ThreeBeans
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Ok, small background on this story. We've been involved with Early Intervention since Bean the First was a bitty boy of 17 months. Bean the First is now aging out of Early Intervention and starting Early Childhood Ed through the public preschool, and Bean the Second is continuing on in Early Intervention.
We've been attending the same Parent-Child Playgroup since Bean the First was tiny...Monday mornings at nine am. Due to employee shift, that group has disbanded and we need to go to Thursday morning Parent-Child Group (Sigh. I hate changing routines )
Ok, moving on. Sarah is Bean the First's service coordinator as well as the leader for the parent separation group at the Parent-Child Playgroup. A few months back, I helped her install her carseat for her dd properly, then I helped her pick out a FPSVD for her dd who had outgrown her evenflo (she's still harnessed at 5.5, yay!)
So anyhow, I come into the parent-separation group all nervous because I'm the newcomer, right? And one of the ladies says, "Oh, you're ThreeBeans! Sarah says you're going to tell us how to use our carseats!"
And I do this
But she was just teasing and then everyone had all sorts of questions and I was able to do the following advocacy:
1. Convince one mom to turn her 19 lb 2 year old rearfacing
2. Explain that a 25 pound baby was too heavy for an infant carrier (recommend the Cosco Scenera)
3. Convince a mom of a 28 pound 1 year old to turn him rearfacing
4. Convince a dad of a 46 pound 2 year old (in the five point harness of an AO) and a 35 pound 4 year old (in a backless booster without a belt adjust) to buy Regents for both of them.
They want me to inspect their seats once I get my certification, and the mom of the 25 pound baby wants me to come to her support group of foster parents and show them the proper way to restrain their kids. Yay for advocacy!
We've been attending the same Parent-Child Playgroup since Bean the First was tiny...Monday mornings at nine am. Due to employee shift, that group has disbanded and we need to go to Thursday morning Parent-Child Group (Sigh. I hate changing routines )
Ok, moving on. Sarah is Bean the First's service coordinator as well as the leader for the parent separation group at the Parent-Child Playgroup. A few months back, I helped her install her carseat for her dd properly, then I helped her pick out a FPSVD for her dd who had outgrown her evenflo (she's still harnessed at 5.5, yay!)
So anyhow, I come into the parent-separation group all nervous because I'm the newcomer, right? And one of the ladies says, "Oh, you're ThreeBeans! Sarah says you're going to tell us how to use our carseats!"
And I do this
But she was just teasing and then everyone had all sorts of questions and I was able to do the following advocacy:
1. Convince one mom to turn her 19 lb 2 year old rearfacing
2. Explain that a 25 pound baby was too heavy for an infant carrier (recommend the Cosco Scenera)
3. Convince a mom of a 28 pound 1 year old to turn him rearfacing
4. Convince a dad of a 46 pound 2 year old (in the five point harness of an AO) and a 35 pound 4 year old (in a backless booster without a belt adjust) to buy Regents for both of them.
They want me to inspect their seats once I get my certification, and the mom of the 25 pound baby wants me to come to her support group of foster parents and show them the proper way to restrain their kids. Yay for advocacy!