Any one else, feel free to add any stories! LOL
We went "home" 2 weeks ago to drop the kids off at my mom's for a few days. We went in for the weekend before so the IL's could see the kids, too, as my mom was doing a "grandma camp" with the kids all week. On the Saturday that we were there, dh and I had some errands to run, so we left the kids with MIL. She wanted to take them to McD's. I put Mikayla's MA into her car. She has a Cosco Protek booster in her car already, and though I prefer the Parkway, its not something I stress about much. That is, afterall, the seat we used when Aaric was 4 and had outgrown his 5 pt at the time. And I try to move the Husky as infrequently as possible.
So, my SIL met her at McD's with her two kids. All of the kids wanted to go back to MILs to swim, and they all wanted to ride with MIL. SIL's two kids are 9 and 4. The 4 yo is pretty small - weighed 32 lbs when I weighed him while we were there - but he uses the booster in MILs car when he rides with her.
Well, because my nephew is smaller, MIL put him in the booster, and put Aaric in her 3rd row (Toyota Highlander) - boosterless! He'll be 6 in July - GA has the 6 yr law. SIL had offered to drive her two over there instead, but MIL declined, because she wanted the kids to be happy.
We knew nothing about this until a full week later when we were getting into our van and Aaric told us about it. He said he knew that his cousin was smaller and younger, so he "needed the booster more."
Now the real kicker - as if riding not only not in his Husky, and not in the Parkway which I trust, and not even in the crappy Protek but only in the seat itself wasn't enough to freak me out... he couldn't get his seat belt buckled, so he rode completely unbuckled!!!!
Dh has now had quite a conversation with his mother about how our son is NOT to ride boosterless ever again, until she hears otherwise. I plan on bringing it up again next time we visit, because by then, he'll be over 6, and I don't want her thinking he can do it again just because it would be legal then. I might just suck it up and move the Husky around next time, just to avoid that whole situation!
We went "home" 2 weeks ago to drop the kids off at my mom's for a few days. We went in for the weekend before so the IL's could see the kids, too, as my mom was doing a "grandma camp" with the kids all week. On the Saturday that we were there, dh and I had some errands to run, so we left the kids with MIL. She wanted to take them to McD's. I put Mikayla's MA into her car. She has a Cosco Protek booster in her car already, and though I prefer the Parkway, its not something I stress about much. That is, afterall, the seat we used when Aaric was 4 and had outgrown his 5 pt at the time. And I try to move the Husky as infrequently as possible.
So, my SIL met her at McD's with her two kids. All of the kids wanted to go back to MILs to swim, and they all wanted to ride with MIL. SIL's two kids are 9 and 4. The 4 yo is pretty small - weighed 32 lbs when I weighed him while we were there - but he uses the booster in MILs car when he rides with her.
Well, because my nephew is smaller, MIL put him in the booster, and put Aaric in her 3rd row (Toyota Highlander) - boosterless! He'll be 6 in July - GA has the 6 yr law. SIL had offered to drive her two over there instead, but MIL declined, because she wanted the kids to be happy.
We knew nothing about this until a full week later when we were getting into our van and Aaric told us about it. He said he knew that his cousin was smaller and younger, so he "needed the booster more."
Now the real kicker - as if riding not only not in his Husky, and not in the Parkway which I trust, and not even in the crappy Protek but only in the seat itself wasn't enough to freak me out... he couldn't get his seat belt buckled, so he rode completely unbuckled!!!!
Dh has now had quite a conversation with his mother about how our son is NOT to ride boosterless ever again, until she hears otherwise. I plan on bringing it up again next time we visit, because by then, he'll be over 6, and I don't want her thinking he can do it again just because it would be legal then. I might just suck it up and move the Husky around next time, just to avoid that whole situation!