NicoleCPST
Senior Community Member
The mom is the kind that "needs a healthy dose of fear, if you know what I mean. Her 9 mo is FFing in a SCenera, with terribly loose install, same DD currently has a broken collar bone from falling off the dining room table.... here is what I wrote... the video I added is the recent youtube RF is safer video.
Hey- I really dont want to be pushy and I know that you have your reasons but if I didnt say something and anything happened I would feel responsible.
Emma is not safely or legally restrained in her carseat the way that you have been using it, Forward facing. The federal law is 1yr old AND 20lbs, at a MINIMUM. The carseat manufacturer states that a child MUST be a MINIMUM of 22lbs AND 34 INCHES tall. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children continue to rear face in their convertible carseats to at LEAST 2yrs old or 35lbs. I urge you to please consider installing her seat rear facing. You could be placing your child at risk for major spinal injuries including but not limited to a broken neck, internal decapitation, paralysis and even death. Children under the age of 4 are at risk for these injuries because their spines are still mostly cartilidge and thier skull is not fully connected to their spine. Most CPST's (Child Passenger Safety Technicians, such as myself) recommend that children remain rear facing to age 3 or 4, but AT LEAST the minimum AAP recommendation of 2yrs old. Here is a video explaining why rear facing is so important.
I also wanted to mention that while we were all at my dads last week you mentioned that you had trouble installing the Cosco Scenera carseat that you have for Emma. I did (descreetly) check the install in Donnies car and while I know you meant you had trouble with it rear facinf, it was also installed improperly for forward facing as well. There should be less than 1 inch of movement at the beltpath( where the seatbelt goes thru the carseat), there was easily upwards of 8-10 inches of movement. This could be fatal in a car accident. Please give me a call. I'm trained and certified to educate parents on how to properly and most imporantly SAFELY install and restrain their children while in the car. I am incredible passionate about carseat safety and while some people think so, it really is NOT as easy as it looks.
I really hope that I havent offended you. Please let me know if you have any questions. My email is NOT to offend or anything, simply an offer to help and educate. I hope that I hear from you soon.
Hey- I really dont want to be pushy and I know that you have your reasons but if I didnt say something and anything happened I would feel responsible.
Emma is not safely or legally restrained in her carseat the way that you have been using it, Forward facing. The federal law is 1yr old AND 20lbs, at a MINIMUM. The carseat manufacturer states that a child MUST be a MINIMUM of 22lbs AND 34 INCHES tall. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children continue to rear face in their convertible carseats to at LEAST 2yrs old or 35lbs. I urge you to please consider installing her seat rear facing. You could be placing your child at risk for major spinal injuries including but not limited to a broken neck, internal decapitation, paralysis and even death. Children under the age of 4 are at risk for these injuries because their spines are still mostly cartilidge and thier skull is not fully connected to their spine. Most CPST's (Child Passenger Safety Technicians, such as myself) recommend that children remain rear facing to age 3 or 4, but AT LEAST the minimum AAP recommendation of 2yrs old. Here is a video explaining why rear facing is so important.
I also wanted to mention that while we were all at my dads last week you mentioned that you had trouble installing the Cosco Scenera carseat that you have for Emma. I did (descreetly) check the install in Donnies car and while I know you meant you had trouble with it rear facinf, it was also installed improperly for forward facing as well. There should be less than 1 inch of movement at the beltpath( where the seatbelt goes thru the carseat), there was easily upwards of 8-10 inches of movement. This could be fatal in a car accident. Please give me a call. I'm trained and certified to educate parents on how to properly and most imporantly SAFELY install and restrain their children while in the car. I am incredible passionate about carseat safety and while some people think so, it really is NOT as easy as it looks.
I really hope that I havent offended you. Please let me know if you have any questions. My email is NOT to offend or anything, simply an offer to help and educate. I hope that I hear from you soon.