As the winter air slowly moves into your area, this is your PSA for winter coats and child car seat safety!

As a general rule, bulky clothing, including winter coats should not be worn underneath the harness of a car seat. In the event of a crash, the fluffy padding in coat immediately flattens out from force, leaving a lot of extra space under the harness. In turn, your child can easily slip through the harness and be thrown out of the car seat.

Always double check your harness: even if your child looks snuggly bundled up in the car seat, multiple layers may make it difficult to tighten the harness enough. If you can pinch the straps of the car seat harness, then it needs to be tightened to fit snugly against your child's chest.

Here’s a safe jacket alternative made to work in most car seats. A special thanks to my sister-in-law for showing me this! I’m going to have to add this to my kid’s wish list for sure! https://amzn.to/3FvfJkq

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