WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THE RIGHT
CAR SEAT AND IT'S ANOTHER TO
HAVE IT CORRECTLY INSTALLED IN
YOUR CAR.
WE VISIT THE COUNCIL TO GET
SOME TIPS ON DOING IT RIGHT.
WE'RE HERE AT ADVENTIST
HEALTH CASTLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAR SEAT
SAFETY TODAY.
I'M HERE WITH STEPHANIE WHO IS A
FIRST BORN, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD
NO IDEA HOW TO INSTALL THE CAR
SEAT CORRECTLY.
I'M SURE WE'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU'RE NOT.
80% DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT IN.
THAT'S A LOT.
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A ARRE CAR SEAT.
YOU WANT TO GET ONE THAT'S AT
THE HIGHEST WEIGHT LIMIT YOU CAN
KEEP YOUR BABY IN AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE AND ALSO ONE THAT CAN
FIT IN YOUR CAR CORRECTLY.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING IT AND SEE IF
IT FITS CORRECTLY LRCHLT I DO
HEAR THEIR EXPIRATION DATES ON
CAR SEATS.
ALL CAR SEATS HAVE AN
EXPIRATION.
THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY CAR SEATS ARE
AND FROM HEAT AND SUN AND THE
PLASTIC IS GOING TO DEGRADE AND
GET BRITTLE AND IT CRACK.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO CHECK YOUR
CAR SEAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT
EXPIRED.
METAL PARTS TOO CAN GET RUSTED,
STOP WORKING.
THERE'S TYPICALLY A LABEL
BEHIND THE CAR SEAT.
THERE SHOULD BE A STICKER AND
IMPRINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER
DATE.
WHAT CAR SEAT OPTIONS ARE
THERE?
THERE'S SEVERAL.
ONE WOULD BE INFANT CARE SO YOU
CAN TAKE OUT OF YOUR CAR SO THE
BASE STAYS IN.
ANOTHER WOULD BE A CONVERTIBLE
CAR SEAT.
REAR FACING.
REAR FACING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
SO THE CONVERTIBLES CAN GO UP TO
40 OR 50 POUND REFACING.
THEN YOU CAN TURN THE BABY
AROUND TO FORWARD FACING.
IT'S NOT A HAPPY DAY WHERE YOU
CAN DO THAT BECAUSE BABIES ARE
500 TIMES LESS SAFE FORWARD
FACING.
YOUR THIRD OPTION WOULD BE JUST
THE BOOSTER BETWEEN THE AGES OF
SEVEN, FOUR TO EIGHT.
BUT KEEPING A BABY IN A HARNESS
IS THE SAFEST OPTION.
WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A REAL LIFE
BABY HERE WITH US TODAY, JAYDEN.
SO WHY DON'T YOU SHOW US HOW YOU
HELPED HIS DAD INSTALL HIS CAR
SEAT CORRECTLY.
SURE.
JAYDEN IS HARNESSED CORRECTSLY
UP TOP WHERE IT SHOULD BE,
ARMPIT LEVEL.
HE'S VERY SNUG.
TIME, EVERYBODY TIME THE BABY'S
IN THEIR CAR SEAT AND HIS
HEADREST IS APPROPRIATELY SIZED
AND HE'S REAR FACING AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE UP TO 40 POUNDS HERE IN
THIS CAR SEAT.
STEPHANIE, YOU DID MENTION
80% OF FAMILIES ARE DOING IT
WRONG.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMON
MISTAKES?
MOST WOULD BE THAT THIS IS
TOO LOOSE HERE WHERE THE CAR
SEAT'S VERY MOVEABLE.
ALSO THAT THE BABY IS NOT
HARNESSED IN CORRECTLY.
THOSE ARE OUR TWO MOST COMMON
ERRORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHLY.
PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME HERE
TO ADVENTIST HEALTH CASTLE TO
GET FREE CAR SAFETY CHECKS DONE?
THEY CAN.
WE'RE ONE OF MANY PLACES ON THE
ISLAND.
YOU CAN COME TO CASTLE.
WE DO THEM TWICE A MONTH.
ALL HAVE YOU TO DO IS CALL FOR
AN APPOINTMENT.
CALL THE BIRTH CENTER AT CASTLE
AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN AND
WHERE.
OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR MOST
PRECIOUS CARGO SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE WHEN
TRAVELING AROUND.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
NOW NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL CHILD
PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK SO
ADVENTIST HEALTH CASTLE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KEIKI
INJURY PREVENTION COALITION WILL
BE HOSTING A FREE COMMUNITY CAR
SEAT SAFETY CHECK.
IT'S HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23RD, FROM SOCK-1:00
RESERVATIONS ARE NOT NEEDED.
JUST SHOW UP AND YOU CAN ALSO
FIND MORE INFO ON CAR SEAT
IT'S SO WONDERFUL THEY ARE
OFFERING THIS FREE TO THE
PUBLIC, YOU KNOW.
IT'S LITERALLY SAVING LIVES
BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, PRECIOUS
CARGO.
YOU WANT THEM IN THERE TIGHTLY.
THAT WAS A TRUE STORY.
I REMEMBER IT WAS RAINING THE
DAY WE WERE TAKING MY DAUGHTER
HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
NOT THE AIRPORT, THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAD HER IN THE CAR SEAT BUT
WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET THAT CAR SEAT INTO THE CAR
AND IT WAS RAINING.
I HAD JUST HAD A BABY AND I'M
LIKE OH, MY GOD, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT
HAPPENED A LOT LIKE WHEN I GAVE
HER THE FIRST BATH.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT GOING ON
WITH THE FIRST CHILD.
EVERYTHING AND WE TELL THEM THAT
WE DO.
WE'RE DOING IT AS WE GO.
THAT TOTALLY CHANGES WHEN
THEY ARE PRE TEENS BECAUSE NOW
THEY THINK WE KNOW NOTHING.
YEAH.
THAT'S THE STAGE I'M IN RIGHT
NOW.
I'M NOT HELPING WITH
HOMEWORK, SORRY.
UP NEXT, TALK ABOUT SCHOOL,