About CarSeatData.org
In the fall of 2006, Toby McAdams decided to hand the reigns of CarSeatData.org to Bradley Sorock, co-founder of Niche Retail, LLC. Bradley and his staff are dedicated to continuing the outstanding legacy of public service that Toby established, and will be performing incremental changes to CarSeatData.org over the coming year by enhancing the look and navigation of this exceptionally valuable public resource.
Brad had this to say about Toby’s decision to pass this responsibility on to his company:
In the ongoing mission to provide parents with comprehensive research on all facets of car seat safety, comfort, and prices, we came across CarSeatData.org. I had been aware of this site for some time, and often linked to it from EliteCarSeats as a highly valuable source for parents in search of the seat that would best fit their needs, based on their child, their budget, their car, and the ultimate concern: safety. Toby has put so much of herself into this site. She gave away an untold number of hours in her busy life to build one of the most comprehensive resources of Car Seat Data for parents on the internet today. Her work has proven to be invaluable, and it is my intention to improve and build on all the excellent work she has already put forth.
"Toby now has a day job, and her two children have outgrown the need for carseats. With enthusiasm and a warm heart, I met with Toby several times to discuss what my organization could do to take CarSeatData.org to the next level. Toby expressed her desire to pass the torch to someone that could step up and realize this incredibly valuable website's potential. Since taking the reigns we have stayed in close consultation with Toby, and will continue to do so until the final changes are in place. Her years of experience and deep wisdom concerning car seats and car seat safety are without equal, and Toby will remain a valued consultant. The goal of our organization is to build on Toby’s legacy in every way possible and provide parents with objective, educational resources addressing every aspect children's travel safety."
About Toby McAdams
"I live in Minneapolis, MN. I'm mom to two children, Claire and Adam. I've been interested in child passenger safety since Claire was small, but after Adam was born, I really ran into trouble. When he outgrew his infant seat in spring of 1999, I could not get our convertibles to fit rear facing in our cars. It turns out, of course, that Claire's old convertible did NOT fit in our car rear facing (I turned her forward facing at 4 1/2 months when she got to 20 pounds, a major safety no-no, but I didn't know about extended rear facing then). My journey to find a car seat that DID fit well led me to get training as a cps tech and made me think that someone should have a listing of which car seats fit well in which cars. Since I also participated in several on-line car seat bulletin boards (ParentsPlace carseat board and Baby Bargains carseat board), I had access to enough parents and cps techs that I decide to do it myself!. The database has been growing, and I've been learning more every day since then."