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Infant car safety seats are unsafe for infants away from cars

November 4, 2014 by kidstra

Infant car safety seats are life savers when correctly used, reducing traffic-related fatalities by about 70%.* But the seats are responsible for numerous problems and, rarely, deaths when inappropriately used away from cars. Moreover, car seat plus baby is heavy. Improper carrying can cause you, the carrier, needless aches and pains. 1. In the US, about […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: baby car seat, car seat, car seat related injuries, car seat safety, car seats shopping carts, infant, infant car seat, install child car seat, SIDS, strollers

Children/Cold weather/Car rides/Health and safety

January 6, 2013 by kidstra

Many steps that parents take to keep infants and toddlers safe and warm for car rides in cold winter weather are ineffective, unhealthy and, sometimes, dangerous. Here is what you should know: 1. Secure your footing when maneuvering a car seat and infant in and out of cars. Is the ground icy? Holding an infant/car […]

Filed Under: Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Sun Tagged With: backseat, car engines, car rides, car seat, car seats for infants, carbon monoxide, cataract formation, CO, cold eather kids, Cold weather, cribs, garage, Health, icy ground, infant car seat, Infants, mattresses, mountainous regions, odorless gas, perspiration, poorly ventilated, safety, shades, Sun exposure, tailpipes, Toddlers, washing machines

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