing
.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends keeping children over
1 year of age rear-facing as long as possible.
• Infants 20 to 33 lbs. (9 to 15 kg) and up to 36 inches (91 cm) tall can
continue to use car seat rear-facing.
• Infant seat insert MUST be used for rear-facing use for infants
up to 25 lbs. (11.4 kg).
Forward-facing Use: 20 to 40 lbs. (9 to 18 kg)
• Toddlers 20 to 33 lbs. (9 to 15 kg), over one year of age, and who are capable
of sitting upright unassisted may be forward-facing. If unable to sit unassisted,
use rear-facing.
• Toddlers 33 to 40 lbs. (15 to 18 kg) and up to 40 inches (102 cm) tall MUST be
forward-facing.
• Infant seat insert MUST be used for forward-facing use for children less than
25 lbs. (11.4 kg) and whose shoulders are at or below top harness slots.
