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Car Seat Safety Tips you need to Know About

Most parents know they need a car seat or booster seat but many don’t know which ones to buy.

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Car seats are also often used incorrectly so that they are just as dangerous as if they hadn’t been used at all. These are the basic rules you need to pay attention to.

• If a child is under the age of 12, he or she should be in the back seat, especially if you have passenger side air bags.
• Infants should be facing backwards, preferably in the back seat until they are a year of age and twenty pounds.
• Toddlers above age one and twenty pounds can face forward.
• Children above age forty pounds need a booster seat.
• Don’t use regular car seat belts until the child is 4 foot nine and about 8 years old.
• Your child can use a regular seat belt without a booster seat when the seat belt fits over the chest and shoulder and not over the abdomen.
• Read the automobile and car seat manufacturer’s manuals so that you can put the seat in correctly every time. Be sure to read the car seat manufacturer’s instructions and your car owner's manual to be sure that you are installing and using the car seat correctly.

Babies are safest when sitting in the back seat.

Young infants should be facing the rear of the car with the seat tilted about 45 degrees until the baby can sit up well by himself. Then you can tilt the seat at a lesser angle. The baby should be rear-facing until he or she reaches one year of age or about 20 pounds. Then they can face forward in the back seat.

1. They make small infant only seats that only face to the rear. You can use such a seat until the baby’s head begins to reach above the level of the car seat. The upper limit for such a seat varies from 17-22 pounds, depending on the manufacturer.

2. There are bigger convertible seats that reach for kids up to about forty pounds in weight. They face the back for the first 20 pounds and then face the front for the next 20 pounds. After that, the infant needs a booster seat.

Choosing the best seat for baby

The cheapest and more simple car seats are perfectly adequate as long as they are installed correctly and are made properly. Find one that works for your car and try it out in the car before you actually buy one. Some just don’t work well in certain cars. Read the manufacturer’s manual for information on size and age recommendations on the car seat. Babies grow fast so you have to keep up with the right baby car seat for your child’s size. It is probably cheaper to buy one that works for the highest weight limit and allow your child to grow up with it.

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Car Seat Safety Tips you need to Know About