tjham
06-13-2007, 02:17 AM
A little background:
I have an almost 6 year old granddaughter (in two weeks). Her mom and dad(my son) never married, but the mom and I are good friends. For this one child, we have these car seats:
mom- AF MA,
dad- did have Plat Cargo, now has Radian,
grandpa - FPSVD,
my car - FPSVD, with a Chase and a Bolero as spares.
She is 38 lbs so the Cargo, Chase and Bolero are almost out, even though she still fits *sigh* - oh, to have the Canadian 48 lb limit! Not sure what we'll do about spares then. We do musical carseats a lot as it is.
My son balked when I presented him with the Radian, saying "isn't she about ready for just the seat belt?" Massive amounts of videos ensued, and he is now on board.
So now that said child is (almost) 6 and (almost) 40 lbs. AND starting to go with more other people, I emailed the mom about the possibility of getting one or two good quality boosters to have on hand for short sides. (I just had to install the Chase in DS's new girlfriend's car for DGD.) Said I would help figure out best ones, etc. Talked to mom tonight and she said she is nowhere ready to have DGD in a booster and probably won't be for another YEAR!
I had to chuckle about this because she had actually BOUGHT DGD a booster when she was around 4 1/2 (she was just outgrowing her FP Safe Embrace) and brought her over in it. When they drove up, DGD was sitting happily in the new TB with the belt BEHIND her back! I walked out to meet them and almost fainted! I nicely but firmly explained how BAD that was and about 5 pt harnesses and sent her some videos. She said she felt sick to her stomach that she had put her in the booster. I immediately bought DGD a Marathon and started accumulating all the other seats!
So now that she COULD be in a booster, mom says "no way"!
Ironic, huh? :D
I have an almost 6 year old granddaughter (in two weeks). Her mom and dad(my son) never married, but the mom and I are good friends. For this one child, we have these car seats:
mom- AF MA,
dad- did have Plat Cargo, now has Radian,
grandpa - FPSVD,
my car - FPSVD, with a Chase and a Bolero as spares.
She is 38 lbs so the Cargo, Chase and Bolero are almost out, even though she still fits *sigh* - oh, to have the Canadian 48 lb limit! Not sure what we'll do about spares then. We do musical carseats a lot as it is.
My son balked when I presented him with the Radian, saying "isn't she about ready for just the seat belt?" Massive amounts of videos ensued, and he is now on board.
So now that said child is (almost) 6 and (almost) 40 lbs. AND starting to go with more other people, I emailed the mom about the possibility of getting one or two good quality boosters to have on hand for short sides. (I just had to install the Chase in DS's new girlfriend's car for DGD.) Said I would help figure out best ones, etc. Talked to mom tonight and she said she is nowhere ready to have DGD in a booster and probably won't be for another YEAR!
I had to chuckle about this because she had actually BOUGHT DGD a booster when she was around 4 1/2 (she was just outgrowing her FP Safe Embrace) and brought her over in it. When they drove up, DGD was sitting happily in the new TB with the belt BEHIND her back! I walked out to meet them and almost fainted! I nicely but firmly explained how BAD that was and about 5 pt harnesses and sent her some videos. She said she felt sick to her stomach that she had put her in the booster. I immediately bought DGD a Marathon and started accumulating all the other seats!
So now that she COULD be in a booster, mom says "no way"!
Ironic, huh? :D