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4th February 2019
06:39pm GMT

"I thought was a funny and clever little mum hack. But I was wrong. DO NOT DO THIS," she wrote. "I was mortified to learn that I had shared something that was extremely unsafe, I took it straight down. "After speaking to a few people, including some paramedics and other trained professionals, I have learnt that the most important thing is that you have a car seat that is professionally installed and has its incline correct."If a child's head is fixed in place like this during a collision, their body would be jerked forward, causing their neck to snap. One follower added in the comments that such an accident could also cause an internal decapitation, which is when the ligaments attaching the skull to the spine are severed. Adele warned parents off buying products designed specifically to hold a child's head up. "I don’t always get it right, just like every mum,' she added. "And although it was a funny post, I would would never share anything that I thought was unsafe for children."
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