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And you'll hit me when you find out which one it was...
An Alpha Omega.
We bought it 4ish years ago. We were fostering at the time, and an all in one seemed like the best way to go. We never used it as a booster, thankfully. But I've used it for lots of kids, in lots of cars, and never had a problem. It's always been easy to install and use, and I LOVED the puzzle buckle.
We took it out of the shed when my SIL wrecked, thinking we would give it to Pam to take up there for a temporary seat. But, even though it had been sealed in a plastic bag in the shed, it still grew mold on it. Damn Florida. So it sat on the back porch since then, waiting to be trashed.
I could have washed the cover. I probably could have cleaned the straps safely. Or ordered new straps. But, it was time to go. I thought of giving it to Pam to keep in her car for Zachary, but I really don't want to have anything to do with their car seat problems anymore. And really, Charlie will NEVER use it. And I didn't want to give it to someone, because the lower anchor straps no longer worked (I think the adjuster died), and the tether was the horrible o ring tether that Cosco used to use, and it had the puzzle buckle that for some reason people had problems with, and the stupid "no top harness slot" rule, and it expires in 2 years anyway. So, seeing as how it was begging to be misused, I just chucked it.
I cut up the straps and cut off the tether and sliced the fabric for good measure, and chucked it in the garbage can this morning (our trash comes early) covered with a bag of used cat litter.
It was one of my favorites, the one I hung on to for so long when I gave everything away (even my Marathons!) because I liked it so much. And now, it's gone.
Farewell, car seat friend. You will be missed.
An Alpha Omega.
We bought it 4ish years ago. We were fostering at the time, and an all in one seemed like the best way to go. We never used it as a booster, thankfully. But I've used it for lots of kids, in lots of cars, and never had a problem. It's always been easy to install and use, and I LOVED the puzzle buckle.
We took it out of the shed when my SIL wrecked, thinking we would give it to Pam to take up there for a temporary seat. But, even though it had been sealed in a plastic bag in the shed, it still grew mold on it. Damn Florida. So it sat on the back porch since then, waiting to be trashed.
I could have washed the cover. I probably could have cleaned the straps safely. Or ordered new straps. But, it was time to go. I thought of giving it to Pam to keep in her car for Zachary, but I really don't want to have anything to do with their car seat problems anymore. And really, Charlie will NEVER use it. And I didn't want to give it to someone, because the lower anchor straps no longer worked (I think the adjuster died), and the tether was the horrible o ring tether that Cosco used to use, and it had the puzzle buckle that for some reason people had problems with, and the stupid "no top harness slot" rule, and it expires in 2 years anyway. So, seeing as how it was begging to be misused, I just chucked it.
I cut up the straps and cut off the tether and sliced the fabric for good measure, and chucked it in the garbage can this morning (our trash comes early) covered with a bag of used cat litter.
It was one of my favorites, the one I hung on to for so long when I gave everything away (even my Marathons!) because I liked it so much. And now, it's gone.
Farewell, car seat friend. You will be missed.