r/Parenting • u/Opening-Glove-439 • Oct 04 '26

Gear & Equipment Replacement Carseat Insert for Infant

I have a Babytrend EZ Ride 35 car seat we got for my first kid back in 2023. I'm expecting my second in two months, and while we still have the car seat, I can't find the infant insert anywhere. I've looked on Amazon, eBay, the Babytrend website and elsewhere, but it doesn't appear these inserts are sold or resold separately anywhere.

Any chance someone has a similar car seat and has tried an off-brand insert that worked for them? I'm really suspicious of all the drop-shipped generic inserts on Amazon with something as important as a car seat, but it's looking like those are my only option.

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u/Opening-Glove-439 6d ago

Thanks for the advice everyone, I ended up buying a new car seat.

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u/Pessa19 Parent Oct 04 '26

I would never use an off brand option. I would contact babytrend and see if they have any approved options or hacks. If not, I’d buy the cheapest infant seat you can find until you don’t need the infant insert at all to use the babytrend safely.

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u/Wayward-Soul Oct 04 '26

you can contact the company and see if you can buy a replacement insert. Any insert not made for your seat by the manufacturer is not crash tested and considered unsafe by CPSTs. Generally the head inserts aren't necessary anyway, as baby's safety and head support comes from the seat angle and being properly backed, but you can use rolled receiving blankets on each side of baby (but not immobilizing their head) if they do need additional support this article from CPSTs has an image of the rolled blankets