“It creates what’s called a greenhouse effect trapping that hot air and lack of circulation in the stroller,” Michelle Pratt explains.
A child safety expert took to TikTok last month to explain why it can be dangerous to cover a child’s car seat or stroller in the heat.@safeintheseat / tiktokThe day of her demonstration, the outside temperature was 87 degrees, and the thermometer started at 92 degrees.
Pratt put thermometers in each stroller and checked the temperature after 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and an hour.@safeintheseat / tiktokShe continued, “The majority of heat increase happened in those first 30 minutes. Bottom line, these types of covers create dangerously high temperatures inside of your car seat.”
“I know you think adding covers like these is going to protect your child, in fact, I hope you’ve learned that it does quite the opposite,” she concluded.“The majority of heat increase happened in those first 30 minutes,” Pratt explains in the video.Medical experts have also warned against draping a blanket over a child’s stroller or car seat.
. “There is also bad circulation of the air, and it is hard to see the baby with a cover over the pram.”
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