Here's another one of my work conversations I like to get myself in trouble with. One of the girls started telling us about how her son has this car seat with the bar that comes down, and he still fits in it ok but the buckle won't reach anymore, so they pull the bar down and leave it unbuckled. So I said that most of those seats are only supposed to be used up to 40 pounds, and that in a crash, it would not hold him, and without being buckled would be even more dangerous. She said, Oh really, well I'm not sure how much he weighs. (He is 5 and big, I'm thinking at least 50 pounds.) I said, I'm really worried about what would happen to him in a crash; please buy him a booster seat. She said she would check Walmart.
I'm all for extended harnessing, but I was thinking that he would be safer in a booster than this outgrown, unbuckled OHS. I did not mention getting a higher weight harness seat, because she would not have spent the money, and I wanted to suggest something that she might be willing to do. The general opinion in the office is that I have way overpaid for my gigantic carseat, so I didn't want to go there. What would you have done?
I'm all for extended harnessing, but I was thinking that he would be safer in a booster than this outgrown, unbuckled OHS. I did not mention getting a higher weight harness seat, because she would not have spent the money, and I wanted to suggest something that she might be willing to do. The general opinion in the office is that I have way overpaid for my gigantic carseat, so I didn't want to go there. What would you have done?