Safety Basics LLC
Car Seat Safety Checks for parents, grandparents and caregivers.
 
Our Car Seat Safety Services provide:
  • Convenience
  • Checks scheduled by appointment.  No waiting.
  • Personalized attention
  • Hands on education & training for parents  and caregivers by certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians 
  • Confidence for parents & caregivers so you know how to use and install your car seat safely
The best car seat is one that fits your child, fits your motor vehicle, and one that is easy for you to use every time you travel with your child.
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Car Seat Safety Checks

Schedule an appointment at our mobile car seat fitting station:

Serving the Metro St. Louis area

  • Expecting a baby or New Parents
  • Have a premature baby that will be  discharged from  the hospital soon
  • Grandparents transporting grand-kids or nanny or au pair who transports children
  • Never had your child's car seat checked
  • Your child has outgrown their current car seat
  • Purchase of a new child car seat
  • Unsure if your child is ready for or needs a booster seat
  • Purchase of a new motor vehicle
  • Moved your car seat and can't get it installed correctly again


 

Our experienced, certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will provide personalized attention while checking your child's car seat.  The car seat appointment includes checking your child's car seat for recalls, examining for proper installation or assisting with new installation, making any needed corrections, and demonstration of how to fit your baby or child into the seat properly with hands on practice. Our goal is to explain and teach you how to install and use your child passenger seat correctly and have you practice these skills so your baby or child can travel as safely as possible. Each car seat check takes approximately 30 minutes and can be scheduled at a convenient time and location for you.

Fees:

One Car Seat $25

(same day appointment $40)


Each Additional Car Seat $15


Each Additional Motor Vehicle $20


Booster Seat $15


Gift Certificates available.


Mileage/travel fees may apply depending on location.


For individual appointments call 314-504-7926 or fill out the form below.

Car Seat Safety Checks can be scheduled at our south county office located at 11648 Gravois Rd (between Lindbergh and Sappington Roads), Kangaroo Kids located at 10030 Manchester Rd in Glendale, or at your home or business. We can meet expectant parents or new parents at St. Louis metro area hospitals or physician offices.

Click here to schedule a Car Seat Check appointment.
What to expect from a Child Passenger Safety Technician
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Montly Car Seat Safety Tip:

Don't forget the top tether for foward-facing car seats!

If your child is ready to ride forward-facing, make sure you use the top tether.  All convertible car seats or forward-facing car seats come with a top tether strap.  For motor vehicles manufactured beginning with model year 2000-2001 and going forward, there is a top tether anchor located for 3 rear seating positions.  Attaching the top tether can reduce the distance that your child's head moves forward by 4-6 inches and decrease the risk of head injuries in a crash.  If you have an older vehicle, contact your car dealer about retrofitting a tether anchor.

Not sure how to use the top tether,

contact us to schedule a car seat safety check.
Stage 1: Rear-Facing seat
Stage 2: Forward Facing Seat
Stage 3: Booster Seat
Stage 4: Seatbelt
Car Seat Safety Corner

Car Seat Saves Infant's Life in Crash

Chicago Tribune Jan 18, 2012

Are you struggling to install your car seat just like Reagan in "Up all Night" comedy on NBC?  Call the Safety Basics experts for car seat installation help at

314-504-7926!

"Up all Night" video clip

Oct 14, 2011 Best car booster seats for kids: New Ratings by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Today Show

http://today.msnbc.msn.com

 
March 21, 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Car Seats

Children should ride rear-facing to age 2, use a booster until at least age 8.
“A rear-facing child safety seat does a better job of supporting the head, neck and spine of infants and toddlers in a crash, because it distributes the force of the collision over the entire body.”