Graco Nautilus on Jon and Kate Plus 8

mimieliza · Feb 25, 2008

Jon and Kate took their kids on a trip to Park City, UT on planes. No carseats on the plane, but they had Graco Nautiluses in their 15-passenger rental van at their destination. That took some serious planning with car safety as a priority! :thumbsup:

jdchic3 · Feb 26, 2008

I saw that too. I can't see how you would plan to transport 6 radians through the airport. NOT that I'm saying they shouldn't have taken them, they should have. Great about the GNs too! I couldn't believe they had that! I

Jon and Kate!

Auntie2Avi · Feb 26, 2008

I just saw this. I can't believe they had GN's. I wonder what rental car company they got the car from, because they said the van already had the seats. I

this show!!

TXAggieTech · Feb 26, 2008

We were watching also. They said they shipped stuff also, I wonder if they sent the seats or if they came with the rental?

I probably would have started crying way before she did. That or hit the flight attendant up for a few mini bottles.

mimieliza · Feb 26, 2008

I probably would have started crying way before she did. That or hit the flight attendant up for a few mini bottles.

No kidding! And did you see the preview for the next show with her getting sick and the kids screaming? Seems like a fine vacation. Poor Kate.

Jacks · Feb 26, 2008

But did you notice that when they drove to the airport in the limo the kids weren't in carseats?? Isn't that illegeal if they are still only 3.5yo? I don't know how they would have managed it though with that many kids???

lauralou · Feb 26, 2008

I bet.It is hard getting 2 seats reinstalled I could imagine 6 over,and over again.I love them too.She has a personal email,I used to have,it can be googled.She also used to sell her kids older stuff on their website I think she quit.I think they did say that the rental van was already with carseats from the co.

lauralou · Feb 26, 2008

FOUND IT. SIXYMOMMA@COMCAST.net They use it for speaking meetings,but she also will answer questions too.very,very friendly .

ProudMomof5 · Feb 26, 2008

Yeah I noticed the carseats too.. My DH thought I was crazy that I noticed it because I never did before last night. (I JUST got into the whole car seat thing recently)
I LOVE Jon and Kate plus 8!!!!

ETA - weren't they in the radian sunshine car seats at some point though? That is what I noticed.

SusanMae · Feb 26, 2008

They have radians in the their van at home for the younger ones. Cara and Maddie ride in boosters.

Susan

azgirl71 · Feb 26, 2008

I was please to see they were in any seat in the rental since they rode to the airport without. I wonder how the Rental company knew about the Nautilus. They said they rented them with the van I think.

Jacks · Feb 26, 2008

I wonder how the rental company knew what harness heights to set them at?

lauralou · Feb 26, 2008

Im sure thats the behind scenes we dont get to.They probably were planned when they called and adjusted before we saw.

MsFacetious · Feb 26, 2008

I would love to know how they pulled that off because I don't want to take seats on the plane the next time we go somewhere. We actually wouldn't have seats to take... unless we were to buy the G-Naughti... so, I want to know how they pulled off having the seats at their destination.

I was upset about the lack of seats in the limo... and on the plane though I realized it was unrealistic to expect them to take seats on the plane, and I was holding my breath about when they got to Utah. But, they did good once they got here. So, I can't complain too much. I couldn't tell what seats they were though, just that they were in seats.

I am sure I will hear from my MIL soon on this one... *sigh* "See I told you we could rent car seats better than yours!" Blah blah blah...

Nisha · Feb 26, 2008

Jacks said:
But did you notice that when they drove to the airport in the limo the kids weren't in carseats?? Isn't that illegeal if they are still only 3.5yo? I don't know how they would have managed it though with that many kids???

I don't know, do limo's fall under the same category as taxi's? Since there's usually only 3 seats that face the front of the car, and you can't install cr's on side facing or back facing seats, that would be a little difficult!
(Although maybe it was a limo with 3-4 forward facing seats in a row? I didn't see it

)

Stretchy Glue · Feb 26, 2008

My understanding is that limos fall under "public transportation" therefore are exempt from car seat laws. Not right, but that's the way it is. I think getting car seat laws better in all states will happen LONG before we can get public transporation to fall under laws.:twocents:

Midwife@heart · Feb 26, 2008

Haha, I had just started a thread about this lol

crunchierthanthou · Feb 26, 2008

Nisha said:
I don't know, do limo's fall under the same category as taxi's? Since there's usually only 3 seats that face the front of the car, and you can't install cr's on side facing or back facing seats, that would be a little difficult!
(Although maybe it was a limo with 3-4 forward facing seats in a row? I didn't see it)

yes, but they're not exempt from the laws of physics. legal doesn't mean safe.

Nisha · Feb 26, 2008

crunchierthanthou said:
yes, but they're not exempt from the laws of physics. legal doesn't mean safe.

Not at all!
speaking of public transportation, when we were in VA Beach this summer with DS who was about 6 mos, we put his sr car seat in the back of a taxi. The driver said he had drove taxi for 10 years and that was the FIRST time someone ever put a car seat in his taxi!:thumbsdown:

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