A MUM has shared a car seat safety tip that she claims could save your child’s life.
Posting to the Love What Matters Facebook page, the unnamed mother, who is believed to be from America, revealed she and her husband have, combined, 20 years’ worth of experience working as paramedics.
"Thoughts on Car Seats from Paramedics… feel free to share.Alexander turned 4 and we decided it was time to get him a…
The pair, who have a four-year-old son called Alexander and are expecting their second child, have recently bought a new car seat.
Keen to share her safety advice with other parents, she wrote: “We have been to more car accidents than you could imagine and seen more mangled car seats than I’d like to share.
“When you become a parent you spend AGES researching the ‘best’ car seat. You look for safety features, star ratings and reviews and fret over if you can afford the best.
“But, it doesn’t matter how much money you spend on a car seat if you DON’T strap your child in.”
She and her husband have “not seen a single child harmed in a car accident” where the child was “restrained in their seat properly”.
The mum added: “We’ve seen car seats ejected from vehicles, we’ve seen cars that have rolled over so many times you can barely tell which way is up, we’ve seen accidents where you would be certain there would be no survivors.
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“But in our experience, the biggest difference between a child’s safety hasn’t been if they were in the $600 car seat or the $200 one. It’s been about those straps.
“How tight are you making the straps on your child’s seat? Can they pull their own arms out of them? Can you only fit one or two fingers underneath them? Do they have a big puffy jacket on that stops them from being strapped in properly?”
The mum shared a photograph of her and her husband tipping their son Alexander forwards in his car seat to demonstrate.
She said: “Would you be confident in doing THIS to them? Would you be confident in turning your child upside down in their seat?
“Car seats have incredible safety designs now, they are designed to cocoon your child, protect them as they roll and are thrown around in an accident. But they can only do this if your child is restrained properly.
“So next time you buckle your child in, ask yourself… would I be confident in turning them upside down in their seat right now?”
The post, which was shared on Saturday, has been liked more than 2,600 times and shared by 1,500 people.
Many mums rushed to share the advice with their partners.
Megan Knutson commented: “Kyle Knutson, exactly why I make you double check his straps daily!”
Siobhan McPhilemy wrote: “Luke Baylis I know you think I’m being harsh cos Rhys pulls a face when I strap him in, but this is why I do it!”
Ciara McGlade added: “Sean McGlade, this is exactly why I’m so strict with his seat.”
Earlier this year, we reported on a £180 foldable car seat that turns into a bag to fit inside hand luggage.
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