Wife&MomX3
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My ILs only drive the kids anyplace once or twice a month AT MOST, but they want seats in their cars. Fine, it's their money. But they dont listen when I explain wut kind of seats the kids need. 
They had a Scenera for DS, which he's basically outgrown, and I suggested they get a Nautilus next, cuz they Rnt too expensive, and that is the last seat they'd hafta buy. Then DD1 can use the Scenera for a while. I even told him when Walmart had them on sale for less than $130.
We're moving, and they R takin the older two for 2 days while DH and I pack and move (it's an out of town move). So they show up w/ one of the Eddie Bauer seats that only harnesses to 40lbs, and that DS is already on the top slots and farthest fwd crotch buckle spot! I tell him that this seat wont last much longer than the one they already had would, and suggest he return it, since he'd hafta buy another one still. I asked him how much it was, but he didnt say, kids were distracting. Im wondering if he got a good deal on it, and didnt want to shell out the money for the Nautilus. NEway, I tell him that if they dont want to spend the money on an extended harnessing seat, that we can just lend them the Apex out of DH's car when they want to take the kids someplace. He mentioned that once he hits 40lbs that he can use the seatbelt in booster mode:thumbsdown: I just said legally yes, but that MY kids cant ride that way, and reiterated that very tall DS would outgrow it by height b4 he hits 40lbs NEway. (he only has an inch til he's at the top slots of the thing, if that).
So would U bother sending them tons of info and links to make them understand Y extended harnessing is so important, regardless of minimum booster laws? Or just send the right seat along w/ DS anytime they want to take them someplace? I cant decide if I'd be wasting my time tryin to get them to understand the importance. But then again, I want them to understand, and not just think Im being overprotective and difficult.
They had a Scenera for DS, which he's basically outgrown, and I suggested they get a Nautilus next, cuz they Rnt too expensive, and that is the last seat they'd hafta buy. Then DD1 can use the Scenera for a while. I even told him when Walmart had them on sale for less than $130.
We're moving, and they R takin the older two for 2 days while DH and I pack and move (it's an out of town move). So they show up w/ one of the Eddie Bauer seats that only harnesses to 40lbs, and that DS is already on the top slots and farthest fwd crotch buckle spot!
I tell him that this seat wont last much longer than the one they already had would, and suggest he return it, since he'd hafta buy another one still. I asked him how much it was, but he didnt say, kids were distracting. Im wondering if he got a good deal on it, and didnt want to shell out the money for the Nautilus. NEway, I tell him that if they dont want to spend the money on an extended harnessing seat, that we can just lend them the Apex out of DH's car when they want to take the kids someplace. He mentioned that once he hits 40lbs that he can use the seatbelt in booster mode:thumbsdown: I just said legally yes, but that MY kids cant ride that way, and reiterated that very tall DS would outgrow it by height b4 he hits 40lbs NEway. (he only has an inch til he's at the top slots of the thing, if that).So would U bother sending them tons of info and links to make them understand Y extended harnessing is so important, regardless of minimum booster laws? Or just send the right seat along w/ DS anytime they want to take them someplace? I cant decide if I'd be wasting my time tryin to get them to understand the importance. But then again, I want them to understand, and not just think Im being overprotective and difficult.
