Evenflo wants to make sure that you have a safe and fun summer experience with your kids. They have come up with some statistics for car seat installation.  60% of moms and 63% of dads confess installing their car seat was challenging, while 5% of moms actually compared the experience with going through labor.
The challenge doesn’t end when the seat is installed, parents expressed other car seat frustrations: Adjusting car-seat straps got parents in a tangle the most (60%), followed by making sure the straps were tight enough (48%). It’s no surprise, as a third (34%) of parents say their child has wiggled out of their car seat and one-fifth of parents admit this happens at least once a week.
To help keep your kids safe they have developed the Evenflo Momentum 65 DLX Convertible car seat featuring e3 Side Impact technology that provides superior protection in side impact crashes with an expanded zone of protection.
Parents are humans and are not exempt to frustrations of the road! Parents admit that when in driving mode they don’t always take the high road: Almost three-quarters (74%) of moms and dads admit to cursing at another driver in their child’s presence, while 28% have flipped the bird, and 21% have rolled down their window to scream at another driver. While 30% of parents say they never swear in front of their kids in the car, 61% say they sometimes let the loose language fly.
And talk about a “wheel†distraction: attending to a baby while driving causes 38% to miss their exit once in a while, and 12% to miss their exit often and has caused 38% of parents to get lost. To help minimize the distractions on the road Evenflo would like to send one winner The Ultimate Savvy Parent’s Car Kit.
This includes the following ($100 value):
- $25 Gas Gift Card, a little treat for mom and dad
- Moist Wipes, for quick car clean up
- Baby Mirror, to check out rear-facing baby while driving
- Soft Book, to secure safety of passengers when thrown during tantrum
- Kid/Parent Friendly CD, to inspire a family sign along
- Car Dustbuster, for hunting down cheerios between seats
- Window Shade, to keep the hot summer sun out
- Animal Crackers and a Snack Trap, to carve cravings
- Car organizer, to keep it all arranged neatly!
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I always make sure to bring the portable dvd player for everyone and each of the older kids bring a small bag (backpack) with their portable game hardware (ds, gameboy, or psp) with the games, mp3 player, camera to take pics and books to read (at least 3) & the 9 yo brings coloring books to break the boredom. They play games with license plates and “punch buggy”. I also bring a small picnic basket & cooler with snacks and drinks and for the baby I bring her blanky and her small snacks & juice and her small toys.
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If you plan to fly with an infant or young toddler make sure you pack twice as much in your carry on as you think you will need… diapers, wipes, formula, food, pacifiers, etc are impossible to find in airports and if you get stuck on a layover in a strange city, you don’t want to be ducking out to an all night walmart after travel or waiting all day, to restock!
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I have learned to bring a few new cheap things on the trip like a new book or coloring book or a cheap toy that has made traveling alot easier cause she gets really excited about it
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My best traveling with children tip is to always … ALWAYS … make sure you have some type of snacks, water, and games for them on hand. Simple things you can easily pass back to them while they are in their car seats to stave off hunger, thirst, and boredom.
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Lots of toys and book and extra baby wipes! My kids always get bored easily and we always fun out of wipes!
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Pack plenty of snacks and toys and make sure the kids run around and get their energy out at every rest stop!
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Portable DVD players!!
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Always have something to do and a snack for travel,music and books
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Best tip is to have lots of towels and water on boards for those accidents! jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
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