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Car Seats Series #4 : Harnessing

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Learning to use the Car Seat Harness correctly is important because four of the most common car seat mistakes parents make involve the incorrect use of the harness.

More about those later…

After selecting the right car seat for your child’s car seat stage (selection) and installing it (direction, location and installation) — and preferably having that installation checked by a certified Child Passenger safety Technician, there is harnessing.

From birth to booster age you are likely using a 5-point harness car seat.

This means the car seat harness system contacts your child in five points: both shoulders, both hips and the crotch.

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These are the strongest points of the body. A 5-point harness spreads the crash force evenly over the child.

First thing first, which direction is your child facing?

Deciding which slot the harness goes through the car seat depends on your child’s height and which direction your child is facing in the car.

If your child is in a rear-facing car seat, the

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