{"id":8950,"date":"2018-11-09T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T21:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:20:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:20:24","slug":"babydrive-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-kids-in-cars-in-one-handy-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/blog\/babydrive-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-kids-in-cars-in-one-handy-place\/","title":{"rendered":"BabyDrive: Everything You Wanted To Know About Kids In Cars In One Handy Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you\u2019re about to become a parent for the first time \u2013 or if you\u2019re revisiting parenthood after a long break (it happens) \u2013 then you might be wondering what sort of car is right for your new family.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a stupid question.\u00a0 Once upon a time, it might have been all right to sling the carry cot across the back seat and make the older siblings share a seatbelt and\/or ride in the boot, but you\u2019d get in major trouble if you tried that today.\u00a0 They\u2019re serious about car seats for children these days and the law says that children under the age of seven can\u2019t wear an adult seatbelt \u2013 and even then, this depends on their size and height and some children may need a booster seat until they\u2019re 12 or so.\u00a0 (As an aside, I\u2019m kind of glad that they didn\u2019t specify a particular height or weight for using a booster seat \u2013 some petite adult women, such as my 18-year-old daughter, may not meet these and who wants to sit their license while sitting in a booster seat?).<\/p>\n

Anyway, if you\u2019re a parent-to-be, you mind may be buzzing with questions about what sort of car you need to get.\u00a0 And if it isn\u2019t, it should be!\u00a0 A lot of first-time parents fall into the trap of putting a lot of thought and care into the birth plan and how they want the birth of their new baby to go.\u00a0 While this is all very well, what they don\u2019t tell you (and what I wish I had known all those years ago) is that labour and birth only last (at most) one day.\u00a0 All the other bits about parenthood and life with a small child go on for months \u2013 years!\u00a0 So if you haven\u2019t started thinking about what sort of car you need as a new parent, it\u2019s time to give it some thought.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of things to consider and it\u2019s easy to make a mistake.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that there\u2019s a possibility that you may have to put that little sporty roadster on hold for a bit and buy something more family-friendly.\u00a0 Been there, done that.\u00a0 We said goodbye to our old Morris (which would be an absolute classic and worth a mint today if we\u2019d hung onto it) because the pushchair wouldn\u2019t fit in the boot and got a Toyota sedan \u2013 which was then traded in when Child #2 came along because there was no way that anybody could sit in the front seat when there were two car seats in the back \u2013 and no room between said seats either!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been watching my brother and his wife start to go through the same series of problems.<\/p>\n

Imagine that you could find someone who could give you all the advice you need \u2013 kind of like a motor-savvy big sister who can answer all those very practical questions even better than we can here at Private Fleet (although we try our best!).\u00a0 For example, if you\u2019re expecting Child #3 and the eldest is still of an age to need a booster seat, or if you\u2019ve got twins or triplets on the way, are there any cars out there that can fit three car seats across the back?\u00a0 Which cars provide enough leg room in the rear seats so that bored toddlers don\u2019t try whiling away the time stuck in traffic kicking the driver in the kidneys?\u00a0 How do you know if the stroller will fit in the boot?<\/p>\n

Well, this sort of big sisterly advice is exactly what you\u2019ll get from a great new site that\u2019s linked with Private Fleet called BabyDrive (yes, this is a shameless plug for the site but no, I did not write it, although I wish I had, and I wish Tace the reviewer lived a bit closer than Queensland because she\u2019d probably be my new BFF).\u00a0 This is a great site that has all the answers you need to do with choosing a new vehicle that will suit your new family \u2013 yes, it even tells you which vehicles can fit five car seats comfortably and which MPVs have the easiest access to the third row of seats.\u00a0 It\u2019s the sort of thing I wish that I had on hand when I was a new parent \u2013 and I\u2019d certainly recommend it to any parent-to-be looking for a new family vehicle.\u00a0 Like we do, BabyDrive reviews vehicles, but unlike us, they do it all from a parenting perspective.\u00a0 You won\u2019t find the hot little roadsters reviewed here and the car reviews don\u2019t cover torque or fuel economy stats much.\u00a0 However, each car is rated for driver comfort (you\u2019ve got to love a review that tells you whether the headrest position works well with the typical ponytail hairstyle adopted by mums on the go!), carseat capacity, storage, safety and noise.\u00a0 The reviews include some descriptions of driving as a new mother that will give you a rueful chuckle or two \u2013 even if you, like me, have your baby days well behind you.\u00a0 It\u2019s the sort of review that we couldn\u2019t do here on Private Fleet unless I kidnapped my baby nephew.\u00a0 We\u2019ll tell you the other bits and pieces \u2013 as well as helping you score a great deal on pricing (another thing that\u2019s appreciated by not just new parents!).\u00a0 The reviews feature a video segment as well as a written review \u2013 great for those who are more visually oriented.<\/p>\n

The noise review is particularly useful, especially given the tendency these days for cars to produce all kinds of beeps as warnings.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t know about the old parenting trick of going for a wee drive to help soothe a fretful child off to sleep, you know it now!\u00a0 However, all the good soothing work of a nicely purring motor and the gentle motion of a car on the go can be undone by some wretched lane departure warning shrieking or a parking sensor bleeping, waking your baby up just as you get home.<\/p>\n

And yes, you will find some hatchbacks reviewed on BabyDrive!\u00a0 Of course, the big SUVs, MPVs and 4x4s feature heavily (and, as an extra piece of advice from a more experienced parent, these will stand you in good stead once your kids hit the school and teen years, and you have to take your turn doing the carpool run, or if you are ferrying a posse of teens to the movies or a sports match).\u00a0 However, if it\u2019s not a \u201cBabyDrive\u201d (i.e. something suitable for small children), then it won\u2019t feature!<\/p>\n

Check it out yourself at BabyDrive.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re about to become a parent for the first time \u2013 or if you\u2019re revisiting parenthood after a long break (it happens) \u2013 then you might be wondering what sort of car is right for your new family.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a stupid question.\u00a0 Once upon a time, it might have been all right to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11153,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950\/revisions\/11153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}