To insure the safety of your child(ren), it is important to choose a car seat that fits your child(ren), how to install the car seat properly in the vehicle and understand the risks of improper car seat installation. The protection of children in motor vehicle crashes has improved since the introduction of child restraint systems. However, car crashes are the second leading cause of death for children between 5 and 14 years of age (Brolin 2014). There are four main types of car seats 1) rear facing, 2) forward facing, 3) booster, and 4) seat belt, but in each of these categories there are different kinds of car seats available. The car seats that are rear facing include the infant (rear facing only) car seat, convertible seats and the all-in-one
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Forward facing include the convertible car seat, combination car seat and the all-in-one car seat. Boosters are either the high-back, backless, combination, or the all-in-one booster. Then there is the car seat belt with no car seat, and no booster. As children grow, how they sit in your car will change. Make sure you use a car seat that fits your child’s current size and age (Car Seat Types 2016). Than you should make sure that the car seat is put in your vehicle, or in any vehicle that the car seat is put into properly. Now, I am going to talk about how to choose a car seat that fits. Making sure that your child(ren) fit into their car seats properly is important. Each car seat and booster seat have weight, height and age bracket requirements to help choose the right car seat for the child(ren). Infant car seats are strictly rear facing, have a weight range of four to thirty pounds, or four to thirty-five pounds, height range of up to twenty-nine inches, or up to thirty-two inches and usually age of one year old. Convertible car seats, rear facing weight range twenty to sixty pounds and height up to 57 inches, twenty-two to seventy pounds and height up to 52 inches, twenty to sixty-five pounds and height …show more content…
A latch is an attachment system for car seats. Lower anchors can be used instead of the seat belt to install the seat, and many parents find them easier to use in some cars. The top tether improves safety provided by the seat and is important to use for all forward-facing seats, even those installed using the vehicle seat belt (Car Seats 2016). There is also installing with the vehicles seat belt. Using the vehicle seat belt remember to help insure that there is a tight fit, that you make sure that the seat belt locks. Vehicle manuals usually can inform you on how to lock the belts. For the safety of your child(ren), rear facing is recommended for as long as possible, until age of two-years-old, or the child(ren) reach the maximum weight and height of the car seat. Using a car seat harness rear facing, position the harness straps at, or below the shoulders, making sure that the chest clip is at armpit level and the you are not able to have any slack between the child’s chest and the straps while testing the tightness of the harness. The seat is not tight enough if the seat can be moved from front to back, or side to side more than an inch. Never place a car seat, or child in the front seat of a vehicle, due to airbags. When using a forward-facing car seat with the harness, straps should be placed at, or above the child’s shoulders. Booster seats in the vehicle, you have to insure that the vehicle seat belt is able to properly sit across the upper thighs and
Forward facing include the convertible car seat, combination car seat and the all-in-one car seat. Boosters are either the high-back, backless, combination, or the all-in-one booster. Then there is the car seat belt with no car seat, and no booster. As children grow, how they sit in your car will change. Make sure you use a car seat that fits your child’s current size and age (Car Seat Types 2016). Than you should make sure that the car seat is put in your vehicle, or in any vehicle that the car seat is put into properly. Now, I am going to talk about how to choose a car seat that fits. Making sure that your child(ren) fit into their car seats properly is important. Each car seat and booster seat have weight, height and age bracket requirements to help choose the right car seat for the child(ren). Infant car seats are strictly rear facing, have a weight range of four to thirty pounds, or four to thirty-five pounds, height range of up to twenty-nine inches, or up to thirty-two inches and usually age of one year old. Convertible car seats, rear facing weight range twenty to sixty pounds and height up to 57 inches, twenty-two to seventy pounds and height up to 52 inches, twenty to sixty-five pounds and height …show more content…
A latch is an attachment system for car seats. Lower anchors can be used instead of the seat belt to install the seat, and many parents find them easier to use in some cars. The top tether improves safety provided by the seat and is important to use for all forward-facing seats, even those installed using the vehicle seat belt (Car Seats 2016). There is also installing with the vehicles seat belt. Using the vehicle seat belt remember to help insure that there is a tight fit, that you make sure that the seat belt locks. Vehicle manuals usually can inform you on how to lock the belts. For the safety of your child(ren), rear facing is recommended for as long as possible, until age of two-years-old, or the child(ren) reach the maximum weight and height of the car seat. Using a car seat harness rear facing, position the harness straps at, or below the shoulders, making sure that the chest clip is at armpit level and the you are not able to have any slack between the child’s chest and the straps while testing the tightness of the harness. The seat is not tight enough if the seat can be moved from front to back, or side to side more than an inch. Never place a car seat, or child in the front seat of a vehicle, due to airbags. When using a forward-facing car seat with the harness, straps should be placed at, or above the child’s shoulders. Booster seats in the vehicle, you have to insure that the vehicle seat belt is able to properly sit across the upper thighs and