Car seat safety is of highest importance when you travel with your infant or kid in your car. Avoid these 5 common mistakes while installing and using car seats.
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While traveling with your kids in a car, it’s important you secure them properly in a car seat. There are plenty of car seats available now in India. Buying car seats are not enough, installing them properly is as important for safety. Installing car seats are easy – make sure you read the manual that comes along with the product, properly. Take care of car seat safety and avoid these common mistakes while installing it
Car Seat Safety: Avoid 5 common mistakes while installing Car Seat
 
Not choosing the correct Car Seat
There are various kinds of car seats available in the market and you should get one depending on baby’s age. An infant car seat is a rear-facing reclining seat which a child can use since birth till he’s a year old. Some seats are convertible – they can be turned and used as regular car seat once your child is in the toddler phase. Get a convertible or 3-in1 seat so that you can use that for longer.
Installing the car seat at front seat
The correct place for a baby’s car seat in the rear seat. Never place the car seat in the front seat next to the driver’s seat. The rear seat is away from the active airbags. An active airbag that inflates during a car crash can seriously injure a child’s head. The best place is the center of the rear seat away from both the doors and windows.
Not fixing the car seat with seat belts
Car seats are not mere seats for your kids, they are built with the purpose of providing safety and protection while they travel in a car. Fix the seat with the seat belts in the car’s rear seat. Cars.com talks about the Latch System while installing car seats.
Reclining child at incorrect angle
For infants, a rear-facing position is best. Recline the car seat according to the instructions in the manual. Babies must travel in a semi-reclined position to keep their airways open all the time. Some car seats come with indicators that help in adjusting the angle. The Graco car seat that I use for my child, comes with such an indicator.
Not taking off heavy outer clothing while placing baby
The sturdy harness of the car seat secures the baby in the seat properly. Many parents don’t remove the heavy outer clothing of a baby before placing them on the seat. These heavy other clothing like blanket wraps, heavy jackets prevent the harness from being snuggly fitting on the baby.
17 comments
Very useful tips Tina. Car Seat is for our child’s safety and if we overlook these points, then we are no where helping our own child. We have convertible car seat and yes, it was a one time buy.
Those are really some useful and practical tips. We often forget about the basics and this might hinder overall safety!
Car seat safety is as important a measure as any other part of it. Alignment dysfunctions can bring bad backaches or pains and also injury. Very well covered post Tina.
Useful tips especially for new parents.
Thanks for these great tips ..Forwarding these to a cousin who recently bought a car seat for his son..
Useful tips for new mothers who would be looking out to buy car seat.
Car safety is important for kids. I am sure many don’t know about these tips. These are some helpful tips for parents to follow.
Loved these guidelines. Manufacturers should also consider putting these on the product. Thanks.
Car seat for baby is very important if you want to be careful while drivinh with kuds.very useful
These are some wonderful thoughts that nuclear family with kids need. I personally have this in my car and find it very useful & keeps my kid safe 🙂
These tips would definitely make car seat installation easy and makes. And this becomes must have accessory’s while traveling with kids
Very useful tips Tina. Sadly, we didn’t buy one for our baby. And now I feel it’s too late as she is used to sitting on our laps.but yeah, this is one advice I always give to any moms to be near me. Car seats are a must buy.
Car seats are not compulsory in India, hence not many parents research much about it before buying! I like the detailed.post that will be helpful for.new parents.
This is the real important topic for all new moms. Reclining the baby at a wrong angle may irritate the child. And also strapping the baby seat with the seat belt of the car is crucial.
This is such an important aspect which sadly many people in india tend to ignore. Car seats and their correct usage – the awareness of this needs to be more widespread. Im going to share this post.
Having a car seat is important when travelling with kids. Important to set it up at the back seat and use seatbelts all the time when the child is in the car seat.
I’m definitely a person who believes in using a car seat for my little ones. However many cat seat manufacturers fail to put appropriate instructions on how to fix a car seat.I see many families riding with their young ones in the front passenger seat which is so scary.This is indeed an important post and I hope many get to read it.