Introducing the newest BRITAX dealer: StrollerMama!
It is about time! Many of you know that StrollerMama is close to turning three this fall. Amy and I have grown our little seed of an idea into a blossoming stroller boutique. We’ve added products that we use and love: diaper bags, baby products and car seats. The funny thing was that all of these years, Amy and I have been driving around minivans of our own jam-packed with Britax car seats (that we didn’t sell at StrollerMama until now!). Britax is very picky about their retailers (which is the way it should be), and we finally passed the test and are now an authorized Britax retailer!
Amy and I have always told our parents how much we love our Britax car seats, even when we didn’t sell them ourselves. We are thrilled to add their quality lines of car seats to our store.
The most popular convertible seat is still the Marathon which can hold a child up to 65 lbs. The Roundabout is like the Marathon but for cars with less space in the back seat. Other models offer True Side Impact Protection and an easy turnable knob for adjusting the height of the straps (rather than uninstalling and rethreading). The Boulevard (similar in size to the Marathon) and the Diplomat (smaller in size- similar to the Roundabout) are two such models.
The most exciting thing from Britax is the release of their new “Harness-2-Booster” seat known as the Frontier. The Frontier can keep a child harnessed from two years old and 25 lbs. up to 80 lbs.! Then it converts to a booster seat that can hold a child to approximately 100 lbs. According to safety experts, keeping a child in a five point harness as long as possible is the safest way to ride.
My four and a half year old son was starting to feel “peer pressured” from his friends after riding carpool that he didn’t want to sit in his “baby seat” anymore. This is pretty common around this age. I actually had him in a regular booster but never felt great about it because he is pretty small. So, the Frontier was the perfect solution for me. I told him he was getting a new big boy booster and it had cup holders (that basically sealed the deal….) We went back to the five point harness (which was also better for me anyway because he can do the buckles himself but he could never master the seat belt) and he loves his new booster (and has no idea he went back to being harnessed!) Brilliant!
If you’re in the Cleveland area, come on by the store and check out all of the models- we have them all on display so you can compare them to one another. If you don’t live here, give us a call or shoot us an email and we can talk Britax and what is best for your family!
