Can I transport a child in a car seat in winter?

When the cold comes, for many parents transporting children in the car seat is much more difficult. Children are dressed in warm clothes, the size of which is significantly different from the average size of the child.

Some models of children's car seats are too narrow to fit a child in winter clothes. As a result, the child is not comfortable baby car seat, he feels clutched and constrained. Manufacturers of chairs do not take into account such loads and changes in the shape of the baby.

Remember, the more clothes a child has, the worse is the reliability of fixing the mount in the chair. In addition, the intensity of shock protection is reduced if the baby’s clothing layer is too thick. Then how to transport the child in the car in the winter, so that he was comfortable and safe? There are several answers to this question, but it is best to remove the jackets from children before boarding a car seat.

If a child is in a chair without outerwear

1. The easiest way is to warm up the car before the trip. And already in a warm car, remove the outerwear from the child and fasten it in the car seat. If there is a concern that the child may freeze, you can cover him with a blanket.

2. Buy heated child car seats from the cigarette lighter. This device makes it possible not to warm up the car in advance. Heating for a child seat can warm the seat for 1 minute and keep it warm throughout the trip.

3. A more expensive way is to install an alarm on the car with auto engine start. Autostart engine will allow you to remotely start the car, sit in a pre-heated cabin, undress and seat the child in the car seat.

If a child is in a car seat in outerwear

1. The best way is to buy a child seat that will be spacious enough for winter clothes. We recommend paying attention to manufacturers such as HEYNER (Germany) and Renolux (France).

2. The easiest way is to buy a child's winter clothes made of membrane fabric-it is thin and at the same time retains heat. You can also use demi-season clothing. In this case, you need to warm up the car at least a little.

3. Be sure to adjust the length of the seat belts and check how well the latches on the seat belts worked. Also, the belts should not be allowed to press down the chest and abdomen, or be too weak. If there are extra liners in the seat, they must be removed.

Whichever method is chosen, you need to make sure that the child is not too wrapped up. A sharp temperature difference during the exit from the cabin to the street can cause a cold sweating child.

These simple rules will help to use a child seat in the winter with maximum comfort and safety. And if you do not have such a device yet, you can choose and to buy a child car seat in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov with delivery in Ukraine can be on 130.com.ua.

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