morninglori
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Ugg..I need to vent somewhere!
So to start off, I have learned a lot about the importance of ERF and extended harnessing, and gotten a lot of good advice. I would really like to pass some of the info on to some of my friends, however it seems to fall on deaf ears.
There are a lot of kiddos in my group of friends, ages 10mo to 4.5 years. There are 2 other babies turning 1 this year and both of their dads told me how excited the are to turn their sons around in just a few weeks....How one kid is just so uncomfortable because his feet are touching the back seat, and how much better it will be to load and unload their kids- finally. I mentioned to them that I have learned about ERF and how much safer it is for baby, and how the AAP actually recommends RF to the limits of the seat, and how the AAP may be revising the guidance to say 2years RF. The response back I got was..."What, don't you like looking at your kid" and then I got, "Well, if you get rear-ended then the baby's neck gets injured, and the seat can ricochet into the back window." I mentioned that that is a possibility, but frontal crashes are statistically more common and that they can possibly tether RF - they have Britax seats and newer Trucks. I basically got the expected anti ERF responses, so then just left it at "You may want to look into RF past 1year and see what you find."
I really hope I didn't come off preachy, and once I saw that they were not "open" to "non-mainstream" options, I just dropped it as quickly as I could.
I sometimes just don't get why people, educated, responsible, "I have to get the Britax (because it's the safest on CR) for everyone who is driving my son around" people, who obviously care greatly for their children won't even consider this option. Also, I don't even want to get started on the prevalent HBB use for the 3-4.5yos....
I mean the number of stars that the car seat gets on CR is not what saves lives, it's how you use it.
I know I am "preaching to the choir" but I had to get it out, but if anyone has any suggestions on how to get their attention so they can "discover" these options, I would appreciate it. Other than that, I know that my children are as safe as I can help them be, and even if those other families decide not to ERF, if ever I need to transport their kids, they will be RF.
OK thanks for the place to vent.
Lori
So to start off, I have learned a lot about the importance of ERF and extended harnessing, and gotten a lot of good advice. I would really like to pass some of the info on to some of my friends, however it seems to fall on deaf ears.
There are a lot of kiddos in my group of friends, ages 10mo to 4.5 years. There are 2 other babies turning 1 this year and both of their dads told me how excited the are to turn their sons around in just a few weeks....How one kid is just so uncomfortable because his feet are touching the back seat, and how much better it will be to load and unload their kids- finally. I mentioned to them that I have learned about ERF and how much safer it is for baby, and how the AAP actually recommends RF to the limits of the seat, and how the AAP may be revising the guidance to say 2years RF. The response back I got was..."What, don't you like looking at your kid" and then I got, "Well, if you get rear-ended then the baby's neck gets injured, and the seat can ricochet into the back window." I mentioned that that is a possibility, but frontal crashes are statistically more common and that they can possibly tether RF - they have Britax seats and newer Trucks. I basically got the expected anti ERF responses, so then just left it at "You may want to look into RF past 1year and see what you find."
I really hope I didn't come off preachy, and once I saw that they were not "open" to "non-mainstream" options, I just dropped it as quickly as I could.
I sometimes just don't get why people, educated, responsible, "I have to get the Britax (because it's the safest on CR) for everyone who is driving my son around" people, who obviously care greatly for their children won't even consider this option. Also, I don't even want to get started on the prevalent HBB use for the 3-4.5yos....
I mean the number of stars that the car seat gets on CR is not what saves lives, it's how you use it.
I know I am "preaching to the choir" but I had to get it out, but if anyone has any suggestions on how to get their attention so they can "discover" these options, I would appreciate it. Other than that, I know that my children are as safe as I can help them be, and even if those other families decide not to ERF, if ever I need to transport their kids, they will be RF.
OK thanks for the place to vent.
Lori