T
C A R S E A T S A F E T Y
One of the first responsibilities
parents face before bringing home
their new baby is choosing and
installing a car seat. Use these
tips to help ensure your child will
be safe and secure while traveling:
CHOOSE YOUR SEAT WISELY
Accepting a hand-me-down car seat
is not the same as hand-me-down
baby clothes. Never use a car seat
that has been in a car crash or shows
signs of extreme use.
DO YOUR RESEARCH Make sure
you are up-to-date on car seat safety
guidelines, ratings and recalls. Visit
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration web site (nhtsa.gov)
for the latest information.
CALL IN THE PROS Based on a
study done by National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, typically
more than
70
% of child safety seats
are improperly installed. Make sure
your car seat is correctly installed by
contacting a certified child passenger
safety technician at your local police
or fire department.
For more tips on car seat installation,
watch the Welcome Home Baby videos
on better.tv/welcomehomebaby.
Sponsored by
[ E s t a t e F a r m
B e t t e r
u o m
e s
A A a n d G a rd e n s .
Gayle G o o d so n B u tle r
K
itty Morgan
Executive Editor
Editor in Chief
Lamont D
. O
lson
Managing Editor
M
ichael D
. Belknap
Art Director
Senior Deputy Editor, Home Design
Assistant Deputy Editor
East Coast Editor
West Coast Editor
Senior Interior Designer
Senior Editors
Assistant Editor
Editorial Assistants
Deputy Editor, Food and Entertaining
Senior Editor
Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Group Editor, Garden and Outdoor Living
Deputy Editor
Senior Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Deputy Editor, Health
Editorial Assistant
Deputy Art Directors
Associate Art Director
Senior Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Photography Coordinator
Senior Editor, Fashion and Beauty
Assistant Editor
Copy Editors
Special Projects Editor
Associate Makeup Editor
Office Manager
Adm
inistrative Assistant
Test Kitchen Director
Test Garden Manager
Special Projects Manager
Contributing Editor, Living Green
Oma B
laise
Ford
Ke
lly Ryan
Kegans
Kristine
Kennedy
Pa
ige
Porter
Joseph
Boehm
Amy Panos, K
it Selzer
Joanna Sm
ith
Peggy Daugherty, Renae
Gray
Nancy Wall Hopkins
R
ichard
Swearinger
Erin
Simpson
Renee
Irey
Doug
Jimerson
Eric Liskey
Susan
App
leget Hurst
Jacque W
ittick
Christian
M
illman
Doris Lohrman
Shelley Caldwell, Scott Johnson, Karla Jo Kn
ipper
Amy Davis
Jensie Lauritsen
M
iksich
Magg
ie
Meyer
Ho
lly Pruett
Melissa M
ilrad
Go
ldstein
Ke
lly L
. Ph
illips
Kristi Chew
, Sally Finder-Kozio
l, Cynth
ia M
itchell
M
ike
Butler
Cindy Murphy
G
inger Bassett
Linda Newsom
Lynn
B
lanchard
Sandra J. Gerdes
Brett W
ilson
Danny Seo
Regional Contributors
L
isa
Mowry, Atlanta; Barbara
N
ie
lsen, Baton Rouge, LA; Sandra Moh
lmann, Charleston, SC; E
la
ine
Markoutsas, Sh
irley Remes,
H
ilary Rose, Chicago; D
iane
Carro
ll, Fayetteville, AR; Den
ise
Gee, Dallas; Khristi Z
immeth, Detroit;
E
ileen
A
lexandra
Deym
ier, Easton, MD; Susan
Fox, Galveston, TX; Joetta Mou
lden, Houston; Betsy Harris, Indianapolis;
Susan
Andrews, Marty Ross, Kansas City; Stephan
ie
Romme
l, Lexington, KY; Rob
in
Tucker, Laura Hu
ll, Los Angeles;
Shawn
G
illiam
, A
lecia Stevens, M
inneapolis; Stacy Kunste
l, NH; Anna Mo
lv
ik, New
Paltz, NY; Bonn
ie
Maharam
,
John
Loecke, New
York; Cynth
ia Bogart, RI; Susan
Salomon, Portland, ME; Barbara
Mundall, Jan
Behrs, Portland, OR;
Bonn
ie
Broten, He
len
Yoest, Raleigh, NC; Andrea Caughey, San D
iego; Donna Ta
lley, Saratoga Springs, NY;
Trish
Maharam
, Loralee
Wenger, Seattle; Heather Lobde
ll, Tiburon, CA; Karin
Lidbeck-Brent, Woodbury, CT
A n d y Sareyan
President, Better Homes and
Gardens®
Anthony P
. Imperato
Associate Publisher
Jam es T. C a rr
Vice President/Group Publisher
Julie V. Baker
Associate Publisher, Marketing
Becca Roth
General Manager
Cathy Dropkin Eastern Advertising D
irector
Gary Wenstrup M
idwest Advertising D
irector
New
York: Joy De
Vries, Jan
ine
Krause, Tracie
L
ichten, Susan
Schwartzman, Jenn
ifer Stee
le, Erica Wagner, Account Executives; A
lie
G
ia
ime,
Julie Gelens, Executive
Assistants; Bobby Mende
lson, Assistant; Chicago: Em
ily Bâby,
Kate
Brower, Jackie
Fallon, V
ickie
Sandberg-McNay, Account Executives; Tracey Frye, Sarah
Dean, Assistants;
Detroit: Karen
Barnhart; Los Angeles: Isabe
lla
Carrado, Manager; Jan
ice
Woods, Account Executive; San Francisco: Janet Davy, Manager;
Lauren
Dav
is, Assistant; Travel/D
irect Response: Patricia
Fo
llo
, Executive
D
irector; D
irect Response: Grace
Chung, Advertising
D
irector;
Tara
Becker, Sales Deve
lopment Manager; Travel: L
isa Bookwalter, D
irector; Jill O
'Too
le, Assistant
Promotion and
Creative Services: Den
ise
Basin
i, D
irector of Creative
Marketing; Stefan
ie
S
ilver, Creative
D
irector; Kristen
Stucch
io
Suarez,
Promotion
D
irector; A
lex
is A
inscough, Associate
Promotion
D
irector; Brooks Spe
llings, Merchand
ising
Manager; Shana Rosenwa
ld
,
Sen
ior Designer; Cara Be
lard
i, Promotion
Manager; Annalisa Battiloro
, Promotion
Coord
inator; Sales Development: Melissa
A
leevski, Sa
les
Deve
lopment D
irector; En
iko
Sk
inte
j, Sen
ior Sales Development Manager; Publishing Group Communications: Patrick Taylor, Executive
D
irector; Becky W
isdom
, Sen
ior Pub
licist; D
iane
Terw
illiger-S
ilberfe
in, Research
D
irector; Janet Donnelly; Consumer Marketing D
irector;
Ron
C
lingman, Business D
irector; Rand
i Neer, Advertising Business Manager; Karen
Ch
iovaro, Senior D
irector
Production/Advertising; Jan
S
ime, Advertising Operations D
irector; John
Beard, Associate Production D
irector; April Gross,
Sarah
Otte, Advertising Operations Managers; E
lise
Contarsy, Bradford
W
. S
. Hong, Brand Licensing
MEREDITH
PuBLISHING GROuP
President Jack Griffin
Executive Vice President Andy Sareyan
Chief Revenue Officer Tom
Harty Editorial D
irector Gayle
Goodson
Butler Finance and
Adm
inistration M
ike
R
iggs Manufacturing Bruce
Heston
Consumer Marketing Dave
Ba
ll Corporate Sales M
ichae
l Brownste
in
Meredith 360° Jeann
ine
Shao
Co
llins Executive Vice President Interactive Doug
O
lson
Interactive Media Lauren
W
iener Corporate
Marketing Nancy Weber Research Britta
Ware
Chief Technology Officer Tina Ste
il New
Media Marketing Services Andy W
ilson
leredith
CORPORATION
Stephen
M
. Lacy, President and
Chief Executive Officer
W
illiam
T
. Kerr, Chairman of the Board
In
Memoriam
—
E. T. Meredith III, 1933-2003
© Copyright Mered
ith
Corporation 2009. A
ll rights reserved. Printed
in
the u.S.A
.
P
lease
Recycle
Th
is Magazine
State Farm - Bloomington, IL
IO MAY 2009 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
