turtlemama
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So I am going tomorrow to take my CPST course.
My husband thinks 4 days is too long and there is not a whole lot to know about car seats. So being that I am too excited to sleep right now, I just started thinking of a list of questions I could have wrote down for him to answer, but instead I will just post it here (and on my facebook and mom's group) for everyone. Maybe you will learn something you didn't know, or maybe you already know all of it, but it's fun (for me at least) and combines two of my favorite things, car seats and trivia. Keep in mind that I originally thought these up for my husband who knows pretty much zero about car seats, so they are all pretty simple, hopefully.
No googling (not that a lot of you here would need to, hehe)
**please tell me if any of these are weird/don't make sense**
1. What types of car seats are considered forward facing only?
2. what type of car seat is considered rear facing only?
3. what is a car seat called that can rear face and forward face?
4. Which is most important in determining if your child can forward face safely? Age? Weight? or Height?
5. At what age is it usually considered optimal and safe to move your child to a booster seat?
6. what is a locking clip?
7. Where on the Evenflo Maestro is the locking clip located?
8. What must your child pass before being able to move to an adult seat belt without a booster?
9. What is the difference between a locking retractor seat belt and a locking latch plate seat belt?
10. Which car seat is the safest?
11. Can you always trust your pediatrician to give the best advice for car seats?
12. What angle of recline is best for a newborn child?
13. What is the most upright angle a convertible car seat can be installed at?
14. How do you test to see if the harness is tight enough?
15. Where does the harness need to be for rear facing?
16. Where does the harness need to be for forward facing?
17. Which 2 brands of car seat allow rear facing tethering?
18. What is the safest seating postion in the car?
19. Is it safer to rear face on the side (outboard) of a car or forward face in the center?
20. Are harness covers that did not come with the car seat safe to use?
21. Is it safe to wear a winter coat in a car seat?
22. Is it safe for the chest clip to be below arm pit level?
23. Is it safe to remove the chest clip from the harness altogether?
24. When has your child outgrown a car seat rear facing?
25. When has your child outgrown the car seat forward facing?
26.When is it ok to place a rear facing car seat in the front seat of a car or truck?
27. What type of airbags determine if you can have a car seat touching the passenger seat or not?
28. What are the most common types of crash?
29. What is the most deadly type of crash?
30. Why are car accidents the number one killer of children in America?
My husband thinks 4 days is too long and there is not a whole lot to know about car seats. So being that I am too excited to sleep right now, I just started thinking of a list of questions I could have wrote down for him to answer, but instead I will just post it here (and on my facebook and mom's group) for everyone. Maybe you will learn something you didn't know, or maybe you already know all of it, but it's fun (for me at least) and combines two of my favorite things, car seats and trivia. Keep in mind that I originally thought these up for my husband who knows pretty much zero about car seats, so they are all pretty simple, hopefully.
No googling (not that a lot of you here would need to, hehe)
**please tell me if any of these are weird/don't make sense**
1. What types of car seats are considered forward facing only?
2. what type of car seat is considered rear facing only?
3. what is a car seat called that can rear face and forward face?
4. Which is most important in determining if your child can forward face safely? Age? Weight? or Height?
5. At what age is it usually considered optimal and safe to move your child to a booster seat?
6. what is a locking clip?
7. Where on the Evenflo Maestro is the locking clip located?
8. What must your child pass before being able to move to an adult seat belt without a booster?
9. What is the difference between a locking retractor seat belt and a locking latch plate seat belt?
10. Which car seat is the safest?
11. Can you always trust your pediatrician to give the best advice for car seats?
12. What angle of recline is best for a newborn child?
13. What is the most upright angle a convertible car seat can be installed at?
14. How do you test to see if the harness is tight enough?
15. Where does the harness need to be for rear facing?
16. Where does the harness need to be for forward facing?
17. Which 2 brands of car seat allow rear facing tethering?
18. What is the safest seating postion in the car?
19. Is it safer to rear face on the side (outboard) of a car or forward face in the center?
20. Are harness covers that did not come with the car seat safe to use?
21. Is it safe to wear a winter coat in a car seat?
22. Is it safe for the chest clip to be below arm pit level?
23. Is it safe to remove the chest clip from the harness altogether?
24. When has your child outgrown a car seat rear facing?
25. When has your child outgrown the car seat forward facing?
26.When is it ok to place a rear facing car seat in the front seat of a car or truck?
27. What type of airbags determine if you can have a car seat touching the passenger seat or not?
28. What are the most common types of crash?
29. What is the most deadly type of crash?
30. Why are car accidents the number one killer of children in America?