Babies Wearing Coats In Car Seats

Car seats are a part of parents lives.

Babies wearing coats in car seats.

Children can wear thin coats and there are now coats specifically designed to be used within the harness of a car seat which have been crash tested. In fact wearing a puffy coat yourself with the seat belt is not a best practice because it adds space between your body and the seat belt. How to keep your child warm and safe in the car seat. Winter coats and snowsuits change the way a child fits into the car seat.

Parents should choose car seat friendly coat options. The force on a 10 pound infant is more than a 10. The tips below are appropriate for all ages. This test showed the dangers of wearing a bulky coat which endangers car seat safety.

As is winter weather. Thick winter coats or snowsuits can keep your baby warm but they can compromise your child s car seat safety. Keeping the seat at room. But car seats and puffy coats don t mix.

Take the coat off put your child back in the car seat and buckle the harness straps which should be adjusted just as they were when the child was wearing the coat. But if you live in new england like us winter is no joke. If you have the child wear the coat to the car take it off buckle in the child and put the coat back on the coat will still be warm. Store the carrier portion of infant seats inside the house when not in use.