loufrando
New member
Here's the situation:
We are going on a 15 hr ea. way trip to my in-laws for the 4th of July. My dd is still rfing and will be until she hits the limits. She is currently 31 lbs and will be 26.5 months old when we go on this trip.
In the past for this trip we have rigged up a system of 2 separate DVD players, one for rfing ydd and one for ff odd. (the are strapped down tightly not near the girls' heads). I normally wouldn't even ask this question, but my dh asked me very sweetly to consider flipping ydd ff just for the trip. You see, I have an inner ear problem that causes me to get VERY carsick very easily and this trip is usually a doozy for me, even on Dramamine. With the 2 DVD players, I am turning around a lot to switch out the movies. He feels that if ydd were ff, we could have just the one DVD player for both of them to watch and it would cut down on the amount of times I have to turn around by 50%, which would help with my carsickness.
He also feels that if she were ff, we could buy her a travel tray like my odd has (you guys approved it when I bought it- it is soft, lol) and she would be able to color and play more than if she were rfing. He also pointed out that she is over 2 years old and over 30 lbs and he doesn't feel that the safety advantage outweighs my increased carsickness and my safety of turning around that much.
My thoughts are that I agree that he has valid points, but that I am car seat safety um, obsessed and it would be hard for me to turn her ff when she could be rf and that rf is obviously better for her sleep on a long trip.
So, any encouragement or criticism would be greatly appreciated, my lovely car seat gurus! Thanks.
We are going on a 15 hr ea. way trip to my in-laws for the 4th of July. My dd is still rfing and will be until she hits the limits. She is currently 31 lbs and will be 26.5 months old when we go on this trip.
In the past for this trip we have rigged up a system of 2 separate DVD players, one for rfing ydd and one for ff odd. (the are strapped down tightly not near the girls' heads). I normally wouldn't even ask this question, but my dh asked me very sweetly to consider flipping ydd ff just for the trip. You see, I have an inner ear problem that causes me to get VERY carsick very easily and this trip is usually a doozy for me, even on Dramamine. With the 2 DVD players, I am turning around a lot to switch out the movies. He feels that if ydd were ff, we could have just the one DVD player for both of them to watch and it would cut down on the amount of times I have to turn around by 50%, which would help with my carsickness.
He also feels that if she were ff, we could buy her a travel tray like my odd has (you guys approved it when I bought it- it is soft, lol) and she would be able to color and play more than if she were rfing. He also pointed out that she is over 2 years old and over 30 lbs and he doesn't feel that the safety advantage outweighs my increased carsickness and my safety of turning around that much.
My thoughts are that I agree that he has valid points, but that I am car seat safety um, obsessed and it would be hard for me to turn her ff when she could be rf and that rf is obviously better for her sleep on a long trip.
So, any encouragement or criticism would be greatly appreciated, my lovely car seat gurus! Thanks.