I guarantee you've probably saved a child's life with this video. It's been up for a few years and has been viewed 25 thousand times. At least one, possibly more.
Holy moley! I never comment on videos! Thank you soooo much for this information. Exactly the clarification I came to the internet for regarding removing the insert!
For as big of a no no as this is, I have watched a lot of videos that say don't do it but no explanation as to why you shouldn't or can't do it. The lack of a why other than "because we said so" is bothersome. I'll do it. But it feels kind of stupid to do something and not have a reason. Thank you for the video. Edit: found the following " Search Search Search our store Search our store Close search 0 Currency USD $ Search Search our store Search our store Coats Fall '23 Preorders Everywhere Sleep Sack Car Seat Blankies Pajamas Shop Re-Buckle Me About Us Lower Anchors & Seat Belts - Safer Together? - Buckle Me Baby Coats Lower Anchors & Seat Belts - Safer Together? Lower Anchors & Seat Belts - Safer Together? May 25, 2020 Empty heading (Spoiler Alert: No) Have you ever wondered if using both the Lower Anchors and a seat belt to secure the car seat would be safer? After all two layers of protection are better than one - right? The short answer is - it depends… You can use them at the same time ONLY if both your car seat manual and your cars owners manual AGREE. Otherwise It’s can actually be frighteningly dangerous! (Be sure to check the vehicle owner’s manual AND the car seat guide) The Facts: According to Center for Disease Control’s Studies: 663 US children 12 years and younger died in motor vehicle crashes in 2015. More than 121,350 were injured in 2014. More than 618,000 children 0-12 rode without the use of a car seat, booster seat, or a seat belt at least some of the time. Of the children 12 and younger who died in a crash in 2015 (for which restraint use was known), 35% were not buckled up correctly. When Help is Not Helpful We’ve all been there - learning the right way to install a car seat safely is confusing, especially if you’ve never done it before! Relying on help from parents or those who had children many years ago can cause a lot of extra misinformation. The rules change all the time and what was the right way to do things before may not be the safest way now! Your best bet? Visit www.safekids.org to find a certified car seat technician (CPST) in your area. They will help you install the car seat properly - and for free. So what is the LATCH System Anyway? Designed by experts at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; the LATCH acronym stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children. It was “developed to make it easier to correctly install child safety seats without using seat belts.” LATCH can be found in vehicles as well as infant, convertible and forward-facing child safety seats, made after Sept. 1, 2002. Seat belts and Car Seats In older vehicles or vehicles without the LATCH System, seat belts are used to install car seats. Car seats have special slots on the backs and sides (depending on the model) that allow a seat belt to be threaded through, anchoring it to the vehicle’s seat and making it safe for children to sit in. Different seat belt systems have different locking mechanisms. Not sure where to look? Look in your car’s owners manual under the child restraint section. Why Using the LATCH System and a Seat belt Can Be Unsafe If one way keeps the car seat firmly in place it might seem like two would be even safer but it’s actually dangerous! By using both the Lower Anchors and the seat belt system when you shouldn’t, the force of the crash will place stress on the wrong areas of the car seat, which can cause the car seat not to function properly. In fact, most manufactures advise that using both doesn’t allow the car seat to move properly during a crash. Preventing natural movement (the way the car seat is designed to move in a crash) interferes with the distribution of crash forces which means that instead of the force of the crash being absorbed correctly by the car seat it could be redirected through your child!" Haven't found this on the manufacturer site but it's scarier enough for me not to.
Nuna’s manual is confusing. So the “infant insert” to be removed in the Pipa car seat at 11lb is just the low birth weight pillow? What about the rest of the insert-does that get removed completely at some point? Thank you very much for this content!
I'm so sorry I'm just seeing this now, but responding as it may help others in the future - the rest of the insert is optional for comfort so long as it does not impede the harness fit for the child in the seat.
