I’d like to think of myself as a pretty bright guy… capable and a quick study… When I took Baby P’s new car seat to be inspected, however, I learned that the folks at Austin Safe Kids could sure teach me a thing or two (my mistake, btw, for the record, was that I read and studied the manual for the car seat but I neglected to read and study the manual for my car).

We used a website called SeatCheck.org to find car seat inspection services and instruction in our area (it covers the entire U.S. btw). And I’m sure glad that we did: I learned that only 1 in 5 car seats in the U.S. are installed correctly. I’m happy to report that our car seats are now among the 1s.

The service is free (and you can donate on the spot) and the ladies who inspected my vehicle and schooled me were super nice.

I highly recommend them…