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Winter Car Seat Safety Tips from the AAP:

❄️Bulky clothing such as winter coats and snowsuits should not be worn underneath the harness or a car seat

🧥Add a blanket over the top of the harness straps or put your child’s coat on backwards over the buckled straps after they are buckled up. If you have a coat on, your baby will probably need a coat and blanket!

🤏🏻Use the pinch test— if you can pinch the straps of the car seat harness, then it needs to be tightened!

❄️Use a car seat cover ONLY if it does not have a layer under the baby— nothing bulky should ever go underneath your baby’s body or between their body and the straps.

❌Never use sleeping bag inserts or other stroller accessories in the car seat— if the item did not come with the car seat, it has not been crash tested and may interfere with protection.

A behavior is defined as the way a person acts or conducts themselves. Behaviors can be almost anything we can see someone do or say. Behaviors can be desired (things you want the child to do such as asking for help), or not desired (such as tantrums and yelling out).

Challenging behaviors are defined as behaviors that can be threatening to an individual or people around them.

To begin to understand how to treat a problem behavior, the function of the behavior must be determined. This tells you why your child is acting that way. By observing your child and tracking his behaviors, a pattern that tells you why the behaviors happen may emerge.

Creating an ABC Chart is a great strategy! Track behavior using the following:
🅰️Antecedent: What just prompted this behavior? What was happening right before the behavior occurred?
🅱️Behavior: What did the behavior look like? Be as specific as you can – instead of writing “tantrum”, use words like “hitting, kicking, screaming, biting”.
🛑Consequence: How did I (or others) respond to this behavior? What outcome did it have?
🛑Function: Which of the functions of behavior does this fall under?