Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible with a pair of tweezers. Use tweezers with fine tips, rather than blunt ones, to make sure you are able to grasp the tick tightly. 1  Don't try this with your fingers. 2  You won't be able to get a good, tight grip on the tick.3  Make sure you're gripping the tick's head. You won't be able to get a good, tight grip on the tick. 2  Make sure you're gripping the tick's head. 3  Get the tweezers as close to the mouth of the tick as possible. 4  Do not grasp the tick's body.
Stephanie Tombrello. child passenger safety specialist. You can safely switch your child to a booster seat if she's at least 4 years old and she weighs 40 pounds or more or has grown too tall for her car seat (when her shoulders are higher than the top set of harness-strap slots in the car seat's back).o matter when your child finally outgrows her car seat, it's imperative that you don't skip the booster-seat step and go straight to using seat belts alone. Although many parents do this (94 percent, according to recent reports), it's a dangerous mistake.
Your child is ready for a booster seat when they have outgrown the weight or height limit of their forward-facing harnesses, which is typically between 40 and 65 pounds.