The Grey Bruce Health Unit is preparing to hold a number of car seat safety clinics.
The first one is this morning at 9 o’clock at the Dundalk Fire Hall and it continues until 12 Noon.
This is the 10th year the Health Unit has been offering car seat clinics.
Public Health Nurse Meghan Wilkie says the clinics have been useful since they find about 80 per cent of car seats are installed incorrectly.
Plus Wilkie says the equipment can be challenging and the new legislation is confusing for some parents.
The law in Ontario states newborns must be in a rear facing seat until one year of age and at least 20 pounds.
Then a child can go into a forward facing seat that must be tethered until they reach at least 40 pounds.
Once they reach that mark — a child can move into a booster seat to a maximum of 8 years of age.
Wilkie recommends parents bring their car seat as well as the instructions and the owners manual for the vehicle.
She adds you can also bring your child, although it’s not necessary.
Another car seat clinic is being held next Wednesday at 3 PM at the M’Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre in Owen Sound.