Dangers of leaving a Carseat in your house!! **PIX**

lovinwaves

New member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #1

This is WHY you don't want to leave an unoccupied carseat in a childs reach. He may have very well strangled to death

 

ZephyrBlue

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #2

OMGosh, thank goodness you found him when you did! How scary

 

lovinwaves

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #3

ZephyrBlue said:

OMGosh, thank goodness you found him when you did! How scary

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I was actually sitting right there with him on my computer uploading photos. I had my camera sitting right there, so I was able to take a snapshot real quick. He was in panic mode by that point. It was already around his neck pretty well. Because he was trying to get out, he kept wiggling further and further down so it got tighter and tighter around his neck.

 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador

• Sep 15, 2007

• #4

Wow! I am *SO* glad you were right there!

Thank you for the reminder about unoccupied carseats.

 

keri1292

Well-known member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #5

My dd was about 4, she went downstairs while I was in the shower and buckled herself in her MA. She hadn't mastered UNbuckling. I came downstairs and she was just patiently waiting. I was . We buckle and tighten any seats sitting in the house now.

 

Mama!

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #6

OMG! I must go move dd's old seat right now!

 

chaoticoctopus

Member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #7

Thanks for the wake-up call! Dh put our AOE up in the closet the other day, but before that it had been sitting on the LR floor for quite a while... I *think* it was buckled the majority of the time, but the little ones played with it some so there's no way to be sure... I can't imagine the shock of coming downstairs to find that an item I place so much trust in to keep my children SAFE, had become not only unsafe, but deadly...

Thank heavens you were right there to help extract your little guy!

 

katiesmommy

Active member

• Sep 15, 2007

• #8

I think I'm going to go buckle and tighten DD's carseat right now. We have it sitting in her closet so that it's easily accessible when we need it, and until we get a car.

 

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LuvBug

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #9

eek! yeah definitely something to be careful of.


On a side note, hes such a cutie

 

mommyto4

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #10

That's scary. I'm so glad you were right there to get him out.

 

lovinwaves

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #11

You know I got to thinking...

Any "spare" seats we keep in our house are WAY up in a closet, where the kids could never get to them.

These two particular seats (in the photos) were due for a bath. So, if that is the case I ALWAYS keep them right by the entryway or in the kitchen. That way I can always see them "just in case" something were to happen.....like today

 

lovinwaves

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• Sep 15, 2007

• #12

LuvBug03 said:

On a side note, hes such a cutie

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Thanks LUV!! (your ds is too...at least the partial photos of him I have seen LOL!!)

 

BABYGIRLLYNDSEY

Well-known member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #13

You know I always let Karley play with the seat in the living room. I won't be doing that anymore. Thanks for the post on safety!

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Sep 16, 2007

• #14

Yipes! We need to make a Youtube video (I always remember that there is a warning in the manuals not to play with seats in the house, and then ignore it, I'm sure everyone else is the same way )

 

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chickenman

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• Sep 16, 2007

• #15

why do kids like sitting in there car seats in the house? my daughter does the same thing, even when i took the cover off to wash it, she still wanted to sit in it

 

BABYGIRLLYNDSEY

Well-known member

• Sep 16, 2007

• #16

Lovinwaves, Could you post a photo of that FPSVD cover? I've never seen one up close. Is that circus dots? Does anyone know if Britax still has those covers? I think I like that.