loufrando
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I took my 5 1/2 yr old nephew with me to run some errands this weekend (I rarely see him so it was good to bond a little) and I put him in dd's Regent because they are the same size and he fit perfectly without adjusting anything.
I asked him how he liked riding in the Regent, since in my sister's car he rides in a waaaay expired cheapo Cosco combo seat in booster mode. (It expired 5 years ago, I checked). It broke my heart what he said! "I like this seat alot! It's so soft! I wish I could have a seat like Ava's so I don't have to suffer anymore in my seat. It hurts me and hurts my neck and there's nowhere to put my head when I fall asleep." It hurts his neck because there is NO belt guide at all, so the belt rubs on his neck.
What 5 year old says suffer?! And it's not like he knows any different because he's been in that seat since he was like 2 years old (in booster mode since he was probably 3.5-4?)
I've told my sister all about how the seat doesn't really fit him anymore (he is the size of a good sized 7 yr old) and about how it isn't safe because it's sooo expired. I even gave her recommendations of a few boosters that would fit him well and where to buy them, etc... and she nodded and agreed with me, but here we are 6 months later and she hasn't gotten him a new booster. My BIL tends to discourage her with stuff like this.
Anyway, I told my nephew that if his mom won't get him a new booster that I will get him the camo Compass B510 for his birthday. That's not until the beginning of December though. I can't buy him one right now because we are trying to stay out of foreclosure on our house! We have no money for that. Plus my BIL would balk at me just buying him a booster out of the blue. I could sneak it in as a bday gift though and hopefully by then we'll be in a better situation.
It just infuriates me! And they have 2 younger kids to pass the booster down to, so it's not like they are buying a seat just for him to use for a couple of years. They'd get a ton of use out of a good hbb.
Okay, vent over.
I asked him how he liked riding in the Regent, since in my sister's car he rides in a waaaay expired cheapo Cosco combo seat in booster mode. (It expired 5 years ago, I checked). It broke my heart what he said! "I like this seat alot! It's so soft! I wish I could have a seat like Ava's so I don't have to suffer anymore in my seat. It hurts me and hurts my neck and there's nowhere to put my head when I fall asleep." It hurts his neck because there is NO belt guide at all, so the belt rubs on his neck.
What 5 year old says suffer?! And it's not like he knows any different because he's been in that seat since he was like 2 years old (in booster mode since he was probably 3.5-4?)
I've told my sister all about how the seat doesn't really fit him anymore (he is the size of a good sized 7 yr old) and about how it isn't safe because it's sooo expired. I even gave her recommendations of a few boosters that would fit him well and where to buy them, etc... and she nodded and agreed with me, but here we are 6 months later and she hasn't gotten him a new booster. My BIL tends to discourage her with stuff like this.
Anyway, I told my nephew that if his mom won't get him a new booster that I will get him the camo Compass B510 for his birthday. That's not until the beginning of December though. I can't buy him one right now because we are trying to stay out of foreclosure on our house! We have no money for that. Plus my BIL would balk at me just buying him a booster out of the blue. I could sneak it in as a bday gift though and hopefully by then we'll be in a better situation.
It just infuriates me! And they have 2 younger kids to pass the booster down to, so it's not like they are buying a seat just for him to use for a couple of years. They'd get a ton of use out of a good hbb.
Okay, vent over.