no, it becomes a booster seat, check out
http://www.recaro.com/englisch/index_frames.html then go to products and then child seats for all the details but its pretty impressive. besides, its a recaro i don't know if you have any kids, but if you didn't know, you need a child seat until a kid is about 80 lbs iirc, but that varies from state to state. if my girl is interested in auto x or track days when she gets older it would be perfect for something like that. but i'm going to stop hijacking this thread from the proud father and focus attention back on that fact that he has a beautiful baby, congrats again