indycoltsmom
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Saturday thanks to my awesome CPST friend she suggested we go to this car seat check on the east side of town. First of all it started at 10am and we were there ar 1007 and we were the 1st ones there! If this had been a seat check in my own hometown they would have been lined up around the block!
First seat up was my 8 yr old (going to be 9 this sunday) 68 lbs 4 ft 4 inch child. The tech asked me why I had him in a low back booster? Are you kidding me? Then she went on to tell me he is 8 yrs old and can pass the 5 step test...umm no he cant. He cant touch the floor with his feet and the belt rides too high...thanks to some awesome friends and their advice and learning from them I stood my ground. I knew he was not ready to be in a belt and I finally convinced them he needed to be in the booster at least another year...oops on my part that I didnt realize his booster expires in December of 2011 (the date says August 2011 but Graco is December of the year it expires and they didnt know that either..I had to point that out to them...) so he got a brand new Evenflo Amp and the lady commented snottily that it could be passed down to my daughter when she is ready...
Oh and they didnt like it that I had to have them help me install the seats (had a stroke in 2004 and my right side doesnt work when it comes to buckling, etc) I had to try and do it myself and it was so upsetting to me to see my hands not working the way I wanted them to. I understand I am supposed to be able to install the car seats but I think there should be exceptions for people like me.
And then onto my daughter. I brought along her backup seat (an Apex 65) and they wanted me to use it as her primary seat. I also brought the Evenflo Maestro and they seemed aggrevated that I had top tethered both seats and they made me prove in my car owners manual that my seats could be installed with LATCH and top tethered. The whole time we were there (over an hour) no one else came...they did complement me on rock-solid installs but they didnt like the blanket I had on the seat under the seats to protect the seats (I have to have that blanket, I didnt and my seat ripped and we lost 550.00 when it came time to sell my old van (so hubby requires blankets, not thick ones, just receiving blankets under the car seats). All in all I felt like I knew more than them...so sad, I dont think I will go to another seat check again...
One other thing that ticked me off is that I have trouble installing seats. I had a stroke in 2004 and my hands dont always work when it comes to buckling things, etc and they acted like they didnt want to help me. It was so frustrating me trying to buckle in those seats...finally after they realized I honestly couldnt do it then they helped me but lectured me the whole time saying I should be able to buckle in the car seat.... I was so frustrated when I left...
First seat up was my 8 yr old (going to be 9 this sunday) 68 lbs 4 ft 4 inch child. The tech asked me why I had him in a low back booster? Are you kidding me? Then she went on to tell me he is 8 yrs old and can pass the 5 step test...umm no he cant. He cant touch the floor with his feet and the belt rides too high...thanks to some awesome friends and their advice and learning from them I stood my ground. I knew he was not ready to be in a belt and I finally convinced them he needed to be in the booster at least another year...oops on my part that I didnt realize his booster expires in December of 2011 (the date says August 2011 but Graco is December of the year it expires and they didnt know that either..I had to point that out to them...) so he got a brand new Evenflo Amp and the lady commented snottily that it could be passed down to my daughter when she is ready...
Oh and they didnt like it that I had to have them help me install the seats (had a stroke in 2004 and my right side doesnt work when it comes to buckling, etc) I had to try and do it myself and it was so upsetting to me to see my hands not working the way I wanted them to. I understand I am supposed to be able to install the car seats but I think there should be exceptions for people like me.
And then onto my daughter. I brought along her backup seat (an Apex 65) and they wanted me to use it as her primary seat. I also brought the Evenflo Maestro and they seemed aggrevated that I had top tethered both seats and they made me prove in my car owners manual that my seats could be installed with LATCH and top tethered. The whole time we were there (over an hour) no one else came...they did complement me on rock-solid installs but they didnt like the blanket I had on the seat under the seats to protect the seats (I have to have that blanket, I didnt and my seat ripped and we lost 550.00 when it came time to sell my old van (so hubby requires blankets, not thick ones, just receiving blankets under the car seats). All in all I felt like I knew more than them...so sad, I dont think I will go to another seat check again...
One other thing that ticked me off is that I have trouble installing seats. I had a stroke in 2004 and my hands dont always work when it comes to buckling things, etc and they acted like they didnt want to help me. It was so frustrating me trying to buckle in those seats...finally after they realized I honestly couldnt do it then they helped me but lectured me the whole time saying I should be able to buckle in the car seat.... I was so frustrated when I left...
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