todzwife
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I have a very good friend who has listened to me spout off about RFing until AT LEAST 2, keeping kids harnessed until they are old enough to sit properly, etc. etc. She smiles and nods and I THOUGHT maybe she was listening...
Well tonight they were over for dinner and DD's new Radian XTSL came and I took it out of the box while she nursed her newborn (who rides in a chicco keyfit thankfully).
Her 3 1/2 year old (probably 35 pounds) was VERY jealous of DD's new seat. (my DD turns 4 in a week). She said "oh wow! Mom can I have one of those?" Her mom brushed it off. Then we were talking about the snuggie and how I'm going to make some for my kids to wear in the car in the mornings on the way to school because poofy coats aren't safe etc. and she said "oh, well they are both in the seat belts now. Her 3 YO is in a HBB and her 6 year old is in a LBB.
I don't need our Marathon anymore, it doesn't fit RFing and will expire before I'd turn the new baby around anyway, and we are planning to swap seats when my baby arrives (she's going to give me her keyfit and I'm going to give her the Marathon for her newbie) so I offered to install it for them today for her 18 month old, but she said she was fine w/ the seat her 18 month old is in. Ok. So I walked her out to her car and he's FORWARD FACING I just wanted to cry. She KNOWS. I've told her. And obviously she thinks I'm CRAZY to have just spent as much as I did on a car seat for a 4 year old who in her opinion could be boostered in a $35 cosco HBB. Ugh. I just wanted to cry. I love her and her kids and I will be SO sad if something happens to them. Car seat safety is SO important to me and I don't understand why it isn't a priority to EVERY parent.
Well tonight they were over for dinner and DD's new Radian XTSL came and I took it out of the box while she nursed her newborn (who rides in a chicco keyfit thankfully).
Her 3 1/2 year old (probably 35 pounds) was VERY jealous of DD's new seat. (my DD turns 4 in a week). She said "oh wow! Mom can I have one of those?" Her mom brushed it off. Then we were talking about the snuggie and how I'm going to make some for my kids to wear in the car in the mornings on the way to school because poofy coats aren't safe etc. and she said "oh, well they are both in the seat belts now. Her 3 YO is in a HBB and her 6 year old is in a LBB.
I don't need our Marathon anymore, it doesn't fit RFing and will expire before I'd turn the new baby around anyway, and we are planning to swap seats when my baby arrives (she's going to give me her keyfit and I'm going to give her the Marathon for her newbie) so I offered to install it for them today for her 18 month old, but she said she was fine w/ the seat her 18 month old is in. Ok. So I walked her out to her car and he's FORWARD FACING I just wanted to cry. She KNOWS. I've told her. And obviously she thinks I'm CRAZY to have just spent as much as I did on a car seat for a 4 year old who in her opinion could be boostered in a $35 cosco HBB. Ugh. I just wanted to cry. I love her and her kids and I will be SO sad if something happens to them. Car seat safety is SO important to me and I don't understand why it isn't a priority to EVERY parent.