This is not a planned or scheduled post, but the universe sent me a message and I want to pass it along. Car seat safety is as important as ever. It’s also a collaboration with Britax.

This made me cry for so many reason and I thought it’d be super important to share.

1. No parent wants to see their children get hurt. We try as best we can to keep them safe and protected. But we are also humans and sometimes fail.
2. When things are meant to happen, they will happen, regardless of how prepared or unprepared we are.
3. It makes me think of all the kids I personally know who are not in the right seat. About 9 months ago I would’ve said something, but now I am scared and maybe a little embarrassed to say something since I failed to keep my child safe and he nearly drowned.
4. It brought back every single memory of our accident. Seeing a child in an ambulance, plugged to machines, fighting for his life is just something no parent should be witness to.

What to do?

Is not hard to keep children in the right seat. My oldest is almost 8 yrs old and about 54″, weights 74 lbs and he still sits in a 5 point harness car seat. Does he complain? Sometimes, but for the most part he knows is for his safety. Maybe because we spend so much time in the car I am a bit more aware to friends not following simple safety rules. Bloggers who IG, live or FB while driving NEED TO STOP. Make sure your seatbelt is not tangled. It beats the point of actually wearing it.

He’s has been in a Britax Frontier ClickTight. This car seat is a convertible car seat that works as a harnessed convertible car seat up to 58″ and 90 lbs and then as a high back booster until 62″ and 120 lbs. We love this car seat so much. Car seats are investments. Parents are surprised by the price of car seats, but they fail to understand this is the item your child will use the longest. So that $300 investment is actually pretty cheap when you break down with the cost. On average car seats have 9 year expiration date so it can be used safely for that long.

no excuses

So the excuse that there are no more car seats available for their height weight is just not acceptable. Of course this case in the video is a bit different, in that the kid is a bit older, but the message is the same across the board. Make sure that children are sitting in the right seat for their age.

Thank you to Britax for sending us the Frontier car seat. All opinions are my own. If you know us, we have bought 3 Britax car seats previously. They have been amazing purchases.