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CAR SEAT SAFETY TIPS

Please follow the tips below to keep your child even safer in their car seat. Please be certain your child is in the write car seat for their age, weight and height. Place a CAR SEAT ID CARD on each car seat to keep them safer.

NOTE: I am not a certified car seat technicians. I am a mama and Nana who believes in keeping kids safe in car seat. Please have your car seat  installation checked by a certified car seat technician. When in doubt read your car manual and your car seat manual.

by Kay Green, www.MyPreciousKid.com

CAR SEAT TIP 1- Move your child from infant car seat when they are 20 lbs OR 26" (most seats). Check your seat manual

CAR SEAT TIP 2- Keep your baby rear facing until car seat limit, usually 30 pounds. It is 5x safer.

CAR SEAT TIP 3- Do not move your child to a booster seat until they are both 4 yrs and 40 pounds

CAR SEAT TIP 4- Do not move from booster until they are 8 yr / 4'9" / and feet touch the floor - check your state rule

CAR SEAT TIP 5- The chest clip must be at arm pit level to be safe

CAR SEAT TIP 6- If you can pinch your child car seat strap then it is too loose. It needs to be tight to be safe

CAR SEAT TIP 7- Know your child's car seat WEIGHT and HEIGHT limit and do not exceed either. Read the manual.

CAR SEAT TIP 8- Know the expiration date of your seat (on sticker) usually 6 years. Do not exceed

CAR SEAT TIP 9 - Do not put bulky coats on child in car seat. Use a car seat poncho over the straps instead

INFANTS stay in infant carrier until seat limit, usually 12months, 20 lbs or 26"

BABIES stay in convertible car seat rear facing until car seat limit, usually 30 pounds

TODDLERS stay in 5 point harness until car seat limit, usually 40 lbs. RADIAN goes to 80 lbs

CHILDREN stay in booster seat until state rule usually 8 years or 4'9" or 80 lbs

Kay & Haley Green

Articles written by Kay Green, Child Safety Expert, and Christian mom to Melissa 26, Jordan 24, Allison 21, Haley 9. Kay and Russell, her husband of 30 years live in rural Oregon.

Kay's first granddaughter Madison Kay was born December 2006. Twin grand sons Micah & Mason were born May 2009

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Item #06-102 Radian 80 SL Car Seat - Super Latch Version
Radian 80 Car Seat NEW - Radian 80SL car seat by Sunshine Kids is the first and only convertible car seat that can fold to a width of 7 inches. This car seat holds children to 80 pounds in a 5 point harness - the highest limit on the market. It exceeds all US safety standards for infant car seats. Higher quality stay cool fabric, more padding and infant insert than the Radian 65. New SUPER LATCH feature requires no seat belt.
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Radian MontereyBooster - New Silver Monterey features adjustable height and a unique, expandable seat back, so it actually grows with your child. Monterey starts with a tapered shape that's contoured to match a child's body growth and then adjusts in height and width to provide a custom fit for individual growth proportions. Monterey features deep sidewalls lined with EPS foam for genuine side-impact protection and a reinforced seat bottom to. Monterey also includes integrated LATCH connectors for the option of a more secure installation.
Forward-facing children 120 lbs.
Maximum child height of 63 in.
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Item #06-203 CARES Kids Fly Safe Aviation Restraint - FAA Airline Child Harness
CARES Kids Fly Safe Aviation Restraint CARES KIDS FLY SAFE  - The standard airplane seat belt alone isn’t a safe airplane seat for young children. Car seats are meant for cars not planes. Why haul your child's heavy car seat on your trip if you will not need it is the car later? Now CARES Kid Fly Safe aviation restraint harness keeps your little one safe while on the plane. The safety test showed it to be as safe as a car seat for your child. Order your CARES Kids Fly Safe Restraint today. CARES aviation restraint comes also with an installation video on DVD which should be watched before the parents travel the first time, and we also recommend that parents experiment with the belts and buckles before they fly. It also comes with an instructional safety card and travel carrying bag.
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Item #06-210 Seat Snug - Makes booster seats safer
Seat Snug

SeatSnug® is a first-of-its-kind product that enhances both the safety and comfort of children riding in booster seats. It allows the lap belt to be lightly tightened around a child’s hips while riding in a vehicle, preventing seat belt slack or looseness from developing. We all know that kids are safe in a child booster seat then a seat belt alone. And the new federal guideline says children should ride in a booster seat until they are 8 years old, 4 ' 9" and 80 pounds. And now there is a product that makes riding in a booster seat even safer. Seat Snug provides child booster seat safety.

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