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Injuries can happen when strollers tip over while children are riding in them. Avoid placing shopping and diaper bags on stroller handles. When buying a stroller new or second-hand, look for one that has a five-point harness and built-in storage on the underside of the frame.
Wait until your baby is at least three months of age before using a jogger stroller. If you plan to buy a jogger for use with a young baby, make sure the stroller has a full recline feature. Otherwise, it will not provide enough support for a newborn's weak neck and heavy head.
Use a head hugger or rolled-up towel to support your baby's head on either side. Avoid taking babies less than one year of age on rough terrain like dirt/gravel paths and hiking trails. This also puts undue strain on undeveloped neck muscles.
If you are a serious runner, take your jogger for a test run before buying and make sure there is enough clearance between the fully-reclined seat and your legs when in full stride.
Child Safety Seats
A baby should always travel in a rear-facing car seat until at least one year of age. Otherwise, in a frontal collision, a baby’s heavy head may be thrown forward with enough force to cause paralysis or death. In the rear-facing position, an infant’s whole body – head, neck and spine – is cradled by the back of the car seat.
Rear-facing convertible seat
At about one year, the bones start to harden, and the baby gradually becomes less vulnerable. By 9 months, most infants will outgrow the typical infant-only car seat in weight (9-10 kg or 20-22 lb.) or length (if their head is within an inch of the top edge of the car seat shell). At this point they will need to move into a larger convertible (or toddler) seat that is more appropriate for their weight and length. Many convertible car seats can be used rear-facing up to 14-16 kg (30-35 lb.), depending on the model and manufacturer, so there is no reason to turn an infant forward-facing until at least one year of age. A best practice would be to keep children rear-facing beyond 1 year until they reach the seat's maximum rear-facing weight limit.
Toddlers between the ages of approximately 1 - 4 ½ years of age can ride forward-facing in a convertible car seat until 18 kg (40 lb.). Taller children may need a combination harness/booster seat. The harness straps of some combination harness/booster seats can be used up to 18-22 kg (40-48 lb).
Combination harness/booster seat
Children who have out-grown their forward-facing car seat, generally 4 ½ years of age, need to use a booster seat. It is now the law in BC that children under 4 feet 9 inches tall need to ride in a booster seat until their 9th birthday.
For child car seat information, visit www.childseatinfo.ca or phone the Child Seat Information line 1-877-247-5551 (toll-free).
Safety Tips
- Always buckle your child into an CMVSS approved infant, toddler or booster seat. For more information, visit www.childseatinfo.ca
- Warning!! NEVER let children put shoulder belts under their arms while buckled in. An improperly placed shoulder belt can cause liver, spine and kidney damage in a collision.
- Never put a child under 12 years of age in the front seat of an airbag-equipped car.
- Always use the safety harnesses provided with grocery shopping carts. Like strollers, shopping carts can tip over ifchild stands up in it.
- Put a barrier at the end of your driveway to prevent children from riding out into street traffic. Driveway ride-out is a leading cause of collisions between children and motorists.