This will help keep them safe during takeoff and landing or in case of turbulence. Remember that your child will need an appropriate car safety seat to use at your destination. If you have questions or need help with installing your car safety seat, find a certified child passenger safety technician CPST or CPS technician. Lists of certified CPSTs and child seat—fitting stations are available on the following websites:. Be a good role model.
Make sure you always wear your seat belt. This will help your child form a lifelong habit of buckling up. Make sure that everyone who transports your child uses the correct car safety seat or seat belt on every trip, every time.
Being consistent with car safety seat use is good parenting, reduces fussing and complaints, and is safest for your child. Never leave your child alone in or around cars, and lock your vehicle when it is not in use. Any of the following situations can happen when a child is left alone in or around a vehicle. A child can. Always read and follow the manufacturer's instructions for your car safety seat.
If you do not have those, write or call the company's customer service department. Staff will ask you for the model number, name of seat, and date of manufacture. The manufacturer's address and phone number are on a label on the seat. Also, be sure to follow the instructions in your vehicle owner's manual about using car safety seats.
Some manufacturers' instructions may be available on their websites. Remember to fill out and mail in the registration card that comes with the car safety seat. You can also register your seat on the manufacturer's website. It will be important in case the seat is recalled. Follow manufacturer directions for cleaning car seats. Cleaning but not disinfecting is usually permitted. That's because disinfectant products may decrease the protection provided by the seat and harness.
Although the AAP is not a testing or standard-setting organization, this article sets forth the AAP recommendations based on the peer-reviewed literature available at the time of its publication and sets forth some of the factors that parents should consider before selecting and using a car seat. DOT HS publication Safe transportation of preterm and low birth weight infants at hospital discharge.
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Text Size. Page Content. Types of car seats at a glance: This chart is a quick guide on where to start your search. Types of rear-facing seats Three types of rear-facing seats are available: rear-facing—only , convertible, and all-in-one. Rear-facing—only seats Are used for infants up to 22 to 35 pounds and 26 to 35 inches, depending on the model. Are small and have carrying handles. Usually come with a base that can be left in the car. Parents can buy more than one base for additional vehicles.
This means the seat can be used longer by your child. Convertible seats are bulkier than infant seats, however, and they do not come with carrying handles or separate bases and are designed to stay in the car. Many have higher limits in rear-facing weight up to 40—50 pounds and height than those of rear-facing— only seats, a feature that makes convertible seats ideal for bigger babies and toddlers.
Have a 5-point harness that attaches at the shoulders, at the hips, and between the legs. Should be used only for a child's travel not sleeping, feeding, or any other use outside the vehicle.
All-in-one seats used rear facing Can be used rear facing, forward facing, or as a belt- positioning booster. This means the seat may be used longer by your child as your child grows. Are often bigger in size, so it is important to check that they fit in the vehicle while they are rear facing. Do not have the convenience of a carrying handle or separate base; however, they may have higher limits in rear-facing weight up to 40—50 pounds and height than those of rear-facing—only seats, a feature that makes all-in-one seats ideal for bigger babies and toddlers.
Installation tips for rear-facing seats Always read the vehicle owner's manual and the car safety seat manual before installing the seat. When using a rear-facing seat, keep the following tips in mind: Place the harnesses in your rear-facing seat in slots that are at or below your child's shoulders. Ensure that the harness is snug you cannot pinch any slack between your fingers when testing the harness straps over the child's shoulders and that the chest clip is placed at the center of the chest, even with your child's armpits.
There are seats that may be used until your child is 25kgs approx. Many of these seats may be Rear Facing. Choosing the right High Backed Booster is as important as it is when choosing for a younger child.
Children grow at different speeds. When looking at guides on child car seats, these are often based on a 50 th centile child. If your child is high on the centile chart, 90 th or above, you can expect your seat to last approximately a year less than the guidelines for that seat.
If they are 25 th centile or below, you will probably get a year longer in the seat than it states. Generally, child seats are either categorised by weight or height, so looking at the label on the seat will help you to decide.
For child seats Group 1 , this would normally occur at 18kgs or cms. A guide would be when their eye level reaches the top of the seat. We would recommend cms if possible, but look at the child sitting without a seat:. If they look comfortable and the belt is well positioned, then the child could travel without a car seat. Report a problem on this page. Please select all that apply:. Something is broken. Provide more details optional :.
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Important notices. Thank you for your help! Booster seat age refers to the age of a child at which they are ready to move from a car seat to a booster seat. The appropriate age is generally at least 4 years old. If you can safely keep your child in a harnessed car seat for a while longer, do it. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids use a car seat until they reach the maximum height or weight for that five-point harness.
Three-year-olds are not ready to ride in a booster seat, even if they fit within the manufacturer's height and weight guidelines.
To sit in a booster seat, children should:. Many convertible and harness-to-booster car seats have harnesses rated to hold kids up to 65 pounds. In fact, children in the U. Thanks to advances in car seat safety technologies, four-year-olds that might have been moved into a booster 10 years ago can still safely ride in a rear-facing car seat. Even fairly tall children can remain rear-facing through toddler years and then switch to a forward-facing harness until kindergarten age.
Any step up in car seats—from rear-facing to forward-facing, from the harness to booster—is actually a step down in safety. The 5-point harness spreads crash forces over more points on a child's body, lessening the potential force any one part of the body must take in a crash.
While some high-back booster seats have a minimum weight of 30 pounds, kids should weigh at least 40 pounds before riding in any booster seat. From a practical standpoint, parents find that it is easier to keep the child sitting properly when in a car seat than in a booster; in a booster the child can unbuckle themselves more easily than in a car seat.
They can also lean and slouch, which is dangerous. They can't do that in a car seat when the 5-point harness is properly adjusted. The seatbelt cannot protect a child who is not in the proper position. Most children cannot be trusted to sit properly until at least five years old.
Many parents find that their child is actually much older than four before they can be expected to sit still in a booster.
If your vehicle has lap-only seatbelts in the rear seats, keep your child in a harnessed car seat as long as possible. Harnessed seats can be installed with a lap-only belt. Extended harnessing, or using a harnessed car seat with a higher weight limit, is vastly preferable to moving a child into a lap-only seatbelt. If you have a pre vehicle with a lap-only belt in the center, it is important to know that car seats can safely go there but boosters and big kids should not.
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