Child Car Seat Security Is a Matter of Life and Death

By Frank Froggatt

The security of your infant in a car seat is a vital issue and many parents take that for granted. If you're like most people, you just think that you can go buy a really expensive car seat and buckle it up and it'll be just fine.I'm here to tell you that that just isn't quite the case. The lesson was a big wake-up call that made me look into toddler car seat safety procedures.

When my daughter turned twelve months old, I without delay turned her car seat to face forward. This is common procedure and I really didn't imagine twice about making the change. Because like most people I took car seat security for granted, I wasn't really concerned about the security like I should have been.

I just simply made the assumption that because I knew how to put the car seat in facing the rear that it wouldn't be any big deal to figure out how to put it in facing the front. Who needs directions when they have already completed the task? Evidently, I do as well as many others who take newborn are seat security less seriously than they should.

To my dismay, I found my twelve month old leaning to the middle of the seat while I was taking a sharp bend. Seeing this made my core freeze up and I pulled the vehicle over the side of the road so I could take a closer look at hooking up the car seat properly. As soon as I got home I went into the house and found the instruction book so I could double check to make sure that it was installed perfectly.

I made one little error in the set up and this led to possible disaster. I shake to believe of what could have happened because I was just too lazy to follow the directions provided for ultimate newborn car seat security. After this happened it inspired me to delve into the topic of infant car seat safety little deeper. As most research does, and led me to some findings that I really didn't know about car seat security.The first thing that took me by surprise was the fact that if at all possible the car seat needs to be hooked up in the middle seat. My son's car seat was on the passenger side in the back. I was also surprised to find out that many people don't know that the kids should always sit in the back of the vehicle.

I also discovered that stores like Babies-R-Us offer educational programs about infant car seat safety. Not only do they make available the education, but they will also hook up the car seat for you if you want them to. Learning the proper ways to lock up your seat or having a pro do it, is a great way to feel secure about your kid's security while in the car seat. - 21392

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