brightredmtn
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We were just out shopping and came across a 4 month old in a Snugride with super loose straps and her chest clip touching the buckle. So I approached her mother nicely like I always do and ask her if she tightens the straps when she is in the car (giving her the benefit of the doubt.) She says no but is really responsive to my advice. She tells me that they took off the cover to wash and couldn't get the straps back in correctly. Upon further inspection they were horribly twisted and in the top harness slots when she wasn't big enough for them yet. Yikes! So I offered to rethread the straps. Only problem is that it's the kind of Snugride that adjusts from the back and we had the kind that adjusts from the front, so I've never seen the manual on how to do it. I took a calculated risk and put them back in the hooks how the mother had. I figured the baby was better off with untwisted straps and in the right harness slots and I wasn't making the thread in the hooks any worse. I just checked an online manual and thank God they were in the correct way.
What would you have done? Maybe I shouldn't be doing stuff like this before I'm a tech but it makes me so sad when I see such horrible misuse.
What would you have done? Maybe I shouldn't be doing stuff like this before I'm a tech but it makes me so sad when I see such horrible misuse.
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