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Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Christa

Christa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:03:11 +0000

I found this very informative, thank you. I have a 7 year old and a 6 months old. The 6 month old is obviously in a rear facing seat but i cannot buckle both a seat and a booster in my back seat, there is just not enough room. The infant seat has to be in the center because it won’t fit behind the front seats and the booster seats are too wide to fit next to the infant seat. Seeing as my 7 year old is tall, the seat belt fits her correctly but there should be an option (other than buying a new car) for this problem.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Catherine Mack

Catherine Mack — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:50:56 +0000

Maybe you could label the vertical axis and/or flip the graph image for those of us with multiple small children, reading this while sleep deprived. But as you can see, that’s a lot of requirements, which no 5-6 year old fits, outside those with the rare medical problem that would make them exceptionally large… and in that case, they’d be more at risk because their spine is still the same strength as the children of smaller weight, so they’ve have more force working against an immature spine. We fear the crazy drunk plowing into our family, when that’s far less likely to happen that US either plowing into someone because we are distracted, or allowing someone to plow into us because we are not paying enough attention to take evasive action.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Wilma Hays

Wilma Hays — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:47:49 +0000

I’m thankful for that and I want to instill the same thing in my children! Kudos! You cannot prevent them.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Sonya Greene

Sonya Greene — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:44:40 +0000

Then there is no question of their body’s ability to handle the next step. It’s a combo seat (harness to booster – same as the Frontier and Nautilus), but the booster is usually outgrown about the same time as the harness.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Susana Hardin

Susana Hardin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:41:34 +0000

If you look at actual statistics and odds, driving more carefully, and putting down the cell phone, is a better way to reduce harm to your children (and yourself) than making sure everyone is buckled up. Thank you for your clarification.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Kay Johnston

Kay Johnston — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:38:26 +0000

The laws would make more sense if they actually equated with safety more directly. Besides, the argument here is like saying if you don’t use a cellphone, and you can “avoid” other people hitting you (usually you can’t), then your seatbelt is less important than cellphone use. Our job is to help people quit using intuition and emotion to evaluate risk, and to look at the hard numbers to help improve decisions.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Alexis Velazquez

Alexis Velazquez — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:35:20 +0000

Once — only once — my daughter pulled her chest clip down to sit across her tummy while driving (she’s 3). I know it is so important for a little baby have a right and safe car seat. It’s unsafe to have him in his current seat. She even corrected me the other day when I thought I had it tight enough but apparently it didn’t meet her satisfaction.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Mildred Terry

Mildred Terry — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:32:14 +0000

I shared this link on my Facebook today, as I try to regularly post information about proper car seat/booster usage, especially with the number of people I see on daily basis using seats improperly. although children do “bend their legs even as they grow” they can end up parilized if they are over the reccomended weight and hight for rear facing and crash with their legs/feet between the car seat and back seat. I know that’s not what you mean, but it’s the implication. I also had a question about the rear-facing angle.

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Maryanne Bass

Maryanne Bass — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:29:07 +0000

I would use it in the back if I fit. I’m glad you found us and enjoy what you’ve learned!

Comment on The Picture Guide to Car Seat Safety by Annmarie Sargent

Annmarie Sargent — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:26:01 +0000

We purchased a Graco Nautilus for her for our car, so she’s in 5-pt with us, but at the same time bought a high-back booster for carpooling, school trips, etc. So question: My 4.5-year old is currently in a cheapie car seat that only goes to 40 lbs. Or, is it 12 and 100 pounds? LOL, My mom used to tell us “The car can’t go until everyone is buckled.” But years later, I don’t even think about my seat belt – I just put it on automatically.