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You know how they say, “You don’t know what you don’t know…”? Well, when it comes to infant and child car seat safety, I’m always amazed at how much I did NOT know! In this episode timed to release during CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK I had the extreme pleasure of interviewing The Car Seat Lady aka Alisa Baer, MD all about car seat safety with a ton of side convo about why we don’t feed babies in the car.

Alisa’s mom is the OG Car Seat Lady and along with her mom and her childhood friend Emily, this 3-lady team has done over 50,000 car seat installs. Alisa is also a board certified pediatrician and she PACKED this interview full of really thoughtful, actionable tips for how we can improve our child’s car seat experience.

There are a lot of self-proclaimed “experts” in the car seat field: Alisa is not one of them. She does car seats, full time, nothing else. She is not sponsored and does not take endorsements from car seat companies. She is a straight shooter and tells it as she sees it, based on an INCREDIBLE amount of research and knowledge from her team’s over 70 years of combined experience in the field. If you’re one of those people who doesn’t like to compare a million different options, The Car Seat Lady is going to be right up your alley.

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SUMMARY of episode

The Car Seat Lady Alisa Baer, MD joins me in this episode to talk about:

• The 3 most common mistakes she sees parents of babies age 6-12 making when they install and place babies in the car seat

• When it’s time to transition from an infant seat to a convertible seat and what to look for...not to mention why most other countries besides the US keep their children rear-facing well beyond 2 years of age

• Why it’s never safe to feed a baby in the car but what you might consider if you do do car snacks for toddlers and older children.

LINKS from episode

Check out these links mentioned by Alisa in the episode and to learn more about The Car Seat Lady

• The Car Seat Lady website

• The Car Seat Lady on Instagram @thecarseatlady

• Youtube channel for great information and demonstrations

• Seat Belt Pretensioners

• Keeping Pets Safe in the Car

• Car Seat Buying Guide

• Bench vs Captain's Chairs 

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