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Stephanie Tombrello

Executive Director, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.

http://www.carseat.org/   

SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. the national, non-profit organization dedicated to child passenger safety. Our mission is to help reduce the number of serious and fatal traffic injuries suffered by children by promoting the correct, consistent use of safety seats and safety belts.

Founded in 1980, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is nationally recognized for program excellence, training, and up-to-date technical materials. We provide consultation to advocates, parents, business leaders, the media, and professionals working in the fields of health care, traffic safety, and education.

Stephanie M. Tombrello, L.C.S.W., Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A., has been involved in child passenger safety since 1970. While shopping for a car seat for her infant daughter, she was shocked to learn that most of the models available in stores were unsafe. Stephanie and several other early pioneers in the field successfully petitioned the federal government to require crash testing for child restraints.  She also wrote the petition which resulted in the federal requirement for manufacturers to provide shoulder belts in the rear seats of all post-1989 passenger vehicles.


In 1980, Stephanie founded a grassroots organization in the Los Angeles area which evolved to become SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Under her leadership, the organization has become the premier resource for child passenger safety in the nation. Stephanie is a nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technician-Instructor and was appointed in 1995 to the National Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Restraint & Vehicle Compatibility.

Dealing With Your Fussy Baby in the Car

Stephanie Tombrello: Hello, I am Stephanie Tombrello, Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.

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Stephanie Tombrello: Hello, I am Stephanie Tombrello, Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.

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A. Today we are here to talk about protecting our youngest travelers in the car and especially what to do when babies fuss. When a baby is first put in the safety seat, it's usually like out of the hospital. Babies are often swaddled and they've also been confined for nine months in a very close environment. So usually their trip in the car is the first time that they really are completely un-swaddled. Most children want to tell you about that and they will do it fussing. So it's not the safety seat itself, but it's the new experience of not being confined, which often gets the child to fuss.

Of course, you want to make sure that you've buckled the child in properly and that you have their backs right up against the safety seat back, so that they are not slumped and uncomfortable from that. After you have checked that everything is fine with the baby in terms of feeding, burping, comfort of other kinds in terms of clothing, then if the child is property buckled up, sometimes you just have to grin and bear it. Babies cry and we need to protect them as they can't understand that they need to be protected in the car.

As they get older there are some tricks you can do to make them feel a little more comfortable in the car. Sometimes babies like to look at a picture of mom or dad's face. That something that you can take to the back of the seat, so that the baby can look at your face and it's something that will hurt a child, never want to give babies things to play within the car or hold in the car that you wouldn't feel comfortable having thrown at them at thirty miles and hour, because anything can come loops in a crash or sudden stop. However, there are lots of soft toys and books and we suggest that even from an early age, you have certain things that are used in the car, not used in the house at all. They'll always have a comfort factor in the car and they will also be new.

So now we have talked about fussy babies and how you can help them in the car, next, we would like to talk about some of the ways to help babies with special needs.

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