MarathonMama
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What is the safest option for loading your infant/child?
Yesterday I was at a strip mall and purposely parked far away from the stores so I could have extra room around me to load/unload the kids (3yo & 8mo) and don't you know it - some idiot parks sooooo close to my passenger side that I could only load my 3yo normally. I was so irate that the only thing that came to my mind was to leave YDD in her stroller (braked) in the open spot beside me way out of the line of traffic and move my car back and then load her. I'm having nightmares thinking about what I did but I was terrified of putting her on the car seat or on my lap and having something happen or getting a ticket. I have a Kia Rondo and it would be very difficult to get her in over my ODD ... or I could get her in loosely and then move the car and tighten her. At the time I didn't think of that although it is probably the safest option!
A month ago my DH was loading the kids in the car while I was in for an appt and he said the same thing happened. Since he was carrying the youngest and the oldest was walking he said he just put YDD on the driver's seat and loaded ODD then backed up 10ft with YDD on his lap then put her in (VERY small parking lot in small town, no traffic). I almost had a heart attack, but we've never encountered that problem before!
So, what do/would you do? (Besides ramming your door into the idiot? )
Yesterday I was at a strip mall and purposely parked far away from the stores so I could have extra room around me to load/unload the kids (3yo & 8mo) and don't you know it - some idiot parks sooooo close to my passenger side that I could only load my 3yo normally. I was so irate that the only thing that came to my mind was to leave YDD in her stroller (braked) in the open spot beside me way out of the line of traffic and move my car back and then load her. I'm having nightmares thinking about what I did but I was terrified of putting her on the car seat or on my lap and having something happen or getting a ticket. I have a Kia Rondo and it would be very difficult to get her in over my ODD ... or I could get her in loosely and then move the car and tighten her. At the time I didn't think of that although it is probably the safest option!
A month ago my DH was loading the kids in the car while I was in for an appt and he said the same thing happened. Since he was carrying the youngest and the oldest was walking he said he just put YDD on the driver's seat and loaded ODD then backed up 10ft with YDD on his lap then put her in (VERY small parking lot in small town, no traffic). I almost had a heart attack, but we've never encountered that problem before!
So, what do/would you do? (Besides ramming your door into the idiot? )