Lemonade
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Currently MIL and FIL each have a CA65 installed in their cars. My kids are 38 and 42 lbs. DS (42lbs) is on the top notch, but still fits. DN is 55 lbs and probably 43-44". He turns 5 next week. He rides in their cars far more than my kids because BIL lives with IL's and has DN 2 days a week. He rides in a Graco Affix (on my recommendation and with a coupon I gave him) in BIL's car since outgrowing his BLVD a few months ago. BIL just wants easy and cheap.
MIL's car is an 06ish acura sedan and the way the seat bight is, every seat I've tried in there is impossible to get tight with the seatbelt. FIL's car's belts, '10ish Outback, seem to lock sometimes and not others. So, both seats are currently latched, but obviously that is not good given DN's size. He was closer to 50 lbs and with a 15 lbs seat it was OK, at least in the subaru, vs being loose. When the 4 of them (MIL, FIL, BIL, DN) go out together (regularly) they take the Subaru.
I have 2 SGLs in NIB that I could give them. The current seats are mine so whatever I give them is fine with them. I do not really want either of my kids in a boosters with them, but particularly not DD. However she does ride in a Monterey in my van for short rides so this is really just a double standard with IL's as they are not the bestest drivers (DH's words, not mine). I also don't want to give them boosters and make it so BIL doesn't have to buy his own son a seat (because he's an immature mooch) but the reality is that there needs to be a booster(s) and I'd rather it be a nicer one than whatever piece of crap he buys. His kid will use the seat(s) multiple times a week, mine maybe once a month.
WWYD?
MIL's car is an 06ish acura sedan and the way the seat bight is, every seat I've tried in there is impossible to get tight with the seatbelt. FIL's car's belts, '10ish Outback, seem to lock sometimes and not others. So, both seats are currently latched, but obviously that is not good given DN's size. He was closer to 50 lbs and with a 15 lbs seat it was OK, at least in the subaru, vs being loose. When the 4 of them (MIL, FIL, BIL, DN) go out together (regularly) they take the Subaru.
I have 2 SGLs in NIB that I could give them. The current seats are mine so whatever I give them is fine with them. I do not really want either of my kids in a boosters with them, but particularly not DD. However she does ride in a Monterey in my van for short rides so this is really just a double standard with IL's as they are not the bestest drivers (DH's words, not mine). I also don't want to give them boosters and make it so BIL doesn't have to buy his own son a seat (because he's an immature mooch) but the reality is that there needs to be a booster(s) and I'd rather it be a nicer one than whatever piece of crap he buys. His kid will use the seat(s) multiple times a week, mine maybe once a month.
WWYD?