1 Mother 2 Another

On March 21, the American Academy of
Pediatricians released a statement issuing new recommendations for
car-seat use for babies and children. The biggest change? They now
recommend rear-facing car seats until children are AT LEAST TWO
years old. Yep, TWO, not one.


Read up on it on href="http://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/on-the-go/pages/Car-Safety-Seats-Information-for-Families.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token"
target="_blank">this link; there’s also a great
href="http://thecarseatlady.blogspot.com/2011/03/american-academy-of-pediatrics-says.html?spref=fb"
target="_blank">video from the href="http://thecarseatlady.blogspot.com" target="_blank">car seat
lady (a pediatrician and certified child passenger safety
instructor) that shows multiple crash tests done with child-sized
dummies in varying positions. And parents of school-age children,
you don't get off scott-free either; they recommend booster seats
until the child is somewhere between EIGHT and TWELVE years old.
Yep.


Let’s just say that I’m glad my youngest is four, and I
don’t have to persuade her to turn back around.