No nursing while the car is moving!
As a pediatrician in a NICU and the daughter of a lactation consultant, I’m very, very pro-breastfeeding… but nursing has a time and a place. A moving vehicle is NOT the time or the place. Nursing your child while the car is moving puts both you and your baby at significant risk of unnecessary injury. … Read more
Tips for Safe (and Convenient) Taxi Travel
AVOID REGRETS: TIPS FOR TRAVELING SAFELY IN TAXIS In NYC in 2000 (the most recent year for which data are available) 2,600 children were injured in 17,000 taxi-related accidents. Studies show that NYC taxi passengers are 2.5 times more likely to be seriously injured or killed than the passengers in the other vehicle involved in … Read more
Tips for Buying a Safe Vehicle
TIPS FOR BUYING A SAFE VEHICLE When buying a vehicle (new or used) it is important to make sure that it will be safe for everyone – the kids in the back and the adults in the front. Deciding which vehicle to buy can be overwhelming, but here are some must-have safety features that might … Read more
(most) Coats & Car Seats are NOT a safe combo – learn how to keep kids WARM & SAFE)
Does winter time in your car ever look like this? Have you ever struggled to just get the harness buckled when your child is wearing a coat? Notice how the girl on the left doesn’t even have the buckle between her legs fastened as there wasn’t enough room in the straps with the bulky coat … Read more
>Let’s play – What was the car maker thinking?? (or – were they thinking at all?)
>It’s the disappearing center seat! Why should you care? The center of the back seat is the safest place of the car Studies show kids are 43% safer if they ride in the center instead of the side What does a “normal” center seat look like? 2010 Honda Accord SedanCenter: 15 inches wide What car … Read more
