Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40: Best Car Seat — Like — EVER

When Aaron and I started planning a family, we knew there would be items that we’d need. Luckily, we still had Miss Sassy Pants’s car seat from six years earlier up in the attic. We dusted it off, and the Animal was good to go. Then, someone told us about car seat expiration dates, and we were mentally and literally slapping ourselves in the forehead. Wouldn’t you know that the car seat we had our brand new baby in had expired!?

That prompted us to buy a new car seat for the Animal that would fit him up to 65 lbs. He was already 6 months old, so he didn’t need the infant carrier any longer. We assumed that with next baby, all we’d have to do is buy a new carrier. The up-to-65 lbs could go to baby #3 and the Animal could get a new booster seat. Easy enough.

But, phew! That’s a LOT of car seats. As parents of young children, all of us are stuck buying so many things for all the different stages.

Enter the Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40. I’m dubbing it the “Best Car Seat — Like — Ever.” First, take a gander:

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of attending a private Graco Home Party with #GracoSafety. Not only did I get to meet several local bloggers and connect with them, but I also had the chance to learn about the Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40.

Our host taught us about the seat.

We had the chance to check it out for ourselves:

 

Then, let me woo you with its awesome features:

• It is built so that newborn to 2-year old can sit in it. That means 4 lbs to 40 lbs. That’s 2 entire years of safety in ONE car seat. Unheard of, literally, as the Graco Snug Ride Click Connect 40 is the first of its kind.
• It allows baby/toddler to sit rear-facing for those full 2 years. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies up to age 2 sit rear-facing. This improves their safety by 5 times. 5 TIMES!
• The base adjusts to 8 different recline positions with a very simple button push. It provides the most leg room of any car seat on the market!
• It starts as a carrier for your infant and can be adjusted — easily — to be suitable for your toddler.
• There is a really handy foot rest that comes out of the bottom of the seat. I love that the back of my seat will no longer be covered in mud and muck!

I had so much fun at the #GracoSaftey event, and I hope I have more opportunities to participate in the future! You can find the Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40 exclusively at Babies-R-Us.

 

The Graco SnugRide® Click Connect™ 40 – the first and only newborn to two-year infant car seat that actually grows with your baby from four pounds all the way up to 40 pounds. The car seat is designed for a parent on the go. The infant car seat can be easily removed from the base and used as a carrier when the infant is small, providing portability and convenience so you can easily move your infant in and out of the car without disturbing them.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently made the recommendation to keep all children in rear-facing car seats until the age of 2. Graco set out to make this product so parents can keep infants rear facing longer while still keeping them comfortable.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Graco. The opinions and text are all mine.