Just as scary for parents of toddlers as it is for parents of babies: Car seat safety mistakes are easy to make, especially during the winter. Simply buckling your kid in the car seat still wearing a coat can have lethal consequences, as thick, puffy jackets prevent the straps from tightening against your child's body in the event of a crash. Then there's the whole issue of car seat installation -- as in, most of us fail to install them properly (even if we think otherwise!).

Don't stress: As we did for babies, we've drawn out exactly what you need to do to keep your toddler safe and warm on-the-go. Board-certified pediatrician Dr. Alisa Baer, better known as the The Car Seat Lady, helped The Stir develop these drawings and examined them from start to finish to ensure accuracy and safety.

Scary but true: Car seat safety mistakes are easy to make, especially during the winter. Something as simple as buckling your baby in the car seat still wearing a coat or snowsuit can have tragic consequences, as thick, puffy outerwear prevents the straps from tightening against your child's body in the event of a crash. Plus, most of the products designed to keep babies warm in the car seat are dangerous, even if they're advertised as "safe" -- any kind of fleece-lined sleeping bag, for example, adds a layer, which, again, stops straps from functioning properly.

But don't worry, we've drawn out exactly what you need to do! Board-certified pediatrician Dr. Alisa Baer, better known as the The Car Seat Lady, helped The Stir develop these drawings and examined them from start to finish to ensure accuracy and safety.

I don't normally like to share stories about Terrible Things Happening to Small Children, but I'm going to make an exception for this crazy accident caught on video -- because 1) it has a happy ending, and 2) it serves as a powerful reminder to always, always, ALWAYS use a car seat.

Fair warning: the video is pretty upsetting, because it shows a toddler being ejected from a car and landing on the highway right in front of an oncoming truck. The good news is that she's fine, thanks to some miraculous last-second maneuvering by the driver of that semi (and maybe more than a little good luck/divine intervention). The bad news is that this whole horrible ordeal could have been avoided if her dad had just buckled her into her car seat.

There was a terrible car accident in Las Vegas earlier this week, which killed 3-year-old girl Emily Kay and left her father, Casey Barringer, in critical condition. My heart goes out to the family, and I'm hoping the father makes a recovery from his injuries, but even so, recovering from losing a child is never going to truly happen. It is suspected that the booster seat Emily Kay was properly secured into was actually not safe for her to be in. The family is going public with the story because they were unaware that Emily was too small for the booster seat and that she would have been safer in a car seat.

I want to make it clear, no one is blaming anyone for this tragedy, as some booster seats say they are safe for kids as little as 30 pounds. But the truth is, they are not. It hurt my heart to read this story. But there is a lot we can learn from it.

This might be one of the most important posts you ever read because it could save your child's life. There was a terrible accident in Maine where a car and pickup truck collided, sending the 6-month-old infant who was in the car flying from the wreckage. The car seat was ejected upon impact, but worse, the baby was also ejected from the car seat. He was found 25 feet from the crash site.

The accident is being investigated, but upon reading the story and learning that the child was wearing a snowsuit and seeing the car seat still buckled up after the crash, I'd guess the ejection of the baby was due to the fact he was too bundled up. Heavy winter coats and car seats do not mix. Many of us do not know this. They compromise your child's safety. Luckily though, this story helps us believe in miracles ... and perhaps could save lives.

What would you do if you thought someone was abusing your child? How about bugging the baby's car seat to catch the abuser in the act? That's what one mom did before sending her 7-month-old to one of his regular visits with Dad.

Extreme? Maybe, but it worked. The father is now the subject of a child abuse investigation.

Suddenly doesn't sound so crazy, does it?

I have plenty of problems with Kelsey Grammer, but this latest move should outrage even his devoted fans (if he still has any?). He and his wife Kayte Walsh were spotted outside LAX yesterday with their adorable 4-month-old daughter, Faith. Cameras rolled as they got into their chauffeured car, made sure their coffees were on board, and then drove off ... without putting Faith in any kind of car seat.

It's absolutely unthinkable that they could have done it, as we all know absolutely dangerous it is to drive with a child in a car unrestrained EVER. Not only that, it's illegal. If nothing else, you'd think they would have learned something from the whole Britney Spears debacle a few years back. Surely they couldn't be that clueless and careless, could they?

Well, footage from TMZ seems to indicate that yes, perhaps they may be. Watch it after the jump.

Just one tragic "baby left in car dies" story is one too many. But after years of hearing about children abandoned on freezing cold or boiling hot days by careless parents, there's a new and equally tragic twist out of Oklahoma today. It wasn't too hot outside, and Cody Butler's daughter doesn't seem to have been abandoned in the cold. In fact, his baby girl died in a heated car while dad was allegedly standing right outside!

It's all so strange that cops themselves say they're confused. But that hasn't stopped them from carting Butler off to jail on charges of child neglect and second-degree manslaughter.