turtlemama
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Buy seats for other people?
I have bought car seats for 3 people so far that could not afford better ones than they had. Better being, not expired or got at a garage sale, and not a low back booster for a 3 yr old. I find myself trying to do this a lot. Dh really does not like it, but I feel really bad if I don't try and help the person that needs that seat. So far I gave my cousin a Cosco HBB (the harnessed one, I don't know what else it is called) for her really big 3 yr old. He already outgrew the harness though and I had plans on getting him a GN but she said she would be able to do it, hopefully soon. I bought her 1 yr old a Scenera and sent her baby my Baby Trend. The Scenera plus the cost of shipping the Baby Trend was over $100. I also bought a friend another Scenera for her DD because she had her in an OTH shield seat FF at 9 months. Just this week I ordered another friend a Maestro, and will be ordering her another one soon. That cost $180. I even was going to buy new seats for a stranger. I don't know if any of you remember my post about the lady that left her kids in the car, but I so badly wanted to march her back into Walmart and buy her proper seats. I just didn't have the guts to do it at the time.
Is there any easier way to do this without breaking the bank? I have told them several times about going to their health dept and I personally called Safe Kids for my one friend, but they just don't seem to understand that it is so important and they just kept procrastinating.
I really wish I could get something going in my community that really does teach parents how to use car seats properly and gets them the ones they need if they can't afford it. The health dept only does a 15 min class according to the lady at the Dr. office today that was telling her friend to go there and get a new seat. What got me (I really shouldn't have been listening in, but I heard car seats and couldnt help it) was they wanted to go there because they just didn't want to buy new seats for their kids. I imagine there are lots of people like that that just don't think it is that important and only buy them or use them because it is illegal not to.
I have bought car seats for 3 people so far that could not afford better ones than they had. Better being, not expired or got at a garage sale, and not a low back booster for a 3 yr old. I find myself trying to do this a lot. Dh really does not like it, but I feel really bad if I don't try and help the person that needs that seat. So far I gave my cousin a Cosco HBB (the harnessed one, I don't know what else it is called) for her really big 3 yr old. He already outgrew the harness though and I had plans on getting him a GN but she said she would be able to do it, hopefully soon. I bought her 1 yr old a Scenera and sent her baby my Baby Trend. The Scenera plus the cost of shipping the Baby Trend was over $100. I also bought a friend another Scenera for her DD because she had her in an OTH shield seat FF at 9 months. Just this week I ordered another friend a Maestro, and will be ordering her another one soon. That cost $180. I even was going to buy new seats for a stranger. I don't know if any of you remember my post about the lady that left her kids in the car, but I so badly wanted to march her back into Walmart and buy her proper seats. I just didn't have the guts to do it at the time.
Is there any easier way to do this without breaking the bank? I have told them several times about going to their health dept and I personally called Safe Kids for my one friend, but they just don't seem to understand that it is so important and they just kept procrastinating.
I really wish I could get something going in my community that really does teach parents how to use car seats properly and gets them the ones they need if they can't afford it. The health dept only does a 15 min class according to the lady at the Dr. office today that was telling her friend to go there and get a new seat. What got me (I really shouldn't have been listening in, but I heard car seats and couldnt help it) was they wanted to go there because they just didn't want to buy new seats for their kids. I imagine there are lots of people like that that just don't think it is that important and only buy them or use them because it is illegal not to.