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The Maggie Adalyn Otto Safely Home Car Seat Fitting Station

 
Car Seat Fitting Station
With 4 out of 5 car seats used incorrectly, it is important to have your child’s car seat inspected by a certified technician. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital offers a child passenger Fitting Station for patient families as well as for the immediate community.
 
Certified technicians offer the following assistance to parents and caregivers:
  • Ensure that the seat brought by the family has not been recalled
  • Advise on how to choose an age, height and weight appropriate child safety seat
  • Instruct and demonstrate how to install and use the appropriate child safety seat in the vehicle
  • Instruct and demonstrate how to correctly place a child in the appropriate child safety seat
  • Answer any questions parents or caregivers may have regarding car seat installation.
 
 

What You Need to Do

  • Make an appointment (see below). Each car seat check/installation requires a 1 hour appointment.
  • Bring your car seat and any latches or belts that came with it, the car seat installation instructions, your automobile owner's manual and, if appropriate, the child who will be using the seat.
  • Please make sure that the seat area of your car is clear of toys and food so that our technicians have space to work and instruct you in the stallation as well as to reduce the spread of germs from vehicle to vehicle.
  • Please note that we do not install car seats older than 5 years. 
  • Expectant parents should have the car seat checked at least one month before the baby is due. Call early for best availability of appointment times.
The Fitting Station takes appointments from 8:00am to 12:00 noon Monday through Friday (except on major holidays) and on occasional Saturdays. It is located on the ground level of the parking garage in front of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto. Look for the SafeKids van and Safely Home Fitting Station signs.
 
 
 

Make a Car Seat Fitting Station Appointment Online

Please visit our online calendar to book a Car Seat Fitting Station appointment. Our first available appointments are in August 2010. Please be sure to choose the Car Seat Fitting category on the left side of the page to view our appointment calendar. 
 
 
 

Additional Information

 
 

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health | Stanford University School of Medicine | Stanford Hospital & Clinics