It’s Child Passenger Safety week and our friends at Safety 1st are helping get the word out!!! I posted earlier about how to check if your child is in the right seat AND where to check your seat’s installation! Now I am sharing with you from Safety 1st about different options of actual car seats! I know when I first had my son Derek I was so overwhelmed about what was the BEST or the TYPE of carseat to buy. I was so unsure and worried that I even once emailed The CarSeat Lady!! She had great tips and I highly suggest checking out her site!! When our kids are in the car we are carrying around VERY precious cargo!! It is SO IMPORTANT that you use your seat properly AND today the wonderful people at Safety 1st are offering tips on carseat safety
Photo courtesy of safercar.gov
Car Seat Safety Tips
Importance of Rear Facing
In March of 2011 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated their car seat recommendations advising that children should remain rear facing until the age of two. According to a study in the Journal of Injury Prevention children under the age of two are 75% less likely to die or be severely injured in the event of a car crash if they are rear facing. When a child is rear facing their head, neck and spine are better supported and in the event of an accident, crash forces are distributed over the child’s entire body.
Location
Typically the center rear seat is the safest place for a car seat, and never install a car seat in the front seat. If your car does not have a latch connector for the middle seat, you can use the middle seat belt to properly secure the base. When installing, make sure the base of the car seat moves no more than an inch from side to side. An easy way to test this is to hold at the belt path.
Car Seat Expiration
Car seats do have an expiration date, it is recommended that car seats be replaced every 5-8 years, or immediately after a crash. The reason for an expiration date is because plastic can warp and materials can fray, which can make car seats not as effective in the event of a crash. Additionally car seat technology and state and federal car seat regulations change over time. Important warning labels may wear out and instruction books may get lost, which can lead to improper use of the car seat.
Safeguard the Car
Childproof the inside of the car and eliminate projectiles. Anything in the car that is not secured is a possible projectile – even a child’s toy, or a water bottle. In a crash, objects take on greater weight due to crash forces.
Different Seats for Different Ages
Child Safety Seats by Safety 1st
Air Protect + combines the advanced protection of the Air Protect® cushion system with patented GCell HX™ foam designed with hexagonal shapes for superior protection around the torso. TOGETHER they provide full body side impact protection.
For children from 5-65 pounds. In addition to Air Protect +, the Advance 65 Air + uses a steel-reinforced metal frame for extra stability and includes a 4-position recline for an optimal fit to your vehicle. We’ve also included color-coded belt paths and installation labels to help you install it quickly and correctly.
Forward-facing: 22-40 pounds with Belt-positioning at 40-100 pound. Fully loaded with ease-of-use features that parents will appreciate: Like the 4-position QuickFit™ headrest which adjusts without the need for rethreading and a 5-point safety harness with Center Front Adjust.
A new category for car seats. The goal for Safety 1st is to help educate parents that any child under 4’9” (57”) in height should still be in a belt positioning seat. The Incognito blends into the car and prevents slouching to ensure comfortable and proper positioning of the seat belt. The introduction of this seat has helped to extending child restraints to accommodate children 60 to 120 lbs. and up to 60 inches.
In order to help promote Child Passenger Saftey Week I am giving away a Safety 1st Advanced SE 65 Air + Convertible Car Seat – St. Germain
The Advance 65 Air+ Convertible Car Seat features Air Protect + to keep children from 5-65 pounds safer in the car. Air Protect + combines the advanced protection of the Air Protect® cushion system with patented GCell HX™ foam designed with hexagonal shapes for superior protection around the torso. TOGETHER they provide full body side impact protection.
In addition to Air Protect +, the Advance 65 Air + uses a steel-reinforced metal frame for extra stability and includes a 4-position recline for an optimal fit to your vehicle. We’ve also included color-coded belt paths and installation labels to help you install it quickly and correctly, which means less time getting it into your car and more time to enjoy the ride.
- Super-extended weight range
- Rear-facing 5-40 pounds
- Forward-facing 22-65 pounds
- Featuring Air Protect +
- Air Protect® advanced cushion system protects your child’s head, where it’s needed most
- GCell HX™ patented foam with hexagonal shapes inside the seat provides superior body protection
- TOGETHER they provide full body side impact protection
- Easy to identify color-coded belt paths and installation labels
- Steel reinforced metal frame
- 10-position headrest grows with your child
- No re-thread harness
- 4-position recline for optimal fit to your car
- LATCH equipped
- Integrated cup holder
- Meets or exceeds Federal and ASTM Safety Standards
My day is awesome this is my first day off in 13 days
Hooray for days off!!!
Ok! Too busy around here and the poor dog is still grumpy from surgery.
poor puppy!!!
Very relaxing! On maternity leave now….
Today is WONDERFUL! It is my daughter’s 6th birthday!! When I’m not crying over where the time has gone, I am celebrating with her! She’s currently at school and I can’t wait to pick her up and hear how her day was! 🙂
My day is nice. I’ve been working out (lifting) so my arms are on fire today! It’s making it hard for me to do my chores, but what a great excuse to be lazy uh? My husband is going away for a week and I am doing my happy dance, don’t care if my arms hurt while dancing. I feel so much more productive when he is not around lol! Don’t tell him though! Anyways, yeah, my day is going smoothly… I wanna go take a 24 hour nap now 🙂 k? bye 🙂
I’be had better, I’ve had worse. Was going well until my 3 year old woke up her brother from nap. Now, he only slept a short while, was already being a monster b/c it had been a long weekend, and I have to wake her up from nap now soon because dance class starts today at 4:30, so I’m sure this will be super fun today. I picked that time for her class b/c she is usually up at least an hour before that. And to top it off, I’m just crabby b/c my 3 year old wanted to screw off for over 2 hours in the middle of the night so I’m exhausted and so is she. Here’s to hoping the rest of the day goes better than I expect!
It’s going great! Both my girls have napped great so I am getting a lot of cleaning done!
Pretty good, the babies slept well last night and I got some stuff done today! #itsthelittlethings
very busy
Babies are tough!
I’m Having A Great Day! Got Lot’s Of Thing’s Checked Off My To Do List!
It’s Monday! Need I say more??
The day has been pretty good, my kids all of colds but are in good spirits carrot cake muffins are in the oven and bed time is soon 🙂
Great giveaway!
Great giveaway
My day is EH. My shoulders hurt.
Very relaxing, cuddling with my sick baby girl!!
My day went well, I went walking and got work around the house done.
Busy Busy! 🙂
CRAZY!! Haha we had a yard full of stray mini horses and donkeys for about 4 hours. Had to have police come and get them, and they had to close our road for about an hour so they could round them up!! Total craziness
My day is wonderful now that all of my cranky over tired kids are in bed and I can concentrate!
not sure if the other comment went through kept getting a duplicate message.
Day went good, cranky kids in bed,
My day was tiring, ready to go to bed:)
My day has been great because I was able to cross a lot off my to-do list while enjoying the beautiful weather.
So far, so good 🙂 Getting ready to pack my hubby lunch for work, then have some more coffee and it time to wake up my daughter for school. Thank you for asking 🙂
My day was so busy with my first baby but I love it 🙂
Thank You for the great giveaway
My day is fantastic!
My day is going great so far!
My day is rainy, but that ok, I’m pretty busy getting work done.
I feel blessed.
My day is so so, a child getting over croup is making for a rough morning… here’s to sunshine and the day getting better 🙂
So far, it has been good. My youngest son has been very helpful and cooperative.
my day is going pretty well so far! busy but not too busy!
My day is pretty good so far. thank you for asking!
I love all of the fantastic safety features of the carseat! My day was very busy but I go several things accomplished so it was good.
been a busy but productive day, would be better except one kiddo is feeling sick 🙁
thanks for asking – my day has been great! I hope yours is too!!
today is great!! loving it, but ready for bed 🙂
My day is wonderful…..another day closer to being a first time grandma and I can’t wait!!!!!
Very stormy! So today is filled with movies and snuggles 🙂
It would be even better if I won this car seat!
I’m sick 🙁
very stressful right now 🙁
My day has been slow and easy,. It’s been great!
Would be a great replacement for an expiring MyRide!
We have been having a heat wave so its been unbearable but today was a little cooler
It’s only 7:30 AM so I’m not sure yet but the weathers nice and I got all the kids to school. So far so good!
Pretty good all in all! Oldest in school (Kindergarten) and younger two actually playing nice ha ha While I get to enjoy my cup of tea and enter some giveaways 🙂
My day is going to be wonderful! Started off with a big cup of coffee and 3 little smiling faces. The two older kids are off of 1st grade and preschool today, and since my husband is off at 10:30am on Fridays, we are going to have Family Friday with all 5 of us!
My day started with a wee sleep in because the baby (still in utero) decided to be calm!! Yay!! It’s a gloomy rainy day – so glad I got some rest 🙂
I am just tired, after working all day. Thanks for asking.
My day is going great !! Thank you 🙂
My day has been pretty good, I can’t really complain.
My old son vomited orange smoothie all over me so not as well as it could be 😉
My day is going well. So far it is a pretty relaxed day. I haven’t had time to relax in weeks.
Great! Whole fam spending time! nice!
I had a wonderful day! The weather here is awesome and I am just soaking it in preparing for the winter!
I had a wonderful day with my family! Thanks for asking. I hope you had a great day as well 🙂