TLC Car Seat Commercial

tl01

New member

• Feb 9, 2007

• #1

Has anyone see the commercial about how to use a car seat? I just saw it and thought it was pretty horrible. The baby in the commercial should have been rear facing and it looks as though the seat was not installed well. Why do people make commercials on topics of which they are not experts??

 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador

• Feb 9, 2007

• #2

I haven't seen that. They are playing it on TLC?

 

tl01

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• Feb 9, 2007

• #3

Yes... I saw it for the first time this evening.

 

Duckieheart

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• Feb 9, 2007

• #4

I'll have to watch for it... Is it like a PSA?

 

Lara

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• Feb 9, 2007

• #5

The one with the baby, the guy, and the comfortsport? Yeah, I've seen it and I cringe EVERY time.

When the guy puts the baby in the seat it tilts and moves.... obviously a horrible install job. The LO should have been rf, she wasn't very old or big. Oh and IIRC, the baby has pretty loose straps.

 

tl01

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #6

Yep.. that's the one. I couldn't believe how he adjusted the seat as he closed the door. That was really bizarre. If your seat moves so much you can't close the door then the seat is not installed right!

 

tl01

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #7

It's a PSA (sadly).

 

mominabigtruck

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #8

Have you seen the one they do about infant seats? A 3pt harness snugride and the straps are so loose they're practically falling off. Not to mention the baby is all tangled up in a blanket. But I guess that's how it is on tlc with their shows. They spend 3 hrs in the afternoon pushing pampers but do you think they could give the people on the show info on how to install a carseat? Of course not because no one's paying them to advertise that.

 

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MomTo1

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #9

Yesterday on Bringing Home Baby they showed the dad installing the infant seat, he put the flipping thing in backwards. I thought the base looked funny, then when he snapped the carrier in, it was FF. And the TLC people just kept shooting. Someone had to know that was wrong.

Thankfully when they show them riding home from the hospital the seat is RF, but sheesh, how many new parents watched him install it the wrong way?

 

tl01

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #10

9 times out of 10 on Bringing Home Baby and A Baby Story, the parents have the baby in the seat with the straps WAY to lose and the chest clip down around the diaper. Then you have to wonder how the base is installed!!

 

bbartlettnfld

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #11

I saw a "bringing home baby" episode where you see the dad struggling to get the PP primo viaggio (original one) in the car with the mom and baby waiting on the sidewalk to get in the car! Finally they cut to them at home!

At the end when they ask what they would have changed about the first 48 hours and dad says.. definatly get the carseat installed before hand!

BethAnn

 

broken4u05

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #12

I saw the one with the seat FF. There was also one were the older child got a new Big girl seat to make her feel bigger when the new baby came and it was a booster and she was i think 3 and really really small 3 year old. I think the people filming should help and tell them that it is wrong. But than i guess it is not real so they will not do that

 

Duckieheart

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #13

MomTo1 said:

Yesterday on Bringing Home Baby they showed the dad installing the infant seat, he put the flipping thing in backwards. I thought the base looked funny, then when he snapped the carrier in, it was FF. And the TLC people just kept shooting. Someone had to know that was wrong.

Thankfully when they show them riding home from the hospital the seat is RF, but sheesh, how many new parents watched him install it the wrong way?

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Thats the same dad who on the ride home- put the newborn in the seat swaddled. Even commented on how hard it is to get the straps on with her all wrapped up. NO KIDDING! I dont think the people shooting really have a responsibility- but the hospital does- IMO. Back home- the hospital checks that seat is installed correctly and that the baby is strapped in tight.

 

mominabigtruck

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #14

What I don't understand is when I had both of my kids you actually had to bring the seat up to the room and the nurse had to check to make sure the baby fit right in the seat before you could leave. Almost every single parent on tlc takes the baby out swaddled to the car and then puts them in the carseat. And I really loved the couple that said they didn't buy a seat because they figured the hospital would give them one. Then they complained because it was a cheapo arriva yet they were driving a brand new tahoe.

 

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beebear23

Senior Community Member

• Feb 10, 2007

• #15

We didn't have to take the car seat up to the room, but the nurse who took me to the car made sure I had one..

 

Victorious4

Senior Community Member

• Feb 10, 2007

• #16

Report it -- always write in about any media misuse ... the form to do so is in a thread I started in the MEDIA section ( http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=9322 ) & CC the company (TLC, etc.)

 

Last edited: Feb 10, 2007

Simplysomething

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #17

They only checked to see if we had a carseat. A glance in the backseat sort of deal, both kids.

 

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flash&zip

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• Feb 10, 2007

• #18

When my older DD was born in 02, we had to take her to the car in an infant bucket seat.

When my DS was born last June, they didn't even ask if we had a seat. I carried him right out to the car in my arms. I have no idea whether they question anyone anymore.

Oops, ETA, same hospital.