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AAA and IDOT are holding safety seat checkpoints at 82 locations throughout the state as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week.
Don't turn your child's car seat around until he/she is too tall or weighs too much for the seat. That's the newest recommendation. It is no longer one year old and 20 pounds. My little guy just turned two and I haven't changed his seat around. I thought it was going to be a big deal to keep him rear facing, but it has actually been nice. The seat still reclines. So when he falls asleep, his head doesn't flop around. And I just reclined the seat in the van so his big ol' feet aren't scrunched(he almost wears the same size shoe as my four-year-old.)
Most car seats are not installed correctly. It's a great idea to have someone who is trained take a look at yours. Again, there are 82 free checks this Saturday in Illinois. To find seat check locations throughout the state, visit www.buckleupillinois.org.
-NewsAnchorMom Jen
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Safety Seat Check-points this weekend!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Baby Carrier Recall
My new little one is already 15 pounds! I do get nervous about carrying him around in the baby carrier. I feel like he could get really hurt if the handle broke. I basically have to swing him up in the minivan to get the thing inside because it is so heavy. So this story made me worry a little. I usually take my kids out of the baby carrier by six months. So I only have two more months of this. I don't like switching them to the other car seat either. Then you have to wake them up every time you go somewhere. I guess it's a trade off. Although, it seems a little ridiculous that we would have to worry about the handle of the car seat breaking off!
Here's the recall:
(this link has the model numbers) FROM CPSC: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers
Units: About 447,000
Manufacturer: Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., of Columbus, Ind.
Hazard: When used as an infant carrier, the child restraint handle to the seat can loosen and come off, posing a fall hazard to infants.
Incidents/Injuries: Dorel has received 77 reports of the child restraint handle fully or partially coming off the car seat/carrier resulting in at least three injuries to infants including bumps, bruises and a head injury.
Description: This recall involves Safety 1st, Cosco, Eddie Bauer and Disney branded infant car seat/carriers with the following model numbers and that were manufactured from January 6, 2008 through April 6, 2009. The model number and manufacture date are located on a label on the side of the car seat/carrier. They were sold with Travel Systems. The stroller portion of the travel system is not affected by this recall.
Sold at: Department and juvenile product stores nationwide from January 2008 through December 2009 for between $120 and $220.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should not use the handle of the car seat/carrier until the repair kit has been installed. The product can continue to be used as a car seat when properly installed in the vehicle. Contact Dorel Juvenile Group to receive a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Dorel Juvenile Group at (866) 762-3316 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.djgusa.com/safety_notice
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Rear Facing until 4.. Huh?
Last month we talked about the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending rear facing until 2 years old. So this story didn't make much sense to me. It came down on the NBC wires. It says we should keep kids in a rear facing car seat until 4-years-old. Is that even possible? Where would their feet go? Do they make rear facing car seats for kids that big? Was this a typo on NBC's part? I am not sure. I saw it several times and all the stories said 4-years-old. I can't imagine doing that. But after all this new research on rear facing, I will wait to turn the new baby around as long as possible. He will be able to see his older brother in the back seat, so maybe he won't mind sitting backwards unitl he's 2!
But new research now says the direction a child faces in a safety seat could dramatically change the injury risk in a crash.
A new study published in the British Medical Journal advises keeping a child in a rear-facing position while traveling by car until the child is four years old.
The study says the movement of a child is dramatically reduced in a rear-facing safety seat because the head, neck and spine are more fully aligned.... and in the event of a crash, forces are distributed more
evenly.
(Duncan Vernon/Road Safety Manager)
"The best advice currently is to use a child-restraint device designed for the child's weight and to make sure it's fitted correctly, and so it's not to say our children using front-facing seats are unsafe at the moment."
NBCs British broadcast partner, ITV, reports the rear-facing seats are hard to find, and some people say they're big, bulky and expensive.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
5 point safety harness
I got this message via email and I think it's a good one to share! We kept our oldest son in a booster with a five point harness up until just a few months ago. I figured he still fit in it and he wasn't too heavy or tall for it, so why not? It is certainly safer than the small booster he is in now with an adult seat belt. So I am all for the five point harness. Research shows it saves lives. I can't think of any reason not to use it! Thanks for sharing your story Jennifer!
http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/. a few years ago. I do have pictures that are pretty bad from the accident if you want me to send them to you just let me know.
Thanks
Jennifer
And Jennifer says her daughter was on the right side of the car! Scary!
