seb3244
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Have a friend (my hubs good friends gf) and she just had a baby 1 week ago & she came by yesterday & her baby's car seat straps were super loose like I could fit 2 hands in there. And she said her head is slumping sideways. I said well when my dd was a baby (she is 20 months now) I found that if I tightened the straps then her head didn't slump as bad. So she tightened them so I could probably fit one hand in between the straps & baby.
She also has a 7 & 9 yr old that are very short. & don't 5 step. The 7 yr old is in a low back booster & the 9 yr old is in nothing.
She is a good mom I just don't think she knows better.
How can I be encouraging but still share the value of a correctly used car seat?
I was thinking if starting a convo like this
"Hey ____, I will kill myself if something happens & I didn't say anything but I wanted to let you know that after doing extensive (like an obsession) research & having a car seat tech out to my house I have got to at least let you know what I have learned.
Your NB needs tighter straps -like can only fit 2 fingers in between baby and straps
Your 9 yr old doesn't 5 step & should be in a low back booster. He also shouldn't put the belt behind his shoulder when he rides in the car.
What do you think? I mean I can't see her getting mad or anything I would just be horrified if something happened & I didn't say anything."
What do you think?
She also has a 7 & 9 yr old that are very short. & don't 5 step. The 7 yr old is in a low back booster & the 9 yr old is in nothing.
She is a good mom I just don't think she knows better.
How can I be encouraging but still share the value of a correctly used car seat?
I was thinking if starting a convo like this
"Hey ____, I will kill myself if something happens & I didn't say anything but I wanted to let you know that after doing extensive (like an obsession) research & having a car seat tech out to my house I have got to at least let you know what I have learned.
Your NB needs tighter straps -like can only fit 2 fingers in between baby and straps
Your 9 yr old doesn't 5 step & should be in a low back booster. He also shouldn't put the belt behind his shoulder when he rides in the car.
What do you think? I mean I can't see her getting mad or anything I would just be horrified if something happened & I didn't say anything."
What do you think?