Thanks for all the replies. I will check out the seats mentioned.
The rear facing/forward facing thing is a huge debate, and sorry it wasn't really one I wanted to start here. I don't know why in the UK we're encouraged to make them forward facing. In most countries, they are encouraged to keep them rear facing for as long as possible, and car seats are made that way. In Scandinavia, most kids are rear facing till 4 years old or so. This is because in the event of impact, rear facing is much much safer. Even in childhood, rather than babyhood, spines and necks are not as developed. But actually even for adults rear facing seats are safer - except that the driver needs to see where they are going obviously!
I have a travel seat (sitn'tstroll) that does not seem safe with just seatbelts, but has fitttings for LATCH (which I think is the same as ISOFIX?). Has anyone retrofitted? I'd prefer to get a better car seat eventually, but before we can do that, need to get home from airport and then shop!
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