Jan06twinmom
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I need to send a message to my BIL about car seats and why he needs to keep my niece rear-facing in her car seat. My SIL passed away suddenly about 2 weeks ago and my neice turned 1 year old less than a week later. I had been trying to teach my SIL about ERF, but now I need to share information and links with my BIL.
My DH went for the funeral and took some pictures of my niece in her carseat. I immediately noticed that the chest clip was too low and he said he kept having to put it in the right position. So I also need to send my BIL some information about this.
So my question - what would happen to a child in an accident if the chest clip was positioned too low? I'm also thinking that the risks from having the chest clip too low are even greater ff than rf - even though I know the primary concern with ff is the head/neck injuries.
If I get permission from my BIL, I'll post a picture of my niece here and get some feedback. They are living in the Philippines for BIL's job so I can't connect him with a local CPST. My DH said that my niece's grandma said they just hold kids in the car and pray so I also need to make sure BIL educates his MIL!
Melanie
My DH went for the funeral and took some pictures of my niece in her carseat. I immediately noticed that the chest clip was too low and he said he kept having to put it in the right position. So I also need to send my BIL some information about this.
So my question - what would happen to a child in an accident if the chest clip was positioned too low? I'm also thinking that the risks from having the chest clip too low are even greater ff than rf - even though I know the primary concern with ff is the head/neck injuries.
If I get permission from my BIL, I'll post a picture of my niece here and get some feedback. They are living in the Philippines for BIL's job so I can't connect him with a local CPST. My DH said that my niece's grandma said they just hold kids in the car and pray so I also need to make sure BIL educates his MIL!
Melanie