By No Means Take Your Infant's Car Seat Safety for Granted

By Frank Froggatt

Child car seat safety is a necessary issue that many parents are inclined to take for granted. Many of us assume that merely purchasing an expensive seat and buckling up will do the trick.I'm here to tell you that that just isn't quite the case. This was one of those big wake-up calls that made me stand back and take a look at what I could do differently for my son's car seat safety.

As per the norm when my daughter turned a year old I just turned her car seat around to face frontward. This is common procedure and I really didn't believe twice about making the change. I really didn't assume too much about daughter car seat safety because I simply took it for granted.

I figured that I put the car seat in acceptably when it was facing the rear of the car, I could undoubtedly figure out how to put it in facing the front. I didn't really believe that I needed directions as I already had it done and it looked good. Truth be told I guess I should look at them just like many other people who don't take car seat security very seriously.

To my dismay and dismay, when I looked in the rearview mirror as I was gone around the corner I saw my twelve month old daughter leaning over into the middle of the seat. Seeing this made my core freeze and I pulled the vehicle over the side of the road so I could take a closer look at hooking up the car seat as it should be. As soon as I got home I went into the house and found the instruction book so I could double check to make sure that it was installed perfectly.

One little error is all it takes to lead to tragedy, happily it didn't. I quake to imagine of what could have happened because I was just too lazy to follow the directions provided for ultimate child car seat safety. After this happened it inspired me to delve into the topic of toddler car seat safety little deeper. This research led to some discoveries about toddler car seat security that I didn't know.The first biggie was that if at all possible the car seat needs to be installed in the middle seat. My daughter's car seat was hooked up in the wrong spot as it was on the back passenger side. Another thing that took me by surprise was the fact that children should always sit in the back of a car.

Another really good thing that I found out was that stores like Babies-R-Us make available programs to educate adults on how to as it should be hook up a youngster's car seat. Not only this but if you would like them to they also offer to install your baby's car seat for you. This is a great way to make sure that your little one is safe and sound while you are on the road. - 21396

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