Health Tip: Secure Your Child in a Booster Seat: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: Secure Your Child in a Booster Seat: MedlinePlus

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Health Tip: Secure Your Child in a Booster Seat

Make sure it's used properly

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By Diana Kohnle

Monday, October 22, 2012

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(HealthDay News) -- A booster seat is used to restrain an older child until he or she is big enough to use a seat belt.
The Nemours Foundation offers these booster-seat safety tips:

• Carefully read the seat's entire instruction manual.
• Make sure the lap belt fits low and snug across the child's hips.
• Make sure the shoulder belt rests snug and flat across the shoulder and doesn't cross the neck or face.
• Make sure the seat belt is never twisted.
• If the child buckles himself or herself in, check the belt and booster seat afterward to ensure it's been done properly.

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