This viral video of a doctor rapping about car seat safety is hilarious

A viral video about car seat safety has parents everywhere cracking up and humming Sir-Mix-A-Lot.

“I like safe kids and I cannot lie,” raps Norman Regional Health System pediatric hospitalist Dr. Kate Cook (after prefacing her music video with an apology to her children.”I’m a doctor tryin’ warn you that recs have changed,” she continues.

Dr. Cook’s rap video is all about the importance of keeping babies facing backward. It’s aptly called “Babies Face Back,” and uses humor and parody to drive home car seat recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

“Switching from rear-facing to forward-facing is a milestone many parents can’t wait to reach,” Dr. Cook said in a news release about her hilarious video. “But this is one area where you want to delay the transition as long as possible because each one actually reduces the protection to the child.”

Last summer the AAP updated its official stance on car seat safety to be more in line with what so many parents were already doing and recommended that kids stay rear-facing for as long as possible. But with so many things to keep track of in life, it is understandable that some parents still don’t know about the change. Dr. Cook wants to change that with some cringe-worthy rapping.

The AAP recommends:

• Babies and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing car safety seat as long as possible, until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their seat.
• Once they are facing forward, children should use a forward-facing car safety seat with a harness for as long as possible. Many seats are good up to 65 pounds.
• When children outgrow their car seat they should use a belt-positioning booster seat until the vehicle’s lap and shoulder seat belt fits properly, between 8 and 12 years old.

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