Car Seat Safety - Avoid These 3 Deadly Mistakes

High Chair Safety

If you are buying a new or used high chair, it should have:

• a wide base for stability
• a waist belt that has a buckle that cannot be fastened unless the crotch strap is also connected
• easy to use straps so that you always use them
• a post between the child's legs to prevent the child from slipping down and becoming trapped under the tray
• straps and their attachments that securely attached and work properly

• always use the restraining straps
• the feeding tray is not a restraint
• if a high chair is close enough to a table, counter, wall, or other surface, your baby may be able to push off, and potentially tip
• locking devices on a folding high chair must always be locked
• never allow a child to stand up in a high chair
• don't wander away from the high chair
• a high chair is not for play
• children should never climb into a high chair unassisted
• older children who hang on to a high chair while a baby is in it might tip it over

Yours in parenthood, Grandpa Richard.