baby car seat burns baby

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little Mylo got a bad burn on his leg thanks to the metal clips on the seatbelt- he has a rear facing baby seat that converts into a child seat, you know the type? well the metal tongues (that go into the groove to lock the buckle) got insanely hot while the car was parked in the sun so when we put him in it touched his legs and burnt a big blistering burn on him. I tried really hard to not let it touch him but i failed: while i was busy holding one side off him and dousing where it touched his arm with water, the other side was under him burning his leg. i thought it was safely under his clothes but i was wrong. he was screaming his head off, not because his arm got burnt, but coz his leg was still burning. once i pulled it out from under him he stopped, and then i realised. i felt so bad i cried. when we got home i put aloe vera on it and rang 13health, they asked me a heap of questions and said get him to hospital emergency immediately. they said it could be life threatening, so to check he didn't stop breathing on the way, carry a mobile phone incase we needed to stop and call an ambulance and to watch for this and that... terrified we raced him to emergency, where they looked at him and said it's a superficial burn, aloe vera is good, keep it clean and here's some cream. moral of the story, cars get really hot, those clips can be dangerous, and a baby's skin is so thin.

[Mollygirl]

Thanks for sharing! I know those buckles get hot but I didn't realise how bad it good be for a little one.

[Starfish]

Oh you poor thing, and poor Mylo.
Thank God it was only a superficial burn. Hope he recovers really soon. Thanks for the warning.

[~Trish~]

Oh, your poor little man! I'm glad it was nothing serious.

I noticed the other day how hot our car seat buckles get and thought there has got to be something they can do about that. Maybe we should all put a towel or blanket over the buckles when the seat is not in use? After your story I think I will do that tomorrow!

[Pandora]

I'm glad that Mylo is ok, it will probably take a lot longer for you to get over it than for him. It's amazing how hot those buckes get, isn't it? I'd never have thought theyd burn like that though, so thanks for sharing.

[*Efjay*]

Oh you poor thing! Poor bubba too! Hope it heals real fast.