The oldest car seat at the check event

christineka · Mar 25, 2011

I looked it up out of curiosity. The oldest car seat that came to the check today was a strolee GT 2000. It was discontinued before 1990. It rear-faced to 17 pounds. Once baby was 17 pounds and could sit unassisted, they could ride forward facing until 40 pounds. (Though the top strap position is super low on the seat.) I can't believe a kid had been riding around in a 20+ year old car seat.

MaggieQ · Mar 25, 2011

I had a 4 yr old in a 16 yr old century(?) Shield booster... it was a in 07 so he left in a big kid.

lorismurph · Mar 25, 2011

I knew it was old but crikee! How many do you think we confescated? 30 seats. And gave out 30 Sceneras, 20 Cosco combos, and 20 boosters probably. A great 4 hours! Hopefully, these parents listened and learned something so these kids will be safer.

I can't believe I saw a 22 mo & a 2yo in nothing but boosters (different families). Someone else had a 2yo in an old 20lb SR that was installed FF. Amazing how much misuse you can see in just one day!

christineka · Mar 25, 2011

Yeah! I did two families, 8 kids total. I hated sending that last, little 4 year old away in a long expired cargo as a booster. It's an awful booster. Then there were two kids in screw-less turbos. One little girl's shoulderbelt was hanging off her shoulder. I gave her one of my shoulder belt adjusters which helped, but not totally. Due to sibling squabbles we couldn't move her to a better position. Out of those 8 kids, 9 seats (one kid had two), 6 of them were expired. It's so sad. I wish I could help more.

I think there were about 30 seats confiscated. There were so many that were long expired. The last seat that came in had expired 6 years ago. The boy, the only child was 3. The mom had got the seat from someone else.

wendytthomas · Mar 25, 2011

Wow, I feel lucky. When I collect seats for recycling they're mostly Britaxes and old Snugrides. Usually from their original owners, not CL or ebay seats.

Wendy

christineka · Mar 25, 2011

This check was at a rec center and I think it was aimed at very low income families. I know the food bank is located there, or near-by. We were told to just give out seats and not stress donations.

Oh, and I was impressed that both of the moms knew about the recommendation to rear face to 2. One mom had gotten her baby's seat from the hospital and so had kept her dd rear-facing until age 2. The other mom was willing to try rfing her 2 year old again, but he had nearly outgrown rfing in the scenera by hight, so he got a cosco hbb. She had just bought a 3 in 1 for her baby and planned to erf her

amelia222 · Mar 25, 2011

Wow, that's great you were able to help those families though. We don't have seats to give out so I have to tell families all the time to just go buy a new seat

lorismurph · Mar 25, 2011

It is always sad when we run out of seats but a lot of those people come in for FREE seats in nice, new(er) cars. It makes me wonder if they really need the free handout or if they are just out to get it without paying. A LOT Of those today did need the help but not all certainly.

I hope you told that mom about the Big Kid Sport. Surely she can round-up $30 to get a safe booster for her son. If I had the money, I'd do it but I can't help everyone, I'd be broke.

MamaLinzie · Mar 26, 2011

Im 30 and I rode in a Strollee! jeeeeze

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