It is nice to hear your stories of the times you made a difference! I guess I just have to wait a bit longer for that time to come to me
I discovered the benefits of RFing from another online forum when DD was still in her infant bucketseat, and I could not believe that the information was not "well-known". If I hadn't have seen those posts, I would have switched DD to FF at a year/22lbs. So, I naively thought that if other people actually KNEW this information, they would also keep their LOs RFing (very naive!!). I gathered links and sent them out, believing that when parents saw them they would automatically keep their children RFing (I mean, who wouldn't??). I kept DD RFing in her MA until the limit, but she was hitting 30lbs right around her 2nd bday, so I got her a TruFit to 35lbs. I didn't care if people thought I was crazy for keeping her RFing....I hoped that they would notice, but no-one ever asked me why DD was still RFing.
If I know someone is pregnant, I ask them if they want to know about carseats. When they say yes, then I tell them all the information about RFing, not using expired seats, being wary of used seats, proper installation, etc. They seem interested at the time, but still switch to FF at a year, or use old seats, borrowed seats without knowing the history, installing without reading a manual, loose installs, etc.
I am incredibly uptight when it comes to carseats...I get techs to check my installation (though, thanks to some very good instructions, I am confident with installing my TF both RF and FF :thumbsup:
). I also installed DS's safeseat by myself, but it took me forever, and I had a local tech (who really isn't a strong pusher of ERFing...I told him I was considering getting the new Radians that go to 45lbs RF when they are available, and his response was he didn't think it was necessary...but... he is good at installs) to check it out for me, just to be safe.
I guess, when it comes down to it, I understand that we all have busy lives, but to me, my life isn't too busy as to not keep my children the safest possible in their car seats.
I will keep passing on information, and posting links on facebook, as I have been doing, and maybe, like your stories, one day it will have an impact on someone and make a difference