Lenae
Active member
Hi, I'm new here, I posted once before, a question about a seat I was given. Anyways, I have a new question.
My son is going to be a year old soon, and my family has been giving me a hard time about keeping him rear facing, which doesn't really bother me. What does bother me is my sister has three children, a 5 year old who is very small for his age, only around 38 pounds, and I'm not sure how tall he is precisely, but he's at least a head shorter than the kids in his kindergarten class. A just turned 2 year old niece, who is 33 1/2" and weighs 26 pounds. A nephew who is the largest of her kids, he will be 1 on November 1st, he is 30" and weighs around 24 pounds.
My oldest nephew has a belt posistioning booster seat, that my sister rarely makes him sit in, she just puts him in the lap only belt in her Tahoe. My niece sits forward facing as does my youngest nephew (who isn't even a year old yet!).
I worry about all three, my oldest nephew and niece being so teeny tiny and in the seats they should be in, and my youngest nephew being forward facing before he is a year old. I try to explain to my sister that she's putting her children at risk, but she just calls me Captain Safety and says it's easier for her to have the kids facing forward.
I can easily (and gladly) ignore my family when they give me a hard time about my son being rear facing after a year, but how do I convince the rest of my family (it's not just my sister) that she's putting her kids in danger?
Sorry if I rambled too much, I'm just trying to explain the situation as best as I can. My entire family, my parents, my sister and her husband and their kids, my brother and his wife and their son-on-the-way, all live in the same town I do, so they all kind of feed off one another and their misconceptions about safety.
I'm trying to help my sister and her children, it snows here a lot in the winter, and accidents are common. We actually had a rollover accident in the family last year because of snow, but the adults and child involved were all thankfully buckled and harnessed correctly.
Back to the point, how can I convince my family that they are putting these children at serious risk, and has anyone else every dealt with a situation like this?
My son is going to be a year old soon, and my family has been giving me a hard time about keeping him rear facing, which doesn't really bother me. What does bother me is my sister has three children, a 5 year old who is very small for his age, only around 38 pounds, and I'm not sure how tall he is precisely, but he's at least a head shorter than the kids in his kindergarten class. A just turned 2 year old niece, who is 33 1/2" and weighs 26 pounds. A nephew who is the largest of her kids, he will be 1 on November 1st, he is 30" and weighs around 24 pounds.
My oldest nephew has a belt posistioning booster seat, that my sister rarely makes him sit in, she just puts him in the lap only belt in her Tahoe. My niece sits forward facing as does my youngest nephew (who isn't even a year old yet!).
I worry about all three, my oldest nephew and niece being so teeny tiny and in the seats they should be in, and my youngest nephew being forward facing before he is a year old. I try to explain to my sister that she's putting her children at risk, but she just calls me Captain Safety and says it's easier for her to have the kids facing forward.
I can easily (and gladly) ignore my family when they give me a hard time about my son being rear facing after a year, but how do I convince the rest of my family (it's not just my sister) that she's putting her kids in danger?
Sorry if I rambled too much, I'm just trying to explain the situation as best as I can. My entire family, my parents, my sister and her husband and their kids, my brother and his wife and their son-on-the-way, all live in the same town I do, so they all kind of feed off one another and their misconceptions about safety.
I'm trying to help my sister and her children, it snows here a lot in the winter, and accidents are common. We actually had a rollover accident in the family last year because of snow, but the adults and child involved were all thankfully buckled and harnessed correctly.
Back to the point, how can I convince my family that they are putting these children at serious risk, and has anyone else every dealt with a situation like this?