Child Seat Safety

I already know the importance of ERF. I am adding this to mine and my husbands myspaces pages so people will stop questioning why my 22 pound 14 month old is rear facing.

cont. A broken neck has NOTHING to do with the size of the seat. It's due to internal decapitation caused by the head been thrown forward and the spinal cord snapping. A child's head is significantly disproportionately large when compared to that of an adult, hence why they are at more risk of internal decapitation when ff than an adult.

Actually, there are more cases of broken legs in a ff crash than rf. In a rf front on crash the child's legs are thrown up towards their head, or up and to the side in a side on crash, so are not likely to hit the seat back at all. I've only heard of two anecdotal cases of broken leg in a rf crash compared to many in ff crashes where the legs hit the seat in front...

Get the pacifier out of that kids mouth so she can learn how to talk.

Lol, she stopped using a pacifier when she was 18 mos, however the pacifier never inhibited her speech. she's almost three years old now and has a very advanced vocabulary for her age.

My daughter was rf'ing at about 21 months when we were slammed from behind on the highway- she was FINE thank God. Don't forget also, that many times, when you are rear ended you are then pushed into another car in front of you for a subsequent frontal impact. It is still safer.

Those were clips of actual crash tests which require the seats to be installed to manufacturers standards. Both seats were installed correctly. A correctly installed ff seat has a lot of "give" and allows the body to be thrown forward significantly. Using a top tether on the ff seat is not allowed for crash testing as the seat must pass without a tether. Having a tether would stop the seat going forward as much but it increases the load on the neck and spine so doesn't make the seat any safe

Are you a certified car tech? Here in Canada it is proven that it is safer to have the seat tethered and it is illegal not to have the seat tethered. The car seat in Canada must pass using a tether (which is why many car seats are not available in Canada that are available in the States due to the fact they don't meet Canada's strict standards)

Sorry, my comment is in reply to cathwn

Thank you for making this video. I plan to keep my 11 month old son rear facing for as long as possible and it is great that you are getting the word out. Can I ask what program you used to make the video?