This one simple car seat habit could save your child's life
by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting
By Lisa Meyers Johnson
There's nothing like a good party in the car with the kids. Cue the music, roll the windows down, and sing and dance the traffic away. It?s easy and fun to make shuttling around a memorable party in the car but odds are that something's wrong with how your child's car seat is installed or being used.
Maybe you don?t have him correctly harnessed, you let him keep his jacket on underneath the belt, or perhaps you let him put on his own seat belt, straps twisted and all, because, well, you know, he?s a big boy now.
It happens every day. I recently watched a car jam session I?d taped from the passenger side of our car while my husband drove us around. The kids were singing their hearts out and I noticed the straps on my son's seat were way too low to be effective in a car accident. There he was, singing at the top of his lungs and the straps were down below his chest, closer to his waist! This is how it happens. This is how children end up severely hurt in car accidents. I?d looked at him several times during that car dance party and didn?t notice the straps until watching him on the video, days later. How did I miss this" How can I tune back in, be in the moment of checking and re-checking these belts, when so many times I?m just on autopilot" Should I leave myself a sticky note in the car to remind myself to check his car seat"
The good news is, the Automotive Safety Program at Riley Hospi...
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