Don’t Take A Chance – Keep Your Child Facing the Rear.
Rear-facing car seats save the lives of young children. Who wouldn’t want to do whatever they need to do to save the lives of their young children?
Until recently, safety experts recommended that children remain in rear-facing car seats, in the back seats of cars, until they are at least one year old and twenty pounds. [...]
What’s the Top Cause of Accidental Death for Children? CARS!
Here’s a guest post from Steve Gursten, a great child injury lawyer in Michigan. He writes about Michigan, but everything he says is true in Virginia. From infants to teenagers, motor vehicle accidents are the most frequent cause of injuries and accidental death.
Injury lawyer gives 14 tips for protecting your kids in the car – [...]
Hyperthemia Kills – And Summer Is Not Even Here, Yet
NEVER, EVER — EVEN FOR A MINUTE — LEAVE YOUR CHILD ALONE IN A CAR.
Summer 2011 has not even yet arrived, but a child has already died from hyperthermia. (Hyperthermia is the term for what happens when a body overheats and cannot regulate its temperature after being exposed to extreme heat.)
In August 2009, I posted [...]
Your Child Grows into a Forward-Facing Car Seat
I’ve been posting about safe car seats for your child as she grows from infancy into older childhood. See my two prior posts for birth to about one year. We had just moved into forward-facing seats.
Forward-facing models should all have a 5-point restraint harness. Children should stay in this model until at least 40 pounds, [...]
How Do I Know When to Change My Child’s Car Seat?
From the day you take your baby home from the hospital they should be in a properly attached car seat. The difference between a car seat and a booster seat is that a car seat is the means of protection for the child. A booster seat simply boosts the child to fit properly in the [...]
Which Car Seat Is Right for My Child?
I don’t mean to sound old, but things sure have changed since you and I were children, haven’t they? The way things were when we were kids often doesn’t apply anymore — not to mention the extraordinary technological advancements.
Sure, we had seatbelts and car seats in our cars when we were kids, but how many [...]