I Have 2 Problems...

PKUmom · Jul 13, 2006

Oh My First Of All My Sil Is Due This Nov. And She Called And Told Me What Great Deal She Got On A Carseat For The Baby...i Asked Her What The Date Was On It And She Said It Didnt Have One

Then I Asked Her How It Fit In Her Car She Said The Only Way It Fits Is With A Seat Belt Around The Handle That You Carry It With..ahhhhh That Is So Unsafe And I Told Her That She Said It Didnt Come With A Base, Now I Wonder That Has To Be A Old Seat....so I Am Thinking Maybe Giving Her Our Old One Or Buying A New One For Them Any Ideas?

2nd My Friend Just Sent Me A Pic Of Her Son In A Booster With A 5 Point But He Is Ff ...he Is Only Like Maybe At The Most 10 Months Old... Any Ideas There , She Told Me That His Sit Only Goes Ff And His Baby Seat Is To Small For Him...
Oh My I Think People Need To Think Again On How They Are Traving With There Kids This Scares Me, People Have No Idea!!

Unregistered · Jul 13, 2006

Do you post at parentstep?

PKUmom · Jul 13, 2006

Unregistered said:
Do you post at parentstep?

no why do you ask?

wendytthomas · Jul 14, 2006

PKUmom said:
Oh My First Of All My Sil Is Due This Nov. And She Called And Told Me What Great Deal She Got On A Carseat For The Baby...i Asked Her What The Date Was On It And She Said It Didnt Have One Then I Asked Her How It Fit In Her Car She Said The Only Way It Fits Is With A Seat Belt Around The Handle That You Carry It With..ahhhhh That Is So Unsafe And I Told Her That She Said It Didnt Come With A Base, Now I Wonder That Has To Be A Old Seat....so I Am Thinking Maybe Giving Her Our Old One Or Buying A New One For Them Any Ideas?

2nd My Friend Just Sent Me A Pic Of Her Son In A Booster With A 5 Point But He Is Ff ...he Is Only Like Maybe At The Most 10 Months Old... Any Ideas There , She Told Me That His Sit Only Goes Ff And His Baby Seat Is To Small For Him...
Oh My I Think People Need To Think Again On How They Are Traving With There Kids This Scares Me, People Have No Idea!!

I would probably ask your SIL if you can buy the baby their carseat, since that one seems unsafe, as your gift for the baby. I'd check out a Cosco Scenera, it's a convertible seat with low RFing slots, so it can fit an infant, and it has the the highest RFing limit of seats in the US, 35 pounds. It FF to 40 pounds. And it's only $40.

As for the second issue, you need to tell your friend that her son is too young to FF (and send her to http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx) and that he needs a convertible seat, not the combination seat he's in now. She can save that for a couple of years until he's old enough for it. Again, the Scenera is an affordable alternative to what she'll likely see as a stopgap measure. He needs to go RFing again, and when he hits 35 pounds or is over the height limit of the seat he can go FF in his harnessed combo, then at 40 pounds go to the booster mode. Or she can keep him in his Scenera until 40 pounds and then use the combo as a booster for the rest of its lifespan.

HTH

Wendy

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