supercrunchymama
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I was at my dds' ballet practice the other day and I was talking with two ladies I know. I have known both for quite some time. J is my good friend's stepdaughter who is a little younger than me with two kids. She doesn't much care for me because she doesn't get along with her stepmom. But J is so fake and puts on a good front so we always play nicey nice in public. M is an old coworker of mine with three little ones.
So today we got on the subject of my carseat dilemma. J mentions that I should just put dd2 in a booster. She saw one at Walmart for only $13.50 and the boosters start at 30 pounds. I very nicely stated that while yes, those are the minimum weight allowances, I am much more comfortable with using the safest carseat to the most maximum height/weight allowed. So that means that dd1 is in a booster, dd2 is in a harnessed booster, and dd3 is rearfacing. So then M pipes up and says, "wow, dd3 is rearfacing? I moved my ds at 9 months to a ff carseat!"
Well, I very calmly told M that the new recommendation from the AAP states that at the very minimum children should be 2 and 30 pounds. Well J pipes in and says "I thought that was 1 and 20 pounds" And I replied that the new reccomendation was 2 and 30 and that I made sure I was very knowledgable about carseat safety. Well, J says, "I am very good about carseat safety too. I had to take a class when DS was younger" And I replied that her ds was five and I just took a class last week. I then reiterated that this was a recently added NEW reccomendation! :banghead: And she says, "Well I just don't know about that. I've never heard it" So I tuned her out and said to M that babies and children who forward face early are at risk for spinal injuries in an accident. M said that her doctor told her to ff her son because he was 20 pounds. I told her that unfortunately doctors are not always correct in these matters. I said (very loudly) that everyone else could do as they liked but I would never follow the bare minimum when it comes to my children's safety. Then I handed M some literature on the new reccomendation. I told her to keep it as I did not need it. I told her to please read it and not listen to anyone else who is misinformed.
As far as J goes, this is what I'd like to do to her!:duck:
Why oh why do people have to act like lunatics when their kids' safety is involved? Ok, vent over!
So today we got on the subject of my carseat dilemma. J mentions that I should just put dd2 in a booster. She saw one at Walmart for only $13.50 and the boosters start at 30 pounds. I very nicely stated that while yes, those are the minimum weight allowances, I am much more comfortable with using the safest carseat to the most maximum height/weight allowed. So that means that dd1 is in a booster, dd2 is in a harnessed booster, and dd3 is rearfacing. So then M pipes up and says, "wow, dd3 is rearfacing? I moved my ds at 9 months to a ff carseat!"
Well, I very calmly told M that the new recommendation from the AAP states that at the very minimum children should be 2 and 30 pounds. Well J pipes in and says "I thought that was 1 and 20 pounds" And I replied that the new reccomendation was 2 and 30 and that I made sure I was very knowledgable about carseat safety. Well, J says, "I am very good about carseat safety too. I had to take a class when DS was younger" And I replied that her ds was five and I just took a class last week. I then reiterated that this was a recently added NEW reccomendation! :banghead: And she says, "Well I just don't know about that. I've never heard it" So I tuned her out and said to M that babies and children who forward face early are at risk for spinal injuries in an accident. M said that her doctor told her to ff her son because he was 20 pounds. I told her that unfortunately doctors are not always correct in these matters. I said (very loudly) that everyone else could do as they liked but I would never follow the bare minimum when it comes to my children's safety. Then I handed M some literature on the new reccomendation. I told her to keep it as I did not need it. I told her to please read it and not listen to anyone else who is misinformed.
As far as J goes, this is what I'd like to do to her!:duck:
Why oh why do people have to act like lunatics when their kids' safety is involved? Ok, vent over!