Traveling with baby in Uber

So we don’t own a car but we do have a car seat. When our baby was very young and we happened to want to get home quickly I put him in a carrier for a few rides, but since then I because very scared that it was really unsafe. So I told my husband that I won’t do it any more and if we happened to need an uber we’ll have to get the car seat with us to install it. We did it once when we were invited to a friend’s house but it was very uncomfortable and it’s a solution only if we’re going somewhere we can leave the car seat and take again when we head out (I mean, if we’re doing a day trip it’s not a good solution). So I’m interested to hear your thoughts, my husband keeps saying why not continue with the carrier since we did it in the past and I’m saying that the fact that we did something wrong doesn’t give us a pass for future times too.

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If you’re in the US, Uber will not let you in the car if you do not have a car seat for the baby

@Ciara they didn’t mind..

It’s illegal and unsafe to have a baby in a car without a car seat so I definitely wouldn’t keep doing it. Depending on where you are some cities have Ubers with car seats in them you just might need to order it ahead of time to make sure you can book one with a car seat. Other than that it’s annoyed but a necessary inconvenience to bring a car seat along. Some car seats are also strollers so that could be a better option for a day trip

@Kato it’s only in big cities unfortunately

Oh no, I didn’t realize.

I mean this with honestly no judgement to you as I know how easy it is to take a shortcut, but car seats are designed for impact in the event of a collision. If there was a crash, the car seat could take the impact and save your babies life. In a carrier, you'd potentially crush your own baby and injured them, or God forbid worse, an awful thought. Trust me we have considered a quick taxi ride but have got our own car seat and its easy enough to get them loaded in and out in it, just heavy to carry after, but worth it for that "what if" moment as we all know car crashes do happen.

It’s irresponsible parenting and extremely dangerous to put a child in a moving vehicle without a car seat

Can you get a travel system or adapters on your stroller where the car seat can click right in so that wherever you are for the day trip, your baby can stay in the seat on the stroller

I use the graco stroller where the car seat is apart of the stroller so the car seat clicks off the stroller and clicks back in the stroller. Doesn’t anyone know if they have car seats for toddlers that click in the stroller?

Ah sorry no only the infant bucket seat. I think they make travel/compact seats for toddlers though! You’d just have to check the weight limit

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