joolsplus3
Admin - CPS Technician
I have this mom at my BRU, with an almost 4 yo and newbie preemie twins (with a heartstring-tugging story about surgeries in the womb at 21 weeks, oh, these babies are *miracles*). She needs three across in an Equinox, so I recommend a Maestro, and go out with her to give it a shot. The bases for the infant seats are loose, like, 4 inches side to side. Why? "The nurses told me they should be loose, so they can move freely during the crash and be safer". Also, totally not reclined bases...I'm surprised the babies weren't blue, at least the seats are flat...and there's LATCH in all spots, so THAT was right.
But it just feels like a game of telephone gone wrong. We tell people they don't need to use three firemen and a mighty tite to get a good enough install, and we tell them that cocooning is ok, and it somehow turns into 'A loose install is safer!'.
She said it felt sort of wrong, but almost 4 years had passed since her last infant seat, so she thought maybe it was some new information and she should trust them. Sigh. So much effort put into sweet darling little new ones, and they are put at so much risk for no reason. Makes me mad.
Anyway, Snugride/Maestro/FlexLoc fit surprisingly well, I encouraged her to get her DH out there and get things a lot tighter, after she actually bought the seat (which I almost left in the car after trying it, duh!).
Just had to vent... at least the harnesses looked to be a good fit, so that was positive...
But it just feels like a game of telephone gone wrong. We tell people they don't need to use three firemen and a mighty tite to get a good enough install, and we tell them that cocooning is ok, and it somehow turns into 'A loose install is safer!'.
She said it felt sort of wrong, but almost 4 years had passed since her last infant seat, so she thought maybe it was some new information and she should trust them. Sigh. So much effort put into sweet darling little new ones, and they are put at so much risk for no reason. Makes me mad.
Anyway, Snugride/Maestro/FlexLoc fit surprisingly well, I encouraged her to get her DH out there and get things a lot tighter, after she actually bought the seat (which I almost left in the car after trying it, duh!).
Just had to vent... at least the harnesses looked to be a good fit, so that was positive...