Parents and future parents of babies up to twelve months of age should be informed about the use of infant car seats. All babies should be restrained in infant car seats any time they travel in a car. New infant car seats are available for purchase by parents in stores or on line at a variety of prices. Some couples purchase multiple infant car seats so they one available for each vehicle the baby will be traveling in. Infant car seats are available in a variety of styles and colors. There are also styles of infant car seats that integrate the infant car seat into a stroller so that you can place a baby who is sleeping in the car seat into a stroller without waking the baby. Many infant car seats can also be fitted directly into store shopping carts in order to avoid the germs that can be found in the carts. It is very convenient to move a baby who is sleeping in an infant car seat to or from a shopping cart without having to unstrap them directly from the cart. This can save a busy parent a lot of time.