This Mom Explained To The World How Her "Nagging" and "Annoying" Text To Her Husband Saved Their Baby's Life

Getting a car seat for your child is a must for any parent traveling with a child, but knowing how to properly fasten the straps is one of the most critical responsibilities in a parent's life. If it's not fastened correctly and there is an accident, the child could get hurt, and we certainly don't want that to happen!

A nurse from Memphis named Rebecca Tafaro Boyer recently shared her own nightmare car crash that sent chills throughout our bodies. It serves as a reminder to parents that they can never let their guard down.

"My husband, David, was traveling eastbound across an overpass at nearly fifty miles an hour when a woman traveling westbound crossed over three lanes of traffic in an effort to make a left turn onto an exit ramp located to my husband's right," Rebecca said. "She clearly didn’t have enough time, as he hit the front passenger side of her vehicle. We later found out that she had no license or insurance, and that this was her third offense for driving without a license."

David slammed the brakes so hard that he broke the second, third, and fourth metatarsals in his right foot. Luckily, he won't need surgery, but he has to stay off his foot for the next six to eight weeks. Their son William, on the other hand, had his guardian angel on duty.

"William was completely uninjured during the crash," said Rebecca. "He actually didn't even wake up from his nap, but his parents did everything and will do everything in their power to keep him safe."

"I am a former NICU nurse, so I knew a lot of car seat basics, but in preparation for William’s arrival, we attended a child safety class prior to his birth that covered everything from CPR to car seats. Additionally, we spent some time reading our manual when the car seat arrived."

"I wouldn’t say that we have become scared of car rides," she said. "I don’t think it’s worth living in fear over something that can happen at any time and in any place. But it certainly has reinforced how important it is to strap William in correctly every single time, even when driving half a mile down the road."

Meet Rebecca Tafaro Boyer; she recently shared a very emotional story that proved wrong those who called her "naggy."

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"Friends, let’s have a quick chat about something that some of my family members think makes me a super annoying, overprotective mom – car seat safety."

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"On my first day back from maternity leave, I demanded that my husband send me hourly updates and recaps on how baby William was handling his first day away from Mommy."

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"This afternoon around 2:15, I received a text from my hubby during their trip to Walgreens. My nagging wife reply was to correct William’s position in the car seat."

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"At 2:30, my phone rang; my husband’s panicked voice came through the line, ‘Honey, we had a car wreck.'"

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"The boys were less than three miles from our house when a woman pulled into oncoming traffic to try and make a quick left turn."

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"My precious little bundle of joy was so well restrained in his car seat that he didn’t even wake up."

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David fractured the metatarsals of his right foot while braking.

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"The car is a loss, but cars can be replaced – my boys can’t."

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A lot of people reacted to her Facebook post and shared some of their own heartfelt stories.

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Some were heartbreaking.

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