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Eliminate Waste & Keep Kids Safe

Eliminate Waste & Keep Kids Safe

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Road Trips Done Right

Road Trips Done Right

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Baby, It’s HOT in Here

Baby, It’s HOT in Here

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Why Do Car Seats Expire?

Why Do Car Seats Expire?

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To Recycle or Not to Recycle? 

To Recycle or Not to Recycle? 

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What New Moms REALLY Want

What New Moms REALLY Want

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See Something, Say Something

See Something, Say Something

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Top 7 Tips for Road Trip Safety

Top 7 Tips for Road Trip Safety

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Why Kids Hate the Car Seat

Why Kids Hate the Car Seat

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Winter Safety FAQs

Winter Safety FAQs

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Car Seat Grads: How Soon is Too Soon?

Car Seat Grads: How Soon is Too Soon?

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Car Seat Safety: Where Do We Draw the [Car] Lines?

Car Seat Safety: Where Do We Draw the [Car] Lines?

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📣 Calling all caregivers!!!!!!!!! We need our c 📣 Calling all caregivers!!!!!!!!! We need our collective voice to get loud and debunk this myth.⁠⁠📣 ⁠⁠ While firefighters, police officers, nurses, pediatricians, OBGYNs, veteran mamas are vital to our communities, care, health, well-being and safety, they are not by default child passenger safety experts!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Don't get me wrong--some are! But this whole concept of--oh I am just going to head to a fire station and get my car seat "checked" (I hate that term) is total BS. Make. It. Stop. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Those of us who are certified in child passenger safety work darn hard at it. You think your car seat is complicated? Imagine having to know about alllllll of them! That's why a certification exists because your child's safety requires that level of detail. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If you want to learn how to use your car seat (because that is what we should be doing--teaching you, not "checking"), then before you go driving around town, head to the database first to search where you can get help. ⁠⁠You may find a certified tech at a fire station or police station or some other community area, just call first to find out what your options are! ⁠⁠ US: cert.safekids.org⁠⁠ CANADA: cpsac.org⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If someone says they are certified and you don't see them listed on the database, they may choose to not list their name publically. Just ask for their certification identification. We all have it (and it shows the timeframe for which it is valid).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 🌟Here @safeintheseat, we offer online courses and 1:1 consultations to take you from confused to car seat confident. Check out the links in bio for our resources.⁠⁠ 🌟 ⁠⁠ Who can you tag and share this post with to help us debunk this myth?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
My deep breathing technique has really improved ov My deep breathing technique has really improved over this past year. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Here's to not losing our sh*t on this Mother's Day weekend. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ What's your go-to coping skill to hold it together until bed time?! Credit: @psychedmommy
Want to know one of the most frequent car seat mis Want to know one of the most frequent car seat misuses? Leaving a head and/or body insert in your car seat longer than is permitted!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If your car seat came with a head and/or body insert then it likely has a weight limit. Check your car seat manual or the tag on the insert itself or call the manufacturer if you just cannot find it.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Then, download those free handy dandy cut-out stickers in my link in bio and note the weight limit there so you never forget!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Reminder: If your car seat did not come with any inserts, do not add them! It is crash tested just the way it is. Don't mess with that! ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This was one of the many adjustments I completely missed as a new mama. My son used the insert until he was 1 years old. Oops. I didn't know. And I am not going to let that happen to you!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 🌟If you need help knowing all the adjustments and how and when to make them, check out my Building Your Car Seat Confidence online course. It's the course I wish I had and couldn't find, so I created it!⁠⁠🌟 ⁠⁠ Are you in the know about your car seat's insert use!?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
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If you haven't done this yet, you likely will. An If you haven't done this yet, you likely will. And it hits you like a ton of bricks when you realize it. I speak from personal experience.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ We all make mistakes. We all move so fast and are carrying the mental mom load that sometimes something so important and routine just gets missed. YOU ARE STILL A GOOD MOM. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ I am a big believer in admitting what could happen so we come up with plans so it never will.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Here are some tips to help:⁠⁠ -Get your kids involved from the beginning. Talk to them about the importance of being buckled up and let them speak up if they are unbuckled.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ -Anytime your baby is in the infant carrier they should be fully and tightly buckled. Often forgetting to buckle happens in this most critical stage and it's because the child's harness was undone. In or out of the car--always buckled.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ -Assign a safety captain. Kids love this kind of responsibility-give them this oh so important job!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ -Come up with a safety check that you do every time before you put the car in drive. It could be something you say out loud to yourself if your children are too little to answer back, or it could be a question you ask and a fun chant the kids reply back with. You say: Ready to ride? They say: Locked and loaded (ok maybe not that but you get the idea).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Every Wednesday we do confessions in my stories and it's honestly one of my favorite days of the week. This one was the most frequently submitted last week. It happens, mamas. Come up with a family plan to reduce the likelihood! ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If you need to confess this one below, feel free. Then bless and release it. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
Has someone ever told you that you are overreactin Has someone ever told you that you are overreacting? That you are "extra" when it comes to car seat safety? That you are crazy, neurotic, too controlling, ______________ (fill in the blank). ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ I am here to remind you that keeping our kids safe is our single greatest responsibility. We spend so much time, energy, money on all the things to care for our kids, yet the one thing that has the greatest potential to save our child's life is a properly used car seat. Driving is the single most dangerous thing we do on a day in and day out basis.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ When I shared this in stories, it resonated with so many of you because you can see yourself in it. Thinking these thoughts. Hearing the critiques and criticisms. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This mama held strong and let best practice prevail. She told the voices around her to shut it. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ And, now, her superhero cape shines a little brighter because her commitment to safety saved her child's life and she was able to watch him play yet another day. What a gift. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Your time here is well spent, friends. Wondering "what if" or "if only I" or "I wish I would have known" or "I should have told them to STFU" are statements I never ever want you to say after a car crash. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ I'm car seat safety extra and damn proud of it. In a world where there is so very much I can't control, I can control this and you can too.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Tell me--what has been said to you about your car seat safety practices and how do you handle it?! @leimers5
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