Car Safety Week!
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Injury prevention is one of the most important topics that we, as pediatricians, discuss with families.
Here in the United States, unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children over 1 year of age, and car crashes are always in the top two causes of these injuries across all pediatric age groups, along with SIDS/infant suffocation, drowning, suicide, and firearm homicide.
Let’s use this week to review the restraint techniques at different ages and make sure we’re doing our very best to keep our kids safe in travel. We’ll discuss safety at each age separately as the week goes on. Today let’s start with the overview:
- Rear-facing as long as possible!
- Forward-facing car seat with harness until they outgrow it!
- Boosters when kids are too big for the car seat, but too little for the seat belt to fit correctly.
- Back seat until 13!
- Never leave your child unattended in the car – even for a second!
- And finally, make a habit of checking the back seat before walking away from the car.
Feel free to engage us in conversation, and share your stories and pics with us on our social media. We always love to hear from you. Car safety, families! Let’s Do it – EasyPeasie :)
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EasyPeasie was created and is owned by two sisters — two Peas in a pod! Between us are two doctors (a pediatrician and an engineer), a mommy, and an auntie. We care about kids’ nutrition, and are in the business of providing families simple, natural, convenient, and fun ways to improve every meal with added vegetable nutrition. Send us your thoughts and questions on babies, toddlers, veggies, veggie palate primers, being parents, being patients, doctoring, being doctored, or anything else! Comment on our blog, drop us a note on Facebook or Instagram.