{"id":588,"date":"2017-02-13T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2020-04-27T07:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T12:57:26","slug":"the-secret-to-keeping-your-children-safe-in-their-car-seats-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/13\/the-secret-to-keeping-your-children-safe-in-their-car-seats-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret to keeping your children safe in their car seats this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, safety experts recommend putting children in their car seats without their winter coats. Doesn\u2019t this seem counter intuitive? After all, it is winter.<br \/>\nRecently on the \u201cToday\u201d show, Jeff Rossen did a segment on car seat dangers during the winter. He visited a crash test lab in Michigan. His segment shows the dramatic results of a car crash at 30 mph with a crash dummy inappropriately strapped in because of a puffy winter coat. Miriam Manary, who operates the lab, explains the proper way to strap in a child during the winter months. She recommends strapping them in without a coat. To keep them warm she suggests using a blanket or putting on their jacket backwards.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re expecting your first child and haven\u2019t picked out your car seat, check out the information at <strong>safercar.gov.<\/strong> Their website provides information on:<br \/>\nHow to select the right car seat;<br \/>\nWhat safety ratings mean;<br \/>\nHow to install your car seat; and<br \/>\nHow to register your car seat and how to get recall notifications.<br \/>\nConsider ordering a <strong>TIKE<\/strong> (Toddler Info Kept for Emergencies) sticker to attach to your car seat. <strong>TIKE<\/strong> is a bright neon green sticker that includes a child\u2019s emergency and medical contact information that goes on the car seat. This information in critical if you have an accident and you\u2019re unable to help the first responders with the care of your child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, safety experts recommend putting children in their car seats without their winter coats. Doesn\u2019t this seem counter intuitive? After all, it is winter. Recently on the \u201cToday\u201d show, Jeff Rossen did a segment on car seat dangers during the winter. He visited a crash test lab in Michigan. His segment shows the dramatic results [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}