Guess who is poised at a bigger hazard and threat to his or her life and injury in car crashes? If you said infant, you guessed right. The reason for this is because the ligaments in their body especially those that provide support on the neck are not that tough yet compared to an adult’s. Furthermore, their neck bones are yielding and their heads are still delicate. And that is the very reason why a baby car seat is imperative in infants whenever they are riding a vehicle. But nevertheless, using a baby booster seat is not enough. Based on statistics gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, if an infant seat is installed properly, it greatly trims down the baby’s risk of death by more than seventy percent.
It would be safe not to put the baby’s car seat in the front seat of the car due to the fact that there is a huge probability that the baby may be critically injured if the passenger side airbag pops out during an accident. A place out of harm’s way for the baby car seat would be in the rear-facing car seat because this specific spot sustains the baby’s spine and neck, the baby’s upper body, and also the head for it stretches crash shock across the whole of the back. And this position is advisable to maintain until the baby gets a year old or twenty pounds in weight.
The baby car seat is useless without ample support from a harness. And the best booster seat harness in circulation is the five-point harness. The harness is named that way because it is designed with two straps that lock the hips, two straps that secure the shoulders, and it is locked between the legs. To be sure that the harness is tight enough, try to pull the straps on the baby’s shoulders and if you cannot, the harness is set.
The harness straps are not to be left twisted, make sure that it is flat on then baby’s body. The harness is designed to have slots so that you can adjust the tautness as the baby gets older. Nowadays, there are more than a thousand models available in the market, and it would be advisable to read the instructions on the manual carefully before you attempt to set up a baby car seat in your vehicle.
When installing the baby seat onto the car, the common mistake of parents is that they mount it slackly. Keep it tight and firm, and the infant’s seat has a base that is detachable, always ensure that the base is securely fastened. To determine if the infant seat for the car is installed properly and securely, you should not be able to move the seat more than inch forward and to the sides.
When bringing toys along, make sure that you bring soft toys, not the hard pointy ones. Toys may become unwittingly the reason for further injury.
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