Baby Car Seats Safety Tips # 1
October 15, 2009 by Baby Car Seats
Filed under Baby Car Seats Safety
From birth to at least age 1 and 20 pounds:
- Use a rear-facing car seat correctly in a back seat every time your baby rides in a car.
- Use the right car seat for your baby’s weight and height. Infants are weighed and measured at every doctor visit, so be sure to keep track.
- Use the car’s safety belt or LATCH system to lock the car seat into the car. Your car seat should not move more than one inch side to side or front to back. Grab the car seat at the safety beltpath or LATCH path to test it.
- Put harnesses through the slots so they are even with or below the infant’s shoulders. Be sure the harness is tight, so you can’t pinch extra webbing at the shoulder.
- Adjust the chest clip to armpit level.