Children’s Safety: Car Seats and Boosters

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General Usage Tips for Child Safety Seats

Infants – Birth to 1 year and/or less than 20 pounds: Should have a rear-facing infant-only seat or convertible seat used rear-facing. The seat should be secured to the vehicle by the seat belts or by the LATCH system (see box).

Infants – Less than 1 year and 20-35 pounds: Should have a convertible seat used rear-facing (select one recommended for heavier infants.) The seat should be secured by the seat belts or by the LATCH system.
• Never use a rear-facing infant seat or a rear-facing convertible seat in a front seat where an air bag is present.
• Tightly install the child seat in the back seat, facing the rear of the vehicle.
• The child seat should recline at a 45-degree angle.
• Harness straps should be at or below shoulder level (usually the lower set of slots for convertible child safety seats.)
• Harness straps should fit the child snugly and the harness clip should be at armpit level.

Toddlers & Preschoolers – 1 to 4 years; at least 20 pounds to approximately 40 pounds: Should have a convertible seat used forward-facing, or forward-facing only seat, or high back booster/harness. Seat should be secured by seat belts or the LATCH system.

• Tightly install the child seat in the back seat, facing the front of the vehicle.
• Harness straps should be at or above the child’s shoulders (usually the top set of slots for convertible child safety seats.)
• Harness straps should fit the child snugly and the harness clip should be at armpit level.

Young Children – 4 to at least 8 years, unless the child is 4’9” (57”) tall: Should have a belt-positioning booster (no back, base only) or high back belt-positioning booster.
• Never use with lap-only belts. Belt-positioning boosters are always used with lap and shoulder belts.
• Booster base used with adult lap and shoulder belt in the back seat.
• Belt should rest snugly across the child’s chest and rest on his or her shoulder. The shoulder belt should NEVER be placed under the arm or behind the back.
• The lap belt should rest low, across the lap or upper thigh area. It should never rest across the stomach.