CPST Amy

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One of the biggest seat mistakes I see. taking away the booster seat too soon!

Rear facing is the safest your child will ever be! Max out those seat limits!

When presented like this it's really clear what happens to a child's head, brain, neck, and spine in a car crash. It's also why we want to keep kids rear-facing until they max out one of the limits of their car seat.

A young child's head, brain, neck, and spine simply are not developed enough to withstand crash forces. When you combine an underdeveloped spine with an oversized head and decide to face your child forward anyway, you are setting them up to be injured. I know that is blunt, but it's true.

It's really quite simple--the more time we give our children's bodies to strengthen and their bones to fuse together, the less risk of fatal injury in a car crash. ⁠⁠
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Of course, our kids will turn forward-facing one day. Let's just make sure that day is when we have given their bodies ample time to develop on the inside and the outside⁠ so their bodies can handle the crash forces free of injury or worse.