Ever taxi'd with your tot?

[samanthamkm]

You might be able to have the taxi bring a car seat.

[auberge]

Most states are exempt from carseat law in taxis except Cali

Is he big enough for booster seat yet?

[brooklyn]

Do you have Uber in your area? Uber Family comes with car seats.

[Deleted]

Uber has an option to get a car with a car seat. Google to see if it's an option for you.

Any public transport options?

Staying sober definitely isn't the right answer!  

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Sept 26, 2014 20:17:13 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Sept 26, 2014 20:08:01 GMT -5 auberge said:

Most states are exempt from carseat law in taxis except Cali

Is he big enough for booster seat yet?

What's age for booster? Or size? He's a kinda big 2.65 year old

You're very precise with his age  

[auberge]

Sept 26, 2014 20:17:13 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Sept 26, 2014 20:08:01 GMT -5 auberge said:

Most states are exempt from carseat law in taxis except Cali

Is he big enough for booster seat yet?

What's age for booster? Or size? He's a kinda big 2.65 year old

@wandering and brooklyn thanks I didn't know about family uber!

Not sure if it's age and weight. I think 40lbs. He's prob not big enough. I just thought that it would be easier.

[frlcb]

I've also done many taxis without car seats. I think uber family is only in certain cities still - NYC, DC.

[lindsaymg]

I was going to recommend uber for the car seat as well.

[origami]

We take taxis all the time and never use a car seat. There is no taxi here that would wait for us to install 2 car seats. Neither would I ever lug around 2 convertibles. Never thought I would be doing this, but that's what everyone does here so we just assimilated into that crazy unsafe practice.

[rupertpenny]

Sept 27, 2014 2:41:43 GMT -5 origami said:

We take taxis all the time and never use a car seat. There is no taxi here that would wait for us to install 2 car seats. Neither would I ever lug around 2 convertibles. Never thought I would be doing this, but that's what everyone does here so we just assimilated into that crazy unsafe practice.

This is us too. I do avoid taking a taxi as much as possible but it happens about once a month, usually if I'm carrying too much stuff to manage in the bus.

[thejen626]

Eh, we took a taxi with no car seat when we were in Disneyland. It was about a 5 minute drive to the hotel. DD was 2.55 (lol) years old and average sized.

[Deleted]

I'd look for a "safe ride" service, too. I live in the middle of nowhere and we have that.

[ellipses84]

You can put your own car seat in a taxi. We've done that, but be prepared to do it quickly and I recommend using the seat belt method.

Last time I flew alone with DS I didn't feel like dragging our car seat along. We got dropped off at the airport and had a car seat at our destination. Our return flight got back really late and I didn't want to ask for a ride, thinking I'd just take a cab 10 minutes to my car. Then it dawned on me I had no car seat. I spent our layover calling SoCal cab companies and wrangling a toddler. All I got was that CA law says they have to have a car seat and no taxi companies have car seats. They said it was up to the driver if they'd let you ride and some said they didn't really follow the car seat law :/ I couldn't find any clear exception for taxis. Luckily a friend got my message and showed up at the airport because I had no idea what I was doing to do.

[jeaniebueller]

I have rode in taxis and not used a car seat. It's not ideal, but I wasn't schlepping a car seat all around Chicago while we sightseed