PrairieGirl
New member
Some general thoughts and observations about the car seat world and my newly aquired information (thanks to this forum):
(I posted these thoughts on another thread but realized that it was not on topic at all, hence this new thread.)
Why do these places sell car seats without really knowing that much about them? How is the average person buying a seat supposed to know these things on their own? Why does it have to be so hard? Is it just me? Other people I know just went shopping and without any deliberation picked up a new car seat in one day (usually one of the 3 in 1's)
When I mention to people about not wearing bulky winter coats in car seats, or how I found out how much safer it is to to keep your child rear-facing as long as possible, I see their eyes kind of glaze over and I can tell they are not listening. Or they are thinking in their heads "Here she goes again with some information that she found on the 'internet' again."
Why does this stuff seem so "out there" to people?
Have I stumbled on some type of 'car seat' cult here?
I guess I just needed to vent. Learning about car seats is good, it's just taken up so much of my time lately. Of course I like to gain all the knowledge I can about keeping my son safe, but maybe I am becoming obsessive about it. No one else I know invests nearly as much time in this as me. Just wondering if I have gone a little bit crazy.
(I posted these thoughts on another thread but realized that it was not on topic at all, hence this new thread.)
Why do these places sell car seats without really knowing that much about them? How is the average person buying a seat supposed to know these things on their own? Why does it have to be so hard? Is it just me? Other people I know just went shopping and without any deliberation picked up a new car seat in one day (usually one of the 3 in 1's)
When I mention to people about not wearing bulky winter coats in car seats, or how I found out how much safer it is to to keep your child rear-facing as long as possible, I see their eyes kind of glaze over and I can tell they are not listening. Or they are thinking in their heads "Here she goes again with some information that she found on the 'internet' again."
Why does this stuff seem so "out there" to people?
Have I stumbled on some type of 'car seat' cult here?
I guess I just needed to vent. Learning about car seats is good, it's just taken up so much of my time lately. Of course I like to gain all the knowledge I can about keeping my son safe, but maybe I am becoming obsessive about it. No one else I know invests nearly as much time in this as me. Just wondering if I have gone a little bit crazy.