Car Seat Safety and Securing Your Child
Today, Enelio reviews the importance of properly securing your child in their car seat, and the proper way of removing them from the seat. He uses the nuna PIPA as a reference for placing and removing your child one at a time. Often, parents release the five point harness to let the baby out. By removing the clip from the front of their chest, the alignment is off and the baby is not as secure. instead, use the release button on the front base of the car seat to remove them. The same with infant car seats: press the button to release and stretch the harness to release. Why is this so important? Below are some statistics on overall car seat installation error.
One of the first frightening experiences to take place after a little one is born is the transport home. You want to make sure they are comfortable, warm, fit perfectly, and most importantly, that they are safe. The days leading up to the baby’s birth can be stressful, and installing the car seat correctly is an incredibly important task. It may seem simple; there are multiple instructions that clearly guide parents to properly install a seat. However, on average, a surprising amount of parents install a carseat improperly: somewhere between 75%-90% of parents make this mistake when preparing to transport their little one. A recent study conducted also showed that more than 618,000 children between newborn to age twelve rode in vehicles without using a booster seat or child safety seat.
Bottom line: like seat belts, car seats for infants, toddlers, and young children save lives. This is why car seats are required in every single one of the U.S. States. Car crashes are one of the leading causes of death and injury for children. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than 650 children under the age of 12 who died as occupants in crashes involving motor vehicles and more than 140,000 children were also injured in the U.S. With this, a statistic from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that a child under the age of 13 is involved in a car accident every 34 seconds. Statistics also demonstrates there are more than 1,700 fatalities and 840,000 injuries every year from vehicle crashes off public highways. Car seats are crucial in ensuring that your child is kept safe in the car, and the proper installation of the car seat lowers the risk of injury or worse in the event of an accident. Finding and using the proper car seat for your child’s height, age, weight, and size is fundamental to the safety of your child when traveling by car. The risk of car accidents is also reduced and as a result more and more lives are saved in the event of an accident. Watch our video about the Nuna Pipa Lite RX car seat below.
When it comes to proper installation of car seats, the local fire or police department is no longer a reliable source to help in safely installing a car seat. In the past, a majority of town local firefighters and police officers were certified to properly instal car seats; this is a thing of the past. Modern parents must understand police and fire departments are no longer reliable resources for support in proper installation of car seats. A recent article states bringing a car seat to be installed by a firefighter or police officer could be done - but these officers are no longer trained to do so. However, Bambi Baby, the experts on baby furniture, car seats, strollers, and all other baby needs are well versed and knowledgeable in the proper installation of all car seats. Not only will they install the seats easily, but they will also show you how to properly use the seats to strap in and remove your child safely, and will also do so free of charge. Not only do they install seats for free, but Bambi Baby experts are also knowledgeable in all car seats, and are able to inspect the car seats for free as well! They will install your brand-new car seat properly, so you can be sure that baby is not only safe at home, but also on the go!