This week is National Child passenger Safety Week. Crashes are the leading cause of preventable deaths and injuries in children. One main reason is because of improperly installed car seats. Its back to school time and more and more children will be riding as passengers in cars. The increased traffic means that the risk of children riding in a car goes up so we want to ensure that our family does not become part of the grim statistics.
It is best that children ride in rear facing car seats as long as possible at least until their second birthday.
It is not recommended to use any extra padding to go in the car seat as the car seat as it is in the box was crash tested.
Straps on the seat should be snug with the child and should not move less than one inch once secured.
It is recommended to purchase a new car seat or to know the crash history if you choose to purchase a used car seat. Once a car seat has been in a crash experts say it needs to be replaced
You should know what car seat and at what stage your child is in
More important information
Not sure which car seat to use or to make sure yours is properly installed get your car seat inspected. Simply search by using your zipcode
My kids are way past this stage, but this is totally going to to help a lot of new parents.
ReplyDeletethanks so much and my hopes is that it does
DeleteThis is so important child safety is something that we all need to know. Thanks for sharing =)
ReplyDeletethanks so much for the comment and I agree child safety is important and something we all need to know, pay more attention to and follow through
DeleteChild safety is so important. This is really helpful!
ReplyDeletethank you
DeleteI had no idea you could register a seat. Thanks for providing the info
ReplyDeleteI learned this several years ago when grand kids were first born
Deletegreat idea in my opinion
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I read that depending on the speed of the car wreck the car seats may not have to be replaced. I believe that was on the IHS website.
ReplyDeletewow I never heard that I was told when the kids were babies by a person who had a thrift store that they did not sale car seats for that very reason. Thank you for sharing useful information
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