Baby Ejected From Car Seat Winter Coat

If you can pinch the webbing.

Baby ejected from car seat winter coat. All that material will compress in a collision and cause slack that may allow a child to be ejected from the carseat. Heres a link to explain how to safely wear a winter coat in a carseat. If youre not sure your coat is ok to use in the car try the test i showed above. If you can now pinch the webbing between your thumb and forefinger then the coat is too bulky to be worn under the harness.

Then take your child out take her coat off and fasten her in again without re tightening the harness. In that case a child is then more vulnerable to slipping out and getting ejected from the car seat according to the american academy of pediatrics. See a video of this chalk test take the child out of the car seat. Crash test lab video aired on today last winter showed a child dummy wearing a puffy coat flying out of a car seat in a simulated 30 mph crash.

Put the child back in the car seat and buckle the harnesses again. Adjust the strap so that the chalk line is where it was when the coat was on. Parents or caregivers unsure if their childs coat is. If the harness is tight without the coat youre fine.

Using chalk mark the tail of the car seat strap where it comes out from the car seat. Winter coats and even bulky sweatshirts can cause the straps on the car seat to fit the child loosely amber rollins director of kids and cars a national organization that aims to prevent automobile related deaths of children told insider. Plus it has a top flap that folds down in the car or over the babys face when youre out in the cold. Take the coat off your child.

If you need proof the car seat lady and other experts advise you to try this test fasten your child in her car seat with a coat on and the harness tight. 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. Its fleece lined and made from a water resistant quilted nylon. Buckle your child into the car as you normally would tighten the straps until they pass the pinch test then without loosening the straps remove the child take off all those warm layers and rebuckle to see how much slack is in the harness.

It simply stretches over the car seat and doesnt interfere with the straps or harness.