Choosing the right car seat

Choosing a car seat for your child can be challenging, but at Kiddies Kingdom, you can rest assured that you’ll find the perfect car seat for every age, stage and budget – as well as all of the adaptors, bases, and travel accessories you need. Keep your little one safe whilst on the road with our range of car seats from brands with the highest standards in car seat engineering like Doona, Joie and Maxi Cosi.

You have a choice between two regulation types of car seats. The latest regulation is R129 which categorises car seats based on your child's height and goes through more rigorous testing. R44 regulation car seats are still legal and considered safe but they use your child's weight to determine the car seat groups. Car seat groups tell you at what age the seat is suitable for.

Navigating from birth to 12 years old

To start, group 0 car seats are lightweight and often compatible with travel systems. These are usually called infant carriers and are suitable from birth. Other car seat groups include group 0+/1, which is suitable from birth to around 4 years old, or group 2/3 car seat which is ideal from around 3 years old to 12.  If you don't want to change your car seat every time your baby outgrows it, choose a car seat from group 0+/1/2/3 that adjusts with your child, taking them from birth all the way up to 12 years old. Whichever car seat you choose, always make sure you check the safety requirements.

Rear-facing and side impact features

Thanks to advancements in research and technology, there are more child car seat safety features than ever to pick from! Children under the age of 15 months must sit in rear-facing car seats for maximum protection, whilst enhancements in side impact protection keep little ones shielded from every angle.

Quick and easy child car seat installation

If your vehicle is ISOFIX compatible, we have plenty of ISOFIX bases for a quick and easy way to ensure your child’s car seat is fitted securely. ISOFIX not only reduces the risk of fitting your child's car seat into a vehicle incorrectly by using colour indicators but they also make clipping your little one in and out of the vehicle quick and easy, too.

Modern comfort and safety

Car seats have evolved into the modern day and now have more features than ever to keep your precious passengers safe and to help parents when travelling with a baby. Some car seats, like the Maxi Cosi Pearl 360, when used with a compatible rotating base, can fully rotate 360 degrees, making putting your child in, getting them out and switching them from rear to forward-facing a breeze. As well as 360 rotation, some car seats offer additional comfort features such as multiple reclining positions like the Joie i-Spin 360 car seat.

Explore trusted brands like Silver Cross and egg for safety and style

We have a vast selection of car seats on our website, each from reputable brands that put safety first. Other top-named brands such as Silver Cross and egg have a stunning range of car seats to choose from, some suitable from birth and compatible with their pushchairs and strollers.