Mum’s mind is blown after she finds out what the holes in car seats are actually for

An Australian mum has revealed it took her four years to realise what the little holes on the side of her child’s safety seat are for – and the knowledge has changed her life.

The woman now knows she can put her child’s buckle in the holes, keeping it out of the way so she doesn’t have to ‘wrestle’ the youngster into the seat.

Her child’s seat is the Britax Safe and Sound Kid Guard Pro, but most seats come with buckle holders in a similar spot. 

‘I am feeling like a complete moron, only taken me four and a half years of wrestling the bloody straps out from under bums,’ the mum said – posting pictures of her seats on Wednesday.

An Australian mum has revealed it took her four years to realise what the little holes on the side of her child’s safety seat are for – and the knowledge has changed her life

And other parents were just as surprised by the revelation, with the post earning hundreds of comments thanking the woman for sharing the information.

‘Five kids and 15 years and I am dumbfounded,’ one mum said. 

One mum said the holes also help protect the children from being burned on hot buckles by stopping the metal from getting hot.

‘It keeps them out of the sun more on the sides so they don’t get hot and burn the kiddies,’ one mum said.

Another revealed the newest car seats have clips instead of holes which she claims are even better.

Some car seats have fabric loops, magnets or hooks – all for the same thing.  

One mum revealed her six-year-old daughter fist showed her the holes 11 years ago.

‘I was like ‘what are you doing’ her response was ‘obviously these are here to hold them mum’ and from that day forward I knew I was raising a genius prodigy of some kind,’ she laughed.

Some mums were slammed as being ‘mean girls’ for pointing out they knew about the holes and it was ‘obvious’. 

‘I swear, people just don’t read instructions or pay attention to symbols and signs. I noticed the buckle symbols on the holes like right away,’ one woman said.

Some car seats have fabric loops, magnets or hooks – all for the same thing

Many mums said they wished they had notice the handy holes before their children had learned to clip themselves in.

Australia has strict rules for child seat – with mist children having to sit in a certified seat until the age of seven.

Children under six months old have to be in a rear-facing seat. babies from six months old need to be in a seat with an inbuilt harness but it can be forward or rear facing. They stay in this style seat until they are four years old.

Most children should be in some kind of booster seat until they are 12-years old as adult seatbelts are made for people who are at least 145cm tall, according to the road safety government website.

Secondhand car seats should not be used if they are more than ten years old.