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Still lap or hold the baby while driving in the car? Stop it now! Collision when the car brakes suddenly or collide, can harm the baby due to hit the dash board or the chair in front of him, bounced up to hit the windshield, or pinched by your body that hold him! So make sure your baby always sitting in the car seat on the way, and buy the best car seat now!
• Customize your child’s car seat with a weight. There is a car seat that can maintain their body weight (BW) infants only up to 9 kg, there is also car seat that can hold up to 18 kg, can be used up to toddlers. Do not force the use of child car seat when the body weight already exceeds its capacity, because if you still do it the car seat can no longer guarantee the safety of your children. In addition, the child was not comfortable seated in the cramped car seat. If your baby’s head over the top of the car seat, it’s a sign to replace the car seat with the bigger one.
• Place the car seat properly. There are two things to consider when installing the car seat, the first, make sure the car seat is properly installed on the car seat. Second, make sure the seat belt is properly installed in the baby. Expensive car seat means nothing, if it is not installed properly.
• Put in the back seat. Cars equipped with air bags that can come out when the impact occurred. This will harm the baby if the car seat was installed in front seat. If you still want to install the car seat in the front, make sure you turn off the air bag.
• Looking to where? Infants placed rear-facing until at least age 1 year or 9 kg baby weight. Children over the age of one year or 9-18 kg body weight sit facing forward so there will be available space for his legs to bend. Children with body weight 18-36 kg, sitting in a booster seat because when he seated in car seat, he will likely to be choked because the seat belts do not fit through the shoulders and abdomen since he was not yet high enough.

When you and your family on vacation, do not let the baby fall ill during the vacation. Baby’s health drop could ruin your family vacation that is why you should follow these tips:

• Avoid changes in temperature and extreme weather in vacation spots, which can damage the health of babies

• Keep your baby’s health at a family vacation spot with breastfeeding, food and  food cutlery hygiene, have enough rest especially on the night, it is highly recommended that you follow your babies daily schedule for example if your baby take a nap everyday simply keep this habit so there will not much changes on your baby’s daily habit thus keep his health condition on the top. Prevent your baby from cold, rain, direct sunlight, dust, and also strangers (that could transfer diseases to your babies)

• If the baby need extra food, buy food in the home-like food (for examples fruits, food packaging and baby milk biscuits). To prepare and serve food, borrow cutlery from the hotel that has been sterilized. Do not give him a new menu so that his stomach is not “surprised”.

• If your family vacation destination is hot climate place or tropical islands do not forget to wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and topical anti-mosquito lotions made up from natural ingredients

• Before departure:
o In order to be fit, take care of your babies health since a week before family vacation
o Consult the doctor’s about your babies vacation plans. If necessary, the doctor will provide medicines or contact the doctor on vacation
o Complete the immunization. If you and your family vacationing in endemic areas of disease, ask about the special immunization