Booster Seat Law Cuts Child Traffic Injuries

Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 2:06 p.m.

From MedPageToday.comChild traffic injuries fell in New York State after a new law required upgraded restraints, researchers reported.The law was associated with an 18% decrease in the number of traffic injuries among children ages 4 through 6, who were the targets of the new law, according to Kainan Sun, PhD, and colleagues at the New [ ... ]Related posts: 13 Booster Seats Get Poor Ratings in Safety Review Your Car Seat Questions Answered Your Car Seat Questions Answered ...

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Advocates hold healthy baby shower today in Fort Lauderdale

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 3:25 a.m.

The coalition plans to give more than 400 new and expecting fathers and mothers free bags of goodies, in addition to raffling off car seats, strollers, gift certificates and other items ... The b ...

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Toys ‘R’ Us launches Cash for Clunkers, for babies.

Published Aug. 28, 2009 at 11:25 a.m.

Customers to trade used cribs, car seats and other children's items in exchange for a store discount ...

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A Car Seat Conundrum

Published July 1, 2009 at 5:18 p.m.
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  ... A recent study in the British Medical Journal caught me up short: It said that kids should be kept in rear-facing car seats until the age of 4. I pictured my own preschooler in a rear-facing car seat: The image that came to mind was of Wyatt practically folded in half, with nowhere for his on-the-verge-of-gangly legs to go ... read more ...

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Take Our Car Seat Quiz

Published June 26, 2009 at 3:59 p.m.

Most infants are in car seats that aren’t installed correctly. Make sure yours isn’t among them ...

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