Forward Facing Only Car Seats
March 30th, 2011 by Sarah S
Times certainly have changed for parents. While it was quite possible that you regularly rode in a car unrestrained as a youth, modern parents would not even think about traveling with a young child without a properly designed and installed car seat. Car seats save lives according to carefully documented statistics. Just in 2010, studies [...]
Car Safety And Booster Seats: Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe
March 30th, 2011 by Sarah S
Car safety seats are essential tools in protecting younger children during long or short trips. However, many parents experience difficulties in keeping their children restrained properly and safely in the car seat. Clever little fingers can often discover the mechanism for opening or unbuckling the car seat, causing additional risk to the child and added [...]
Children Should Sit in Rear-Facing Car Seats Until 2
March 30th, 2011 by Sarah S
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending that all children ride in rear-facing car seats until they are at least 2 years old in new guidelines. The old recommendation was that children should stay in rear-facing seats until they were at least 1 and weighed 20 pounds or more. Rear-facing seats help protect the [...]
Baby Jogger LLC Announces Jump Seat Recall
March 30th, 2011 by Sarah S
On March 1, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada, and Baby Jogger LLC announced the recall of Baby Jogger’s Jump Seat stroller accessory. If the Baby Jogger Jump Seat is improperly mounted on a stroller, it can come loose and allow the child to fall out. The recall affects approximately 1,545 units [...]
