Oh god... This makes me nautious.... What are people thinking?!?
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Well...they could at least say safeR...
I haven't yet see a baby fall off a cart in a seat. Wish I could say the same for toddlers falling headfirst out of the cart's basket onto the floor (that's a melon-onto-concrete sound that makes me want to vomit every time I hear it).
Well...they could at least say safeR... I haven't yet see a baby fall off a cart in a seat. Wish I could say the same for toddlers falling headfirst out of the cart's basket onto the floor (that's a melon-onto-concrete sound that makes me want to vomit every time I hear it).
I was in the dairy aisle when a woman approached me and gave me the "helpful tip" that I could click my car seat up in the top seat of the cart.
In my book, unsolicited advice begets unsolicited advice. I would have informed her that thousands of children are treated in emergency rooms every year for shopping cart injuries, and that one of the major contributors is putting infant seats up on top of shopping carts because they make the cart top-heavy and because they can slide off sideways even if they are "clipped" into place. Unless I see a seat that is close to actually falling (which has happened a few times) I bite my tongue when I see people doing this in stores; but you come up and offer me advice I didn't ask for and all bets are off. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.
Absolutely! I would have totally used that as a teaching moment. All car seats and almost every cart I've ever seen expressly forbid doing this which most people don't realize.In my book, unsolicited advice begets unsolicited advice. I would have informed her that thousands of children are treated in emergency rooms every year for shopping cart injuries, and that one of the major contributors is putting infant seats up on top of shopping carts because they make the cart top-heavy and because they can slide off sideways even if they are "clipped" into place. Unless I see a seat that is close to actually falling (which has happened a few times) I bite my tongue when I see people doing this in stores; but you come up and offer me advice I didn't ask for and all bets are off. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.
Absolutely! I would have totally used that as a teaching moment. All car seats and almost every cart I've ever seen expressly forbid doing this which most people don't realize.
Older versions of the Baby Trend allowed it, for a number of years now it's been forbidden in their manuals.Wasn't there an Evenflo that was designed to clip to the child seat in a cart?
In my book, unsolicited advice begets unsolicited advice.
I would have informed her that thousands of children are treated in emergency rooms every year for shopping cart injuries, and that one of the major contributors is putting infant seats up on top of shopping carts because they make the cart top-heavy and because they can slide off sideways even if they are "clipped" into place.
Unless I see a seat that is close to actually falling (which has happened a few times) I bite my tongue when I see people doing this in stores; but you come up and offer me advice I didn't ask for and all bets are off. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.
Yeah, I think I have to practice in case this happens again. At the time, I didn't know any statistics and I didn't even know about the top-heaviness factor. I just knew it wasn't a good idea.
Also, I just wanted to finish grocery-shopping and get home.
I think after I take the training and become a tech, I will feel more prepared to talk to strangers about car seat safety! At least I hope so, since that's kind of the whole gig... ;-)
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