Which is worse??

Heamae · Jan 10, 2010

A forward facing 8 month old or putting that 8 month old in an expired car seat??

(More to the story, will add later. Baby crying)...

ETA:

Ok so here is the story. I have a friend and her baby is the same age as mine, 8 months. As I left her house the other day I looked in her car and was checking out her seats and it looked at though she had the 8 month old in a seat some what like this one....http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3012738
She has a daughter that is 6 and had a backless booster next to it for her. There were no other cars around that could have been hers so I can only assume that that is what she had her baby in. It really scared me and I would really like to help her out. I have two seat by Graco that are nothing special but I do know the history of them. They are 40lbs limits, no accidents, all parts. Hardly used so not dirty or anything. The problem is they are going to expire in Sept. 2010. I was thinking she will probably use it even though its expired but wouldnt that be safer than what she is using now??

(If I could afford to go out and buy her a new seat I would but I really cant)

monstah · Jan 10, 2010

Heamae said:
A forward facing 8 month old or putting that 8 month old in an expired car seat??

(More to the story, will add later. Baby crying)

This really isn't something anyone can speculate. Especially when you write "More to the story, will add later."

safeinthecar · Jan 10, 2010

If the old car seat is less than 10 years old (the recall list does not contain info on seats more than 10yrs old) , rfing in the expired seat would be a better option.

carseatcoach · Jan 10, 2010

How expired is the seat? Is it in otherwise good condition -- known history, no recalls, no crashes, no missing parts, no harnesses gone through the washer and dryer?

I can't *recommend* either. I would probably pick an expired seat if expired was the only problem. I would probably pick forward-facing and tightly tethered over expired AND unknown history AND apparently mistreated -- but only to the nearest store that sold carseats.

mommy-medic · Jan 10, 2010

chances are that both are illegal via proper use clause, so none of the above.

2BunniesMommy · Jan 10, 2010

What a terrible question....too bad it doesn't sound hypothetical.

I don't like either option at all, but am leaning towards the expired and rear facing, as long as like a PP the only problem is that it is expired. Really not a choice I would want to have to make.

monstah · Jan 10, 2010

2BunniesMommy said:
What a terrible question....too bad it doesn't sound hypothetical.

Exactly why I am hesitant to reply without more info.

Lea_Ontario · Jan 10, 2010

chickabiddy said:
How expired is the seat? Is it in otherwise good condition -- known history, no recalls, no crashes, no missing parts, no harnesses gone through the washer and dryer?

I can't *recommend* either. I would probably pick an expired seat if expired was the only problem. I would probably pick forward-facing and tightly tethered over expired AND unknown history AND apparently mistreated -- but only to the nearest store that sold carseats.

Pretty much this, though neither is a real option.

Heamae · Jan 11, 2010

Added story. Thanks for the help.

aja · Jan 11, 2010

Heamae said:
A forward facing 8 month old or putting that 8 month old in an expired car seat??

(More to the story, will add later. Baby crying)...

ETA:

Ok so here is the story. I have a friend and her baby is the same age as mine, 8 months. As I left her house the other day I looked in her car and was checking out her seats and it looked at though she had the 8 month old in a seat some what like this one....http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3012738
She has a daughter that is 6 and had a backless booster next to it for her. There were no other cars around that could have been hers so I can only assume that that is what she had her baby in. It really scared me and I would really like to help her out. I have two seat by Graco that are nothing special but I do know the history of them. They are 40lbs limits, no accidents, all parts. Hardly used so not dirty or anything. The problem is they are going to expire in Sept. 2010. I was thinking she will probably use it even though its expired but wouldnt that be safer than what she is using now??

(If I could afford to go out and buy her a new seat I would but I really cant)

well one of your seats would definitely be better now. and by september the baby would be 17 months so probably forward facing again anyways. :/

4boysmom · Jan 11, 2010

RFing non-expired seat for sure is the safe thing. Right here right now the baby is in danger riding forward facing. You can re-table the idea of a new seat in 6mo. Even if mom reverts back to the seat she is currently using in 9 mo that is 9 mo rearfacing for baby to get a smaller head/body ratio and time to learn about "ERFing" so she knows better and can do better.

2BunniesMommy · Jan 11, 2010

Graco seats expire in Dec. So, yours either just expired or is good for almost another year. Hopefully she is open to your help.

ketchupqueen · Jan 11, 2010

I agree, if the seats have another year (Graco is Dec. of the 6th year from DOM) I'd absolutely give her those for now. At the very least they would get her baby to a LEGAL even if not really safe FF age.

amyd · Jan 11, 2010

I would absolutely take just barely expired seats with known history RFing over an 8 month old being FFing. Sounds like your seats have some time left, though.

Heamae · Jan 11, 2010

Yeah, I guess the seats have more time than I though. Manf. 9/04 I was just worried that I would be causing more problems down the road if she were to continue to use the seat after it has expired, which I am sure she would. Thanks so much for your help. I am going to try and talk to her soon. :thumbsup:

a_js · Jan 11, 2010

They have almost a year left then.

I will be honest--I gave someone a seat (a Scenara that I'd used as a travel seat) and I'm certain she'll use it after it expires, and while I don't love that, it means her baby is IN a seat. Which is better than not.

Kat_Momof3 · Jan 12, 2010

I'd give her one of the seats... and just make sure she switches back to using a seat that isn't expired (even if it's forward facing) next year when the seat you give her expires.

tanyaandallie · Jan 12, 2010

Have you talked to her about this? I think it's premature to consider giving her a seat when you don't know 100% that her 8 mos was riding in a ff seat and if she was, that she has a desire to put her in the correct seat. Can she not afford a seat on her own? I'd talk to her first and see what is going on.

If she wants a new seat for her child and simply cannot afford one, I'd start with your local SK coalition or look around and see if there is any other organization that offers free seats. Our coalition gives away tons of free seats and I know many others do as well. In the short run your seat would work perfectly for her.

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