Not all boosters provide good belt fit. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released their list of the best booster seats. The IIHS ratings are based solely on how well each booster seat positions the lap and shoulder belt, its primary function, and are not an assessment of crash performance or vehicle fit. The Institute looked at 60 models and found nine that are considered Best Bets, six Good Bets, and eleven seats that do a poor job of fitting the belts. See the list of Best Bets, and the full post, on our Cars blog.

Another child death in Simplicity drop-side crib. After the death of an 11th child in a Simplicity/Graco/Winnie the Pooh crib, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is renewing its efforts to warn consumers about the dangers associated with drop-side cribs manufactured by Simplicity Inc. and SFCA Inc., of Reading, Pa. In September, a 7-month-old child from Princeton, Kentucky became entrapped and died in a Simplicity crib when a part of it broke. Read more in the full Safety blog post.

Recall: Toy dart gun that asphyxiated 8-year-old. Two years after the death of a child who was asphyxiated by a toy dart, OKK Trading has recalled 22,000 toy dart gun sets because of the hazard they pose. In November 2007, the 8-year-old boy died after reportedly chewing on the toy dart and inadvertently swallowing it. The dart became lodged in his throat, obstructing his breathing. Read more in the full Safety blog post.