Do you know that according to a report 80% of children are not properly seated within the car seat and thus numerous children get unnecessarily injured in car accidents. Still many of us do not bother about using secure car seats for our kids. So let us follow some fundamental tips so that we can avoid our babies from getting involved in an accident.

The biggest mistake that you parents frequently commit, isn't to bother regardless of whether the seat is correct for your child's age and regardless of whether he is facing the right direction.

a) Always remember infants should be in a rear facing infant only seat or convertible seat until they're one year old and weigh twenty pounds. Children whose weight remains much less than twenty lbs. even after 1 year should also continue to face backwards.

b) When a child is above one year in age & weighs more than twenty lbs. then he/she could be seated in a forward facing automobile seat, until they're forty lbs. of weight. Kids over 40 lbs. ought to be placed into a belt positioning booster seat and they should generally stay in it until they're a minimum of eight years old.

c) Parents always remember not to use the car's normal seat belts for your child until they fit correctly when your child is about 80 lbs. & is 4ft 9 inches tall. Your child ought to not use regular seat belts until the shoulder strap fits across his shoulder & not his neck, and also the lap belt fits across his hips & not his stomach.

d) You need to not allow your child to sit within the front seat until he/she is more than 12 years of age

e) Remember! Do not use seat, which has its harness straps too loose or in the wrong position, usually lock the seat belt correctly with a locking clip, secure the seat belt correctly & don't place an infant seat within the way of an air bag.

f) Always make sure that the harness chest clip of the infant seat is positioned at your child's armpit level, the harness straps are straight, the rear-facing straps are positioned at or a bit below your child's shoulders, the seat is reclined at about a 45 degree angle and never ever place an infant in a rear-facing child restraint in the front seat of a car.

g) Whenever you are using a rear facing convertible seat, see carefully regardless of whether the harness straps are positioned at or a bit below your child's shoulders, the harness chest clip is at the armpit level, the harness straps are straight and the seat is reclined at a 45-degree angle.

h) While utilizing a forward facing convertible seat, watch out that the harness straps are positioned at or slightly above your child's shoulder, the straps are straight and the harness chest clip's position is around your child's mid-chest or armpit area.

i) You are able to only use a forward facing combination seat if the harness straps are positioned at, or slightly above, your child's shoulders & you should stop using a shield booster when your child is 40 pounds.

j) In the event you wish to use a belt-positioning booster seat, first make sure that you're utilizing the lap/shoulder belt combination with a belt-positioning booster. Never use just a lap belt. Secondly, the shoulder belt should rest across the chest & thirdly the lap-belt ought to stay across the lap or upper thigh area and not across the stomach

Finally, do not use a automobile seat that: a) was involved in a crash, b) more that 10 years old, c) doesn't have a label with its date of manufacturing, d) does not have instructions, e) has a crack in its frame or has some component missing.

Always follow these instructions to ensure your baby's safety within the car.