LuckyFins3Lil'Fish
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complain about his seat & I sadly agree w/ my DH that it's likely because of my mom.
Almost every time I go somewhere w/ my mom in my van she makes comments about how the girls legs are cramped & that they are uncomfortable. She complains that I tighten all 3 kids to tight. Her fave thing to say is that I'm inhibiting the growth of the collarbones. Yup, she's a great one.
Now DS is starting to say that his legs hurt or that his neck hurts or that his seat is too tight. He's been busted unbuckling his chest clip & loosening his harness (I know the chest clip incident was more just an excitement for him that he finally figured out how to open it). Both incidents have only happened once as I pulled over right away to fix it & let him know he could get very bad owies if someone hit us.
I could handle the crap from my mom if it was only affecting me, but it's clearly affecting DS. I wish there was a seat he could RF in for a few rides so he could tell my mom it's comfy so she'd stop trying to get me to turn the girls.
My next talk w/ my mom is not going to be a good one. These car seat issues have been an ongoing battle since having DS & she can't understand why I won't let her booster him in her car. She barely uses a 5pt seat correctly for him that I'm not comfortable w/ her using a booster w/ him.
So, anyone got any nice calm, cool & collected thoughts & comments I can use in my talk w/ her to let her know that her comments are affecting DS's perception of his seat?
Almost every time I go somewhere w/ my mom in my van she makes comments about how the girls legs are cramped & that they are uncomfortable. She complains that I tighten all 3 kids to tight. Her fave thing to say is that I'm inhibiting the growth of the collarbones. Yup, she's a great one.
Now DS is starting to say that his legs hurt or that his neck hurts or that his seat is too tight. He's been busted unbuckling his chest clip & loosening his harness (I know the chest clip incident was more just an excitement for him that he finally figured out how to open it). Both incidents have only happened once as I pulled over right away to fix it & let him know he could get very bad owies if someone hit us.
I could handle the crap from my mom if it was only affecting me, but it's clearly affecting DS. I wish there was a seat he could RF in for a few rides so he could tell my mom it's comfy so she'd stop trying to get me to turn the girls.
My next talk w/ my mom is not going to be a good one. These car seat issues have been an ongoing battle since having DS & she can't understand why I won't let her booster him in her car. She barely uses a 5pt seat correctly for him that I'm not comfortable w/ her using a booster w/ him.
So, anyone got any nice calm, cool & collected thoughts & comments I can use in my talk w/ her to let her know that her comments are affecting DS's perception of his seat?