In my hometown, part of the prenatal care routine is education about infant safety. I think the hospitals should give out free carseats to new parents and show them how to use it properly, along with a simple pamphlet about what actually happens to children when in a car accident(like flying through the windshield...) Where I come from, they won't discharge a baby from the hospital until the nurse sees the carseat and the baby in it before you leave. As a matter of fact, with my first child, the car seat we bought was too big and there was a whole conversation about if I could leave with my baby! After much haggling, we figured out a way to secure her safely in it and off we went.
In my hometown, part of the prenatal care routine is education about infant safety. I think the hospitals should give out free carseats to new parents and show them how to use it properly, along with a simple pamphlet about what actually happens to children when in a car accident(like flying through the windshield...) Where I come from, they won't discharge a baby from the hospital until the nurse sees the carseat and the baby in it before you leave. As a matter of fact, with my first child, the car seat we bought was too big and there was a whole conversation about if I could leave with my baby! After much haggling, we figured out a way to secure her safely in it and off we went.