Post by Judy Dutton.
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Parents have been drilled like crazy on car seat safety -- after all, knowing how to properly install the seat and buckle your baby in is what can keep him safe in case of a crash! Yet while you might assume that car seat safety issues end once you've turned off your ignition, that's surprisingly not the case.
In fact, one study found that every year, nearly 10,000 babies in the U.S. are injured in their car seats not due to a collision, but while the car seat was outside the car. So how exactly did these accidents happen? Read on to get the lowdown on car seat dangers beyond car crashes.
What parent hasn't done #1?
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