# Buying stuff for the baby before or after birth.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-stuff-for-the-baby-before-or-after-birth/552803>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-stuff-for-the-baby-before-or-after-birth/552803 "2010-09-06T15:29:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-stuff-for-the-baby-before-or-after-birth/552803/41 "2010-09-08T09:22:31Z")

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> [@JerseyFrank](#):
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> \<nitpick\> You’re _allowed_ to leave with the baby any time you like, with or without a car seat. \</nitpick\>

Okay, yeah, legally they can’t stop you. But they can make checking out a royal pain in the ass if you don’t have one.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-stuff-for-the-baby-before-or-after-birth/552803/42 "2010-09-08T10:07:33Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> > [@JerseyFrank](#):
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> > \<nitpick\> You’re _allowed_ to leave with the baby any time you like, with or without a car seat. \</nitpick\>
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> Okay, yeah, legally they can’t stop you. But they can make checking out a royal pain in the ass if you don’t have one.

Right, I bet there are a lot babies in NYC that never see a car seat… but they’ll probaby call the cops if you try to leave in a car with an unsecured 1 day old infant.

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