This may be totally random but it's been bugging me! I have a two year old RFing in a My Ride. She's a tiny 2 year old at that (23 lbs). Anyways, I've noticed that pretty much anytime we go through the drive thru I get weird looks. Today, the cashier didn't even look at me once-she was too busy gawking at my kid in her car seat with a rather unfriendly look on her face. Well, I'm not even sure she could see Sydney since the seat is so deep. She may have been able to see the dreaded feet touching the seat!! I honestly think most people (where I live at least) don't know that convertibles can be RF'd. Anyone else get strange looks at McD's, etc? I'm tempted to get something to stick on my car. . .
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Vent Dirty Looks in the Drive Thru
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Thanksgiving_Twins_Mom
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canadiangie
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Stop caring.
Really.
I have my almost 4y/o rf'ing. I'm pretty sure most of the moms at preschool think I've lost my mind. Funny though, I think the same thing about them and their 30lb'rs in backless boosters.
C'est la vie.
Really.
I have my almost 4y/o rf'ing. I'm pretty sure most of the moms at preschool think I've lost my mind. Funny though, I think the same thing about them and their 30lb'rs in backless boosters.
C'est la vie.
CommMom
Senior Community Member
I get some weirdo looks occasionally too, but I really just try to ignore it.
I did have a girl at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago compliment me on my carseat though. "Oh, what a pretty car seat! And it even matches your jacket!" Um, yeah. I totally bought that seat just cause it matches my hoodie!
I did have a girl at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago compliment me on my carseat though.
"Oh, what a pretty car seat! And it even matches your jacket!" Um, yeah. I totally bought that seat just cause it matches my hoodie! 
thepeach80
Senior Community Member
Tinted windows are great!
Lol, it could just be that she was shocked to see a kid in a car seat. I see more babies, toddlers, and kids not in seats at all than in them. Sad. I just sort of wish that instead of gawking they would ask me why so that I could explain and maybe pass along a bit of useful info.
Canadiangie- True! I suppose I should get used to it. I can only imagine what it will be like when she starts preschool.
Canadiangie- True! I suppose I should get used to it. I can only imagine what it will be like when she starts preschool.
skitle1802
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I get compliments on my seat covers/patterns more often than weird/confused stares. But I have gotten a few.
babyherder
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I get some weirdo looks occasionally too, but I really just try to ignore it.
I did have a girl at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago compliment me on my carseat though.
Lol! I love it when the kid's outfit matches the seat. I think its the cutest thing ever!!!! But I would never choose a seat based on the clothes it matches.
That is what you get for living in the deep south
Probably is a deep south thing! I got to thinking that in the past year that I've been checking out other people's car seats, I have yet to see a RF'd convertible. Hasn't happened.
MustangMama
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o0o0o0o I hate dirty looks! I am borrowing a SS1 from a friend for B and I get so many ugly looks and people that say "Oh wow, she is too big for that seat, her legs are sticking out!"
msg221
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I have yet to have anyone say anything or give me looks about my almost two year-old god children still rear facing. Then again, maybe it is because I have tinted windows! But if someone were to say something, I'd be more than happy to tell them why.
I did a lot of research before they were born to help their mom choose car seats and then again when they were moving into convertibles. I will do all I can to keep them as safe as possible when they are in my vehicle because I'd never forgive myself if anything ever happened to them.
I did a lot of research before they were born to help their mom choose car seats and then again when they were moving into convertibles. I will do all I can to keep them as safe as possible when they are in my vehicle because I'd never forgive myself if anything ever happened to them.
swtgi1982
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Tinted windows are great!
Amen to that!
swtgi1982
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Actually my weird look was not at a fast food place, but rather in a store parking lot in a small neighboring town. it was from the towns one and only police officer, I half expected him to say something, but after he took a hard look and seeing they were installed correctly for RF from what he could see, he just kind went on his way, you know getting two ERFing kids and a baby out of a car can take a while and he had plenty of time to look at the set up
vonfirmath
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I wish someone would look at my son REar-facing! Give me an opening to talk about car seats.
"I see you notice my son. Isn't it great that seats now allow kids to remain in the safest seating position longer?"
We got through lots and lots of drive throughs, don't have tinted windows, live in the South (Texas) and I don't think anyone has even noticed.
The only time car seats come up is at the library, for storytime, when I praise another mother for having their kids still safely buckled into appropriate car seats. If they ask about my son, I go on to explain how it is safest to keep your kid rear-facing to the limits of their convertible and he hasn't reached the limit of his yet. No one in RL has seemed offended by this. (on facebook, OTOH...)
"I see you notice my son. Isn't it great that seats now allow kids to remain in the safest seating position longer?"
We got through lots and lots of drive throughs, don't have tinted windows, live in the South (Texas) and I don't think anyone has even noticed.
The only time car seats come up is at the library, for storytime, when I praise another mother for having their kids still safely buckled into appropriate car seats. If they ask about my son, I go on to explain how it is safest to keep your kid rear-facing to the limits of their convertible and he hasn't reached the limit of his yet. No one in RL has seemed offended by this. (on facebook, OTOH...)
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