morninglori
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It's a bit of a story....
My DS stays with a wonderful person during the day while I am at work, I provide an EFT DLX for DS for them to go to story time every Monday and occasional in town errands. She has 2 kids 3yo(30lb) and 16mo (21lb). She has a GN for the 3yo and an EFT LX for her 16mo. Just like me.
I noticed the other day that the harness straps on both of her kids were WAY off. the GN was too low and the EFT was too high. I told her I would help her fix them if she wanted since I have the same seats.
So this morning when I dropped DS off, I asked her if she wanted me to adjust her kids harnesses. It was a good time for her so she opened her car- Honda Oddessy. I started with the GN since I knew I would have to un Latch it to get to the straps. She has her kids in the captains chairs in the middle. I was very surprised to see that the tether wasn't hooked up, looked over at her EFT (which is FF- I have already talked to her about ERF, especially since her 16mo is so tiny. She turned him RF, but her DH turned him back around because the 16mo's legs looked uncomfortable.- I tried...) OK back to the story...the EFT was untethered as well.
So I made the adjustment on the GN, then showed her where the tether attachment was and attached it. I moved next to the EFT and had to loosen the seat to get to the tether, re-tightened the seat, attached the tether, and then adjusted the harness height.
I then looked at my DS's seat which was in the rear passenger seat. I noticed that it was strapped in with the shoulder belt, but it looked weird. it only moved about an inch so I was OK with the install, but when I looked a closely at where the strap was, it was through the back of the seat, where the belt goes for a FF install. Needless to say I was very surprised and the babysitter told me that her DH put it like that because they weren't able to get the seat tight enough going through the other belt path. I told her I understood and then I proceeded to install the seat correctly and tightened up the belt as tight as I could. the seat still moved about an inch, but it was the tightest I could get it.
I think she was a bit embarassed, and told me that they just put the seats in and didn't read the manuals. I told her that all was good and that now her kids will be more comfortable and to not worry.
I am glad I did this, I just wish I had done it sooner.
If you got through all this, I so appreciate you listening...I just had to get it off my chest. I can't really talk to my DH since he thinks I am the car seat gazpacho with my wanting to get the solid install. I am by no means an expert, but I have tried to learn as much about the GN and EFT/EFTA which we have.
LH
My DS stays with a wonderful person during the day while I am at work, I provide an EFT DLX for DS for them to go to story time every Monday and occasional in town errands. She has 2 kids 3yo(30lb) and 16mo (21lb). She has a GN for the 3yo and an EFT LX for her 16mo. Just like me.
I noticed the other day that the harness straps on both of her kids were WAY off. the GN was too low and the EFT was too high. I told her I would help her fix them if she wanted since I have the same seats.
So this morning when I dropped DS off, I asked her if she wanted me to adjust her kids harnesses. It was a good time for her so she opened her car- Honda Oddessy. I started with the GN since I knew I would have to un Latch it to get to the straps. She has her kids in the captains chairs in the middle. I was very surprised to see that the tether wasn't hooked up, looked over at her EFT (which is FF- I have already talked to her about ERF, especially since her 16mo is so tiny. She turned him RF, but her DH turned him back around because the 16mo's legs looked uncomfortable.- I tried...) OK back to the story...the EFT was untethered as well.
So I made the adjustment on the GN, then showed her where the tether attachment was and attached it. I moved next to the EFT and had to loosen the seat to get to the tether, re-tightened the seat, attached the tether, and then adjusted the harness height.
I then looked at my DS's seat which was in the rear passenger seat. I noticed that it was strapped in with the shoulder belt, but it looked weird. it only moved about an inch so I was OK with the install, but when I looked a closely at where the strap was, it was through the back of the seat, where the belt goes for a FF install. Needless to say I was very surprised and the babysitter told me that her DH put it like that because they weren't able to get the seat tight enough going through the other belt path. I told her I understood and then I proceeded to install the seat correctly and tightened up the belt as tight as I could. the seat still moved about an inch, but it was the tightest I could get it.
I think she was a bit embarassed, and told me that they just put the seats in and didn't read the manuals. I told her that all was good and that now her kids will be more comfortable and to not worry.
I am glad I did this, I just wish I had done it sooner.
If you got through all this, I so appreciate you listening...I just had to get it off my chest. I can't really talk to my DH since he thinks I am the car seat gazpacho with my wanting to get the solid install. I am by no means an expert, but I have tried to learn as much about the GN and EFT/EFTA which we have.
LH
I was LOL at that, to, Anna.
