CBC and Booster Seat Safety!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
It seems that someone at CBC has been reading my blog and when the time came to do a story on a recent study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety they contacted me! Why me though? My boys are not yet in booster seats. I think the reporter was surprised at first when I told him my almost 6 year old was still in a 5pt harnessed car seat. He was intrigued by this fact and asked if I’d be willing to talk to him about this on air…in one hour! Nervously I agreed and secretly was happy that I actually put on a little makeup earlier!
We arrived at Liam’s school and the reporter Chris Corday was waiting for us, he interviewed me and I like usual rambled on about car seat safety and my loathing of the 3-in-one seats (which I might add are some of the ones not recommended in the IIHS study). I told him that Liam who is now just over 40lbs could be in a booster, but I choose to keep him in a harnessed seat, and used a line from our great moderator of CPO’s Car Seat Safety Board TamC “A step up in restraint is a step down in safety!” I also said yes he does complain sometimes that he’s still in a car seat, but I tell him that he’s just like a Race Car Driver as they wear 5 pt harnesses just like him to keep them safe!
I wish I had been able to grab the clip that was online to post here, but I was so busy the day after it was on, I didn’t get a chance to! CBC only keeps their news casts online for 24 hours! 
Here’s a couple of pics we took right after the taping:
In the pic above you can see Finn is still happily rear facing, and we borrowed Sarah’s The First Years True Fit seat to try out. Very nice, I’m still thinking I may have to get one for that extra 5 pounds I can keep Finn rear facing. Actually Ciaran could be rear facing in one still, he’s still only 33-34lbs at almost 4 years old!
Oh and you can probably see above in the pics the t-shirt on the seat. This is also another great tip I stole from SarahNB. It works great to keep your seats clean when you have a walking toddler that’s rear facing. When the shirt gets dirty, you take it off and wash it. So simple!
