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The Mom Room

Michelle Pratt on Car Seat Sanity, Common Errors & Must-Know Tips

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ep525. Renee sits down with Michelle Pratt, a nationally certified car seat expert and founder of Safe in the Seat, a trusted resource for simple, reliable car seat safety info. Michelle shares her journey from new mom buckling her newborn in for the first ride home to building a thriving platform that bridges the gap between technical know-how and real-life parenting.

It’s a practical AMA with Michelle as she breaks down the biggest mistakes parents make, when it’s time to switch to a booster, and the surprising truth about those car seat accessories that you think you need.


Find Michelle Pratt:

 Instagram: @safeintheseat

Website:  www.safeintheseat.com


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0:00.0

Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show.

0:21.4

There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible

0:27.9

to know what's real and what's BS.

0:30.7

On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food,

0:35.3

their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the

0:38.6

fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts.

0:44.8

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Michelle, welcome to the mom room.

1:01.1

Thank you.

1:02.0

Happy to be here.

1:03.5

My first question, I'm always curious because I kind of fell into this space during quarantine.

1:09.1

It just kind of happened.

1:10.7

And so when I see people that have

1:12.1

this massive platform and they're so successful, I'm like, I wonder how they got to where they are.

1:18.4

So safe in the seat is a massive platform. Where did this all come from? How did it start? Like,

1:26.3

take us through that whole journey.

1:28.9

Yeah. So I think safe in the seat was born first out of just my own personal need to feel like I

1:36.5

wasn't completely messing everything up. I felt very alone in motherhood in general, as I know many of us do at first.

1:46.4

But I did not know how to buckle my son in his car seat.

1:50.9

And I just was like, this is obvious.

1:54.2

Like, of course I'll know how to do this.

1:55.5

How hard can it be?

1:56.3

Which I think the majority of people think.

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