Thick winter coats or snowsuits can keep your baby warm but they can compromise your child s car seat safety.
Car seat safety and winter coats.
Really the time is a flyin parents who live in colder climates question what they should do with winter coats and car seats with young children.
Our child passenger safety expert tells parents what they need to know.
Winter car seat safety is on many parents minds this time of year.
As parents we want to keep our.
That s because many of us have heard the warning.
We bundle up our children to help them brave the elements but a bulky coat and a car seat can.
In order for car seats and boosters to function properly the straps need to remain tight against the child s chest.
Winter brings cold weather and potentially slick roads but families still need to travel every day.
Winter car seat safety tips from the aap hidden content editor winter is a tricky time for car seats.
And it will officially be winter in a matter of days.
In a car crash fluffy padding immediately flattens out from the force leaving extra space under the.
As a general rule bulky clothing including winter coats and snowsuits should not be worn underneath the harness of a car seat.
Putting your kids in puffy winter coats into their car seats could put them in.
Our ask the expert column helps answer the question about bulky coats and car seats the questions is it safe for my child to wear a winter coat in her car seat.
Are bulky winter coats and car seats safe.