StillThankful
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Hey family,
I tried to convince my neighbor to keep her 18 month old daughter rear facing but she wouldn't heed my advice. I even sent her and her mother (b/c she's only 18 and still lives with mom, so I also told her to share the info with her mother) articles about why rear facing is so important.
After I found out she turned her daughter forward face in an infant seat, I calmy told her that infant seats were for Rfing only. She told me that her doctor told her she could now ff her in that seat because she is one year old. I then read the label on the car seat for her, which read that the car seat is intended for rearfacing only. She said nonchalantly "oh" and then said she would rf her. I told her that since her daughter is 22 pounds, she is at the max and recommended the Cosco Scenera b/c of her budget. I found that seat at KMART for $35--thankfully her child's father purchased the seat.
I then explained the RF vs. FF thing but she told me that her mother wanted her daughter to FF. As a consolation prize (I guess), she will RF her when she rides with me.
Therefore, the good out of this is that, at least, she got a proper seat for her. The obvious bad, is that her little girl is FF--she is a very small 18 month old too and sooooo cute.
Another thing that bothered me was that the harness straps were soooo loose on her daughter. I explained several times in the past that they had to be tight enough to not pinch if you tried to do so. The infant seat had harness adjusting from the rear and she said she didn't know how to do it. Recently, I noticed that the straps are still loose so I said something--she said they were loose b/c of her coat and now that she doesn't wear her coat, it's loose. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that anymore.
Just say a prayer for her and her little, precious, beautiful girl. I can lead the horse to the water, but I can't make it drink.
I tried to convince my neighbor to keep her 18 month old daughter rear facing but she wouldn't heed my advice. I even sent her and her mother (b/c she's only 18 and still lives with mom, so I also told her to share the info with her mother) articles about why rear facing is so important.
After I found out she turned her daughter forward face in an infant seat, I calmy told her that infant seats were for Rfing only. She told me that her doctor told her she could now ff her in that seat because she is one year old. I then read the label on the car seat for her, which read that the car seat is intended for rearfacing only. She said nonchalantly "oh" and then said she would rf her. I told her that since her daughter is 22 pounds, she is at the max and recommended the Cosco Scenera b/c of her budget. I found that seat at KMART for $35--thankfully her child's father purchased the seat.
I then explained the RF vs. FF thing but she told me that her mother wanted her daughter to FF. As a consolation prize (I guess), she will RF her when she rides with me.
Therefore, the good out of this is that, at least, she got a proper seat for her. The obvious bad, is that her little girl is FF--she is a very small 18 month old too and sooooo cute.
Another thing that bothered me was that the harness straps were soooo loose on her daughter. I explained several times in the past that they had to be tight enough to not pinch if you tried to do so. The infant seat had harness adjusting from the rear and she said she didn't know how to do it. Recently, I noticed that the straps are still loose so I said something--she said they were loose b/c of her coat and now that she doesn't wear her coat, it's loose. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that anymore.
Just say a prayer for her and her little, precious, beautiful girl. I can lead the horse to the water, but I can't make it drink.