J in the Lou
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My 7 year old is in a Graco Nautilus, using the harness. I recently realized I needed to switch the install from LATCH to a seatbelt, because he had hit 48 pounds (never noticed that part of the manual before).
I put it in, but I thought the seatbelt install was looser than the LATCH. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the seatbelt to retract any tighter. I decided to take it over to the local firehouse, and see if someone there would tell me if it was okay.
They guy who came out first asked how old my DS was. When I told him "7" he replied "And he's still in a harness?!?!?" in a manner that indicated I was crazy. Then he told me he had never heard of a 7 year old in a harness before.
He barely even looked at the seat, and just said "Yeah, it's fine." Then he asked if I wanted him to look at our other DS's seat. He is 4.5 and rearfacing. We got the same kind of reaction.
It really discouraged me that someone who sees kids getting hurt would react this way.
So, I'm still unsure of the install, and feeling like the people who should be promoting keeping kids in harnesses and rearfacing are judging me. It was a discouraging visit.
I put it in, but I thought the seatbelt install was looser than the LATCH. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the seatbelt to retract any tighter. I decided to take it over to the local firehouse, and see if someone there would tell me if it was okay.
They guy who came out first asked how old my DS was. When I told him "7" he replied "And he's still in a harness?!?!?" in a manner that indicated I was crazy. Then he told me he had never heard of a 7 year old in a harness before.
He barely even looked at the seat, and just said "Yeah, it's fine." Then he asked if I wanted him to look at our other DS's seat. He is 4.5 and rearfacing. We got the same kind of reaction.
It really discouraged me that someone who sees kids getting hurt would react this way.
So, I'm still unsure of the install, and feeling like the people who should be promoting keeping kids in harnesses and rearfacing are judging me. It was a discouraging visit.