baby car seat burns baby

[Liz]

Poor little darlin. and poor you! I'm sure it will heal up quickly.

I'd be interested to know why they said it was life threatening?? I've never heard of a burn like that being life threatening before, unless they expected him to go into shock or something??

[Celsie]

Oh what a horrible thing to happen to the both of you. Wishing little Mylo all the very best for a quick recovery.

We've noticed that those buckles get hot too, so we put a muslin wrap over the window as soon as we get Caeleb out of the car. Since doing this, the buckles don't heat up and it keeps the car cooler too.

Big hugs for you and Mylo!

Celsie. xoxox

[Antheia]

Owie, poor bubba (and poor mumma ) I hope it heals quickly for him.

Charlie has been burnt by them too, though not nearly as bad. Might try putting a towel on his seat next time and see if that works.

[jaspen]

Toys r us sells a reflective cover (like windscreen cover) for putting over your chair. I sometimes just throw a nappy over the buckles which keeps them a little bit cooler as they don't have the sunlight reflecting off them directly. Hope Mylo's burn improves quickly

[xtml]

thanks everyone for your well-wishes... it turns out it was 40 degrees yesterday, and the car is black, parked in the midday sun it was probably 60 dgs inside. we had those reflective window sun shades in front and back but they're useless! now i leave the windows down when parked in public if i can, and yeah...cover the baby seat.

So why did the 13health nurse think it was life threatening? (the emergency doctors wondered that too)... i think it's because the burn as described over the phone was bad enough that it could potentially cause him to go into shock and stop breathing or pass out. they asked if he was blue around the lips, gasping for breath or had gotten very sleepy or passed out. I said no to all, but after he stopped screaming we drove home and he was asleep in the car. thats when they said go immediately to emergency. they said to watch his breathing didn't stop, that his head didnt' indent deeply on the top or that he didn't get really sleepy.

[shorty]

Hope Mylo makes a speedy recovery!

I realised this yesterday as we had to park in a very open, sunny area. Luckily Logan has a baby head rest(one of those attachable ones) in his car seat, so i just put the buckles behind it, stopped them from getting hot.

[widdly]

oh you poor thing. My friend did the exact same thing with her son, it is so easily done, especially with such a small bub, hope he heals quickly.