zactayaus
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My friend and her family are on vacation in Disney.
I just texted her to see how their trip was going.
This is the reply I got:
G- It's good. A's(her almost 3yo ds) face was split open and he got stitches. He is much better now and in time will probably have a minor scarring.
Me- Yikes! How the heck did that happen? I hope he heals quickly and that the rest of your trip is better.
G- He is already healing. It was the second most tough thing I ever experienced with my kids (she has 4). J was tightly strapped in the car seat but B (her 15yo ds) could not find the hook for the tether strap nor did he tell us that. The person in front of us stopped dead after doing 45mph and T (her dh) slammed on the brakes to avoid the accident. A's seat was ejected and flew into a sharp piece on the seat in front. It was the most horrible thing ever.
Me- OMG! My heart just dropped into my stomache reading what you wrote. I just can't even imagine. Please when you guys get back home let me teach B how to make sure A's seat is properly installed. I'm so glad that it wasn't worse and that A is already on the mend.
I immediately called her after that to clarify and get more details. She said it happened on their second day there. They had rented a mini van. A was in the 3rd row next to C (her 4yo dd who was in a booster). The second row seat in front of A was folded down. They believe that at some point C had accidentally unbuckled the seat belt for A's seat and since B hadn't done up the top tether there was nothing at all holding the seat in. A and his seat were thrown forward into the folded down seat in front of him and he took the brunt of the force with his face.
I told her that I wasn't sure but the seat may need to be replaced. She said the doctor in the emergency room told her the same thing. I told her I would ask here and let her know.
When I was telling my dh and dd (almost 13yo) about it my dd said "What! He was forward facing! You know if he had been RF'ing he probably wouldn't have been hurt at all". I love my dd.
Any way here's a pic of her poor little man (I do have permission to post):
She said to please tell everyone to make sure that their car seat is buckled in every single time you put your kid in the car as it could have been so much worse had they actually hit the car in front of them.
I just texted her to see how their trip was going.
This is the reply I got:
G- It's good. A's(her almost 3yo ds) face was split open and he got stitches. He is much better now and in time will probably have a minor scarring.
Me- Yikes! How the heck did that happen? I hope he heals quickly and that the rest of your trip is better.
G- He is already healing. It was the second most tough thing I ever experienced with my kids (she has 4). J was tightly strapped in the car seat but B (her 15yo ds) could not find the hook for the tether strap nor did he tell us that. The person in front of us stopped dead after doing 45mph and T (her dh) slammed on the brakes to avoid the accident. A's seat was ejected and flew into a sharp piece on the seat in front. It was the most horrible thing ever.
Me- OMG! My heart just dropped into my stomache reading what you wrote. I just can't even imagine. Please when you guys get back home let me teach B how to make sure A's seat is properly installed. I'm so glad that it wasn't worse and that A is already on the mend.
I immediately called her after that to clarify and get more details. She said it happened on their second day there. They had rented a mini van. A was in the 3rd row next to C (her 4yo dd who was in a booster). The second row seat in front of A was folded down. They believe that at some point C had accidentally unbuckled the seat belt for A's seat and since B hadn't done up the top tether there was nothing at all holding the seat in. A and his seat were thrown forward into the folded down seat in front of him and he took the brunt of the force with his face.
I told her that I wasn't sure but the seat may need to be replaced. She said the doctor in the emergency room told her the same thing. I told her I would ask here and let her know.
When I was telling my dh and dd (almost 13yo) about it my dd said "What! He was forward facing! You know if he had been RF'ing he probably wouldn't have been hurt at all". I love my dd.
Any way here's a pic of her poor little man (I do have permission to post):
She said to please tell everyone to make sure that their car seat is buckled in every single time you put your kid in the car as it could have been so much worse had they actually hit the car in front of them.
