Baby Car Seats Safety Tips # 2

Older than age 1 and more than 20 pounds:

• Use a forward-facing car seat correctly in a back seat every time your toddler rides in a car.
• Use the right car seat with a harness for your toddler’s weight and height. Toddlers 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 above the child’s shoulders. Some seats require use of the top slots when the seat is forward-facing, so check instructions.
• Be sure the harness is tight, so you can’t pinch extra webbing at the shoulder.

Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat

Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat

The convertible car seat you’ve come to know and love has been improved! Now with ProTech energy absorbing foam, the Alpha Omega Elite from Safety 1st is a 3-in-1 car seat that will grow with your child from infant to toddler mode, and on to a belt-positioning booster. Since it takes your child from birth to 100lbs., it’s the only car seat you will ever need to buy!     Read more...