Mommy2Marcus
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Okay...we are moving soon to Bama where we can be close enough for my MIL to keep my DS while DH & I work. She has my 4 yo nephew in a LBB & has for almost 2 years now & I can not convince her it is dangerous, but that is another vent! I own a Marathon, EFTA & Scenera for DS in which he rides RF in them all. When we move I was going to put either the Scenera or the EFTA in my MIL's car for her. However when we were down there this past weekend she said that she had an extra seat for my 2 yo nephew that she would use.
I ask if it was FF only & she said yes. I said no, he is still RF. She said she didn't see the big deal as she only goes to the store & back a few times a week. I told her he was RF & would stay that way PERIOD! My FIL then said it didn't matter anyhow as he would be in a booster within a year anyways...I said NO he will not. My MIL said, not with the seat they own.
I am quite sure I pissed them off, but I could care less. I do NOT want my child in that seat after I got a good look at it, & I know where it came from...not a reliable source to take care of seats. At least it is not expired, but it is nasty filthy beyond belief & the strings that hold the cover on are WAY stretched out. Those two are enough for me to not want my child in it. Plus it came from my BIL's GF & her mother so who knows what this seat has been through. I am worried that it has been put through H*LL & back, so I am not willing to let my child ride in it exspecially when I have an extra seat already!
So ladies...am I crazy for being adament that my son stay RF even though she does not want him RF? I do not think so, but he is still only 25lbs & not even 2 yet! He will not be 2 untill October. WDYT? I think I already know the answer, but wanted to make sure I am not being witchy about this. I will consider turning him FF in a seat I purchase in her car though once he outgrows the Scenera though!
I ask if it was FF only & she said yes. I said no, he is still RF. She said she didn't see the big deal as she only goes to the store & back a few times a week. I told her he was RF & would stay that way PERIOD! My FIL then said it didn't matter anyhow as he would be in a booster within a year anyways...I said NO he will not. My MIL said, not with the seat they own.
I am quite sure I pissed them off, but I could care less. I do NOT want my child in that seat after I got a good look at it, & I know where it came from...not a reliable source to take care of seats. At least it is not expired, but it is nasty filthy beyond belief & the strings that hold the cover on are WAY stretched out. Those two are enough for me to not want my child in it. Plus it came from my BIL's GF & her mother so who knows what this seat has been through. I am worried that it has been put through H*LL & back, so I am not willing to let my child ride in it exspecially when I have an extra seat already!
So ladies...am I crazy for being adament that my son stay RF even though she does not want him RF? I do not think so, but he is still only 25lbs & not even 2 yet! He will not be 2 untill October. WDYT? I think I already know the answer, but wanted to make sure I am not being witchy about this. I will consider turning him FF in a seat I purchase in her car though once he outgrows the Scenera though!