zactayaus
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I while back I wrote about a mom I knew from dd's soccer team who had her baby (who was 22lbs) still in her SR w/belly clip and loose straps. I wrote about how I explained to her how tight the straps needed to be, where the chest clip needed to be and that she needed a new seat asap. I had recommended the MR to her and she had wrote everything down I had said.
Well fast forward to tonight. I pulled up in the parking lot at the soccer field and said mom comes over to me and is so excited. She tells me she got the new seat (the MR in a girly pattern) and she just loves it. She tells me that the only problem is that her boy friend installed the seat and it way loose and she knows it can't be safe. I asked her if she would like me to take a look at it for her. She said she was hoping that I'd say that. LOL.
I open the car door and just WOW! BF had installed the car seat center w/seat belt, but he used the passanger side belt! That's right, he had the driver side passanger seat belt pulled all the way out, across the passanger seat, through the rf belt path and then buckled into the belt stalk which was obviously for the other out board passanger seat. Therefore rendering both out board belts useless!
I told her no wonder it was loose. I showed her how to install it properly (her dd was in her stroller the whole time so I hadn't had a chance to see where she would be at harness wise), reminded her that the straps needed to be at or below her shoulders, and where the chest clip needed to be. I told her that AAP recommends keeping kids rfing to the limits of their seats (her dd is 9 mon) and told her that if she had any other questions or needed help again to not hesitate to ask me. (I did explain to her that I was not a tech and that she should have a tech check it out.:thumbsup
Well when we were loading up the car to leave she asked me to come over again because she knew the harness needed to be tighter but didn't know how to do it (she's used to the rear adjust SR). I showed her how super easy it was to tighten and loosen the harness with the harness adjuster and she was in aw. I checked the harness height while I was at it and it was perfect.:thumbsup:
Sorry, I just had to share. DH didn't appreciate my excitement as much as I would have liked him to and I knew you guys would understand.
Well fast forward to tonight. I pulled up in the parking lot at the soccer field and said mom comes over to me and is so excited. She tells me she got the new seat (the MR in a girly pattern) and she just loves it. She tells me that the only problem is that her boy friend installed the seat and it way loose and she knows it can't be safe. I asked her if she would like me to take a look at it for her. She said she was hoping that I'd say that. LOL.
I open the car door and just WOW! BF had installed the car seat center w/seat belt, but he used the passanger side belt! That's right, he had the driver side passanger seat belt pulled all the way out, across the passanger seat, through the rf belt path and then buckled into the belt stalk which was obviously for the other out board passanger seat. Therefore rendering both out board belts useless!
I told her no wonder it was loose. I showed her how to install it properly (her dd was in her stroller the whole time so I hadn't had a chance to see where she would be at harness wise), reminded her that the straps needed to be at or below her shoulders, and where the chest clip needed to be. I told her that AAP recommends keeping kids rfing to the limits of their seats (her dd is 9 mon) and told her that if she had any other questions or needed help again to not hesitate to ask me. (I did explain to her that I was not a tech and that she should have a tech check it out.:thumbsup
Well when we were loading up the car to leave she asked me to come over again because she knew the harness needed to be tighter but didn't know how to do it (she's used to the rear adjust SR). I showed her how super easy it was to tighten and loosen the harness with the harness adjuster and she was in aw. I checked the harness height while I was at it and it was perfect.:thumbsup:
Sorry, I just had to share. DH didn't appreciate my excitement as much as I would have liked him to and I knew you guys would understand.