BACK. EVERYONE AT JENNIFER WAUGH HERE OUTSIDE THE CHANNEL. 4 STUDIOS THIS
MORNING. WE’RE FOCUSING
SPECIFICALLY ON HELPING YOU
BETTER PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN,
YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN WHEN
THEY’RE IN THE CAR WITH YOU.
THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN YOUR
KIDS ARE IN THE CAR WITH YOU,
RIGHT? AND YOU’RE AND YOU’RE
ALL ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY’RE SAFE. WE’RE
FOCUSING ON CAR SEATS IN
PARTICULAR. LILIYA JARA BACK
IS WITHIN A SAFE KIDS.
NORTHEAST FLORIDA IS GOING TO
WANT RUN THROUGH THE BIGGEST
MISTAKES AND WHEN TO KNOW WHEN
IT’S TIME TO CONVERT TO A NEW
CAR SEAT, OK? SO WE’RE GOING
TO SHOW YOU’VE GOT A CAR HERE.
LILY, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. SO
WE HAVE A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK
HERE. OKAY. THIS IS A
CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT. FIRST OF
ALL, CAN YOU ANSWER? WHERE IS
THE BEST PLACE TO PUT A CAR
SEAT IN THE BACK OF A CAR? IS
THERE A CERTAIN AREA THAT’S
SAFER THAN ANOTHER?
>> GREAT QUESTION TO THERE
ISN’T NECESSARILY AT THE
SAFEST SPOT FOR THE CAR. SEE,
IT’S REALLY UP TO THE PARENTS
DISCRETION. SO DEPENDING ON
WHO ALL RIGHT IN THE VEHICLE,
WHAT OTHER CHILDREN YOU HAVE,
YOU CAN KIND OF DECIDE WHAT
THE BEST POSITION FOR THE SEAT
IS GOING TO BE. AND I WANT TO
POINT OUT ALSO, THIS IS A
FORWARD-FACING SEAT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: BUT IT’S A
LOT OF TIMES, PARTICULARLY IF
YOUR CHILD IS VERY, VERY
YOUNG, YOU’LL HAVE A
REAR-FACING SEAT. SO WHEN
YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT WE’RE
GOING TO PLACE THIS, YOU HAVE
TO REMEMBER OUR ARE THESE
FRONT SEAT’S GOING TO NEED TO
BE MOVED BACK BECAUSE SOMEONE
IS A LITTLE BIT TALLER BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE’S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE
CAR SEAT IF IT IS. WELL,
THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE AND
WE’RE GOING TO TRAINING ON
THAT, IF YOU WILL, FOR US.
ACTUALLY, THERE’S SOMETHING
CALLED A LATCH WHICH MANY
PARENTS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
BECAUSE THE NEWER CARS HAVE
THEM. AND AND AND SOMETIMES
THIS CAN BE A POINT OF
CONFUSION AND WHERE PARENTS
MAKE THE MISTAKES WHEN THEY’RE
INSTALLING TO SO ONE OF THE
MOST COMMON MISTAKES THAT WE
SEE CAREGIVERS MAKE IS WHEN
INSTALLING THE CAR SEAT,
THEY’LL USE BOTH LOWER ANCHORS
AND A SEAT BELT AND THAT THAT
THAT ANCHOR THE REFERRING TO
IS THE RED TAB THAT YOU’RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW IN OUR CAMERA
AND THEN ALSO THE SEAT BELT.
YES, THE SEATBELT GOING
ACROSS. SO YOU ONLY WANT TO
USE ONE METHOD OF
INSTALLATION. OKAY. SO IN THIS
CASE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE
ONLY THE ANCHORS NEEDED PUT
THE SEATBELT ITSELF IS NOT
WITH THIS. NOW, LET’S MOVE
OVER. IF WE CAN, THEN LILY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WHEN WE’RE
SPECIFICALLY ANOTHER MISTAKE
THAT A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS
WILL MAKE ITS JUST HOW THEY
ACTUALLY STRAP THEIR CHILD
INTO THE CAR SEAT. YES, SO WE
OFTEN SEE THAT NOT GETTING
TIGHT ENOUGH. SO IF WE LOOK AT
THIS, SEE HERE, WE HAVE AN
IMPACT IN A REAR-FACING
CARRIER. SO WE CAN SEE THAT
IT’S TOO LOOSE. SO YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU GET REALLY TIGHT
AND WE DO WHAT’S CALLED A
PINCH PASS WHERE WE MAKE SURE
WE CAN’T GET ANY OF THAT
WEDDING UP. AND THEN THE LAST
STEP IS TO MOVE THIS RETENTION
CLIP UP TO ARMPIT LEVEL. AND
THEN YOU MAKE SURE IT’S ALL
SNUG. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE
DIFFICULT. I KNOW BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO KEEP ADJUSTING IT WHEN
YOU TAKE THE CHILD OUT. BUT IT
IS WORTH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR INFANT IS SAFE. HOW DO
YOU KNOW THEN LILY, WHEN IT’S
TIME TO TRANSITION, A CHILD
OUT OF AN INFANCY TO A BIGGER
SEAT? SO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF PEDIATRICS SUGGESTS THAT A
CHILD SHOULD BE REAR FACING
FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF AGE OR
WHEN THEY REACHED THE HEIGHT
AND WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS OF
THAT SEAT. OK, AND SO WHAT’S
NICE IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAVE A LITTLE MONEY, THERE ARE
A LOT OF PARENTS WHO WILL BUY
THIS SEAT WHICH OFTENTIMES
STRAPS INTO A STROLLER WHICH
DOES MAKE IT EASIER. BUT YOU
COULD FORGO THIS COMPLETELY IF
YOU HAVE AN INFANT AND
ACTUALLY CHOOSE A SEAT LIKE
THIS, WHICH IS A CONVERTIBLE
SEAT, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY
THEY’RE JUST AS SAFE?
>> YEAH. SO THIS IS A
CONVERTIBLE. SEE? SO IT GOES
WE’RE FACING. AND IF YOU MOVE
THIS BELL UNDER, YOU’LL HAVE A
FORWARD-FACING CAR SEAT. SO
THIS OFTEN GIVES YOU MORE ROOM
FOR THE CHILD TO GROW. SO
YOU’LL HAVE THOSE WEIGHT
LIMITS FOR THE REAR-FACING.
AND WHEN THE CHILD REACHES
THOSE LIMITS, THEN YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND MOVE IT FORWARD
FACING OR LAST TOO MUCH
LONGER, RIGHT AND SAVE YOU
SOME MONEY. AND AND IF YOU
LOOK ON THE SIDE HERE, I KNOW
THAT REALLY POINTS OUT TO ME
BEFORE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THIS
ACTUALLY MAKE SURE YOU READ
THE LABELS BECAUSE THIS TELLS
YOU THAT A CHILD AS YOUNG AS 5
POUNDS CAN ACTUALLY SIT IN US
SO YOU CAN TAKE THEM HOME FROM
THE HOSPITAL ESSENTIALLY IN
LET’S MOVE NOW TO THESE KINDS
OF SEATS, A BOOSTER AND ONE
THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE HARNESS.
HOW WOULD THE PITCH A SPECIFIC
AGE SHOULD BE IN THIS? AND I
KNOW THAT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON
HEIGHT, CORRECT? SO IT’S
BASICALLY DEPENDENT ON HEIGHT
AND WEIGHT. SO AGE IS GOING TO
DIFFER ON THE CHILD.
>> BUT SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
REFER TO THE MANUFACTURING
GUIDELINES ON THE HEIGHT AND
WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH
SEE. SO THIS IS FORT FACING
ONLY SO THIS DOES NOT GO
REAR-FACING. IT HAS THE
FIVE-POINT HARNESS. SO WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE STICKERS ON
THE SIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF
GAUGE HOW OLD THE CHILD SHOULD
BE. THE WEIGHT AND HEIGHT. CAN
I JUST POINT OUT ALSO THAT MY
DAUGHTER WAS IN ONE OF THESE
UNTIL SHE WAS 8.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THE
REASON I POINT THAT OUT IS
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR
CHILD CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG
HERE, REALLY IN A 5 POINT
HARNESS HONESTLY, AS LONG AS
YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT BOOSTER
SEATS BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER
SOURCE OF A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION ABOUT WHEN TO
TRANSITION A CHILD FOR MAYBE A
SEAT LIKE THIS INTO A BOOSTER
SEAT AND THEN INTO A SEAT BELT
ITSELF. YES. SO YOU KIND OF
HAVE TO KNOW YOUR CHILD. SO
WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOOSTER
SEAT, THERE IS NO FIVE-POINT
HARNESS.
>> YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
CHILD ABLE TO SIT UP ON BY
THEMSELVES. THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO SLOUCH KIND RELAX A LITTLE
BIT MORE. SO THIS IS JUST
GOING TO USE A SEATBELT. SO IT
JUST USE THE CHILD UP A LITTLE
BIT MORE AND WE’LL HAVE THE
SEAT BELT AS NORMALS THAT
SEATBELTS GOING TO LAY FLAT
ACROSS THE SHOULDER ALONG
HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, USING THE
DUMMY AND THEN WHERE IT SHOULD
BE PLACED AROUND THAT SHOULD
BE ON THE HIPS. NEVER ON THE
STOMACH. AND THE REASON THAT
THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE
WE HAVE SEEN EMERGENCY ROOMS
THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD
CHILDREN HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO
THEIR ABDOMEN BECAUSE THEY
WERE TRANSITION INTO A SEAT
BELT FAR TOO SOON AND SHOULD
HAVE BEEN IN A BOOSTER SEAT.
LILY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: GREAT
INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT, THANK
YOU. AND L, DO WANT TO ASK YOU
BECAUSE YOU CAN YOU ACTUALLY
OFFER SERVICE THROUGH SAFE
KIDS. NORTHEAST FLORIDA, IT
OFFERS FREE CAR SEAT CHECKS.
COULD YOU PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION FOR OUR VIEWERS?
YES, IS SAFE KIDS. NORTHEAST
FLORIDA OFFERS FREE CAR SEAT
CHECKS FOR FAMILIES WITH THE
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
TECHNICIAN. YOU CAN CALL 9, 0,