JoyJoy
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All these old car seats got me wondering. What was the first seat you brought your child home from the hosptial in? If you didn't then when and what was the first seat you used? I thought this would be fun and interesting at the same time. I am so bummed I can't scan the pic because I can't find the cord. Maybe later. Check this out I learned a lot since then. Please share your first car seat moments. I bet some of you cringe looking back. I know I do.
Well for my oldest DD she is 8 born 2000
I have a pic of her in this seat I can't make out what brand. Safety First or Graco I believe. Its one that had a base. However that was before they had 5 point restraints on infant seats. Well if they did I didn't know about it. So its a three point with a chest clip. Looking back I am proud I had her tight in it with the chest clip at her arm pits. Now I only used this tell 10 months. I did a bad thing. I moved her to FF seat because I thought it was ok. Everyone else did it. That seat I can't remember what it was I bought it at a yard sale. Bad mommy. However I wasn't too bad as I got her a brand new seat. At the mall they had a demo tape and info on this brand new seat. The only seat you would ever need. From birth to 7 years. It was Cosco Alpha Omega in Black. I opted for the 5 point. So I being pregnate at the time stopped. I got two that day. She was 11 months. I figured she was almost a year old. Because everyone forward faced their 12 month old right. :doh: Well she used the Cosco Alpha Omega tell she could no longer fit in the straps. Then we used it booster mode tell I found out the booster mode was recalled. So then I went to the store bought a Evenflo big kid booster. She is 4 right. Ergg and Yeah that sucked. I really had no idea what a booster seat was for. So then I called Cosco got some new things to put on my seats. I then put her back in it booster style. She used that tell she was 4. I got a diffrent booster. Then a Graco Turbo Booster at 6.
Next DD was born Premature 2001
I bought a Graco infant seat with a base. She tested fine in it at the hosptial. I brought her home. Hated the seat took it back. Got a Graco Snug right. But found that even though it was huge my Alpha Omega fit her the best. So she used both those. She wound up using the Alpha Omega RF tell 2.5 years. Because she was so small and it rear faced so long. Then I turned it around and used it tell she was 5. Yeah she was fairly safe. By then I learned a lot more about car seats. I only turned her around not because of weight but because everyone told me she was almost 3 and I had too. Wish I knew what I know now. BTW the hospital had me roll up receiving blankets and stuff in her harness because you couldn't get it tight enough. I found I could buckle her tight with out them in the Alpha Omega. Scarey that was not safe at all. Instinct told me to use the Alpha Omega.
Next DD 2004
I still had my two alpha omegas and oldest DD was in a booster. So I rearfaced one alpha omega for her. (Got oldest DD a diffrent booster.) She used that rear facing tell I got her a newer alpha omega. She rearfaced tell 3.5 years old. Now she is forward facing in a Cosco High back 5 point
Currently I use my newer Alpha Omega to rear face my foster DD. Who is 26 months.
Well for my oldest DD she is 8 born 2000
I have a pic of her in this seat I can't make out what brand. Safety First or Graco I believe. Its one that had a base. However that was before they had 5 point restraints on infant seats. Well if they did I didn't know about it. So its a three point with a chest clip. Looking back I am proud I had her tight in it with the chest clip at her arm pits. Now I only used this tell 10 months. I did a bad thing. I moved her to FF seat because I thought it was ok. Everyone else did it. That seat I can't remember what it was I bought it at a yard sale. Bad mommy. However I wasn't too bad as I got her a brand new seat. At the mall they had a demo tape and info on this brand new seat. The only seat you would ever need. From birth to 7 years. It was Cosco Alpha Omega in Black. I opted for the 5 point. So I being pregnate at the time stopped. I got two that day. She was 11 months. I figured she was almost a year old. Because everyone forward faced their 12 month old right. :doh: Well she used the Cosco Alpha Omega tell she could no longer fit in the straps. Then we used it booster mode tell I found out the booster mode was recalled. So then I went to the store bought a Evenflo big kid booster. She is 4 right. Ergg and Yeah that sucked. I really had no idea what a booster seat was for. So then I called Cosco got some new things to put on my seats. I then put her back in it booster style. She used that tell she was 4. I got a diffrent booster. Then a Graco Turbo Booster at 6.
Next DD was born Premature 2001
I bought a Graco infant seat with a base. She tested fine in it at the hosptial. I brought her home. Hated the seat took it back. Got a Graco Snug right. But found that even though it was huge my Alpha Omega fit her the best. So she used both those. She wound up using the Alpha Omega RF tell 2.5 years. Because she was so small and it rear faced so long. Then I turned it around and used it tell she was 5. Yeah she was fairly safe. By then I learned a lot more about car seats. I only turned her around not because of weight but because everyone told me she was almost 3 and I had too. Wish I knew what I know now. BTW the hospital had me roll up receiving blankets and stuff in her harness because you couldn't get it tight enough. I found I could buckle her tight with out them in the Alpha Omega. Scarey that was not safe at all. Instinct told me to use the Alpha Omega.
Next DD 2004
I still had my two alpha omegas and oldest DD was in a booster. So I rearfaced one alpha omega for her. (Got oldest DD a diffrent booster.) She used that rear facing tell I got her a newer alpha omega. She rearfaced tell 3.5 years old. Now she is forward facing in a Cosco High back 5 point
Currently I use my newer Alpha Omega to rear face my foster DD. Who is 26 months.