You know you're a car seat nerdie when....

CandCfam

New member

• May 1, 2009

• #1

.........you get excited that the grandparently neighbors across the street put out a Graco Nautilus box for recycling.

 

Pixels

New member

• May 1, 2009

• #2

... you're emptying pockets to do laundry and find a locking clip.

 

Thanksgiving_Twins_Mom

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• May 1, 2009

• #3

You're at a stop light looking at the tops of the backs of the boosters visible in the third row of the Honda Odyssey in front of you and think "Two Parkways - looks like the Granite cover"

 

ravekiss

Member

• May 1, 2009

• #4

You find yourself peeking into the backseats of cars passing by or in a parking lot just looking for carseats!

 

Jennifer mom to my 7

Well-known member

• May 1, 2009

• #5

You want to follow Marvin's "12 steps to safeness"
http://carseatblog.com/?p=140

 

TerisBoys

Well-known member

• May 1, 2009

• #6

Jennifer mom to my 7 said:

You want to follow Marvin's "12 steps to safeness"
http://carseatblog.com/?p=140

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When you HAVE followed most of Marvin's 12 steps. (30+ seats in 13 years for 3 boys)

 

featherhead

Well-known member

• May 1, 2009

• #7

you're bored in the car, so you take the carseat manuals out of the glove compartment and start reading (obviously when dh is driving)

 

AtTheSouthDam

New member

• May 1, 2009

• #8

featherhead said:

you're bored in the car, so you take the carseat manuals out of the glove compartment and start reading (obviously when dh is driving)

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Yep, but it is when I am waiting for him to come out of work. And what are they doing in your glove box? Mine are still attached to the seats

... when your sister has calls you a "car seat geek" for stopping to see what seat that is the van for the umpteenth time in the parking lot or informs you "that kid should be in a car seat," before you even notice just so you DON'T say it ( I was purposely looking away, any time I see that many kids get a four door I don't WANT to know.)

 

Mama Jo

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• May 1, 2009

• #9

... you walk more slowly than usual thru the lobby of the daycare on field trip day to see how many carseats you can identify... (and how many are likely expired )

 

disbugsmomma

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• May 1, 2009

• #10

You ride around all day in the Lowe's delivery truck and point out misuse to the drivers who really don't care.

 

MommyBoha

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• May 1, 2009

• #11

You work Drive Thru at a fast food restuarant and hand out car seat info to total strangers....

 

cowgirlsmommy

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• May 1, 2009

• #12

When you carry around CHAD and WHALE stickers in your purse along with a permanent marker. You also have an extra locking clip in there just in case.

 

Amaris

New member

• May 1, 2009

• #13

When you don't want to destroy the 2 expired marathons in the basement because, well, you're attached. And it really doesn't matter that the regent that's sitting next to them didn't sell, because it might come in handy at some point!

 

Auntie2Avi

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• May 1, 2009

• #14

You have gotten your totally uninterested sister interested in carseats. We were at Disneyland a few weeks ago and there was a child in an infant seat who looked to be at least 30 lbs and tall torso in an old Cosco seat. Hopefully they were just using it for the park, because his head was way over the top of the seat.

 

MommyBoha

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• May 1, 2009

• #15

Your 3 year old knows how to properly buckle her baby dolls into the car seat and can actually do it better than some adults

 

JerseyGirl'sMama

New member

• May 1, 2009

• #16

... you no longer inch forward at stop lights because you are anxious to get moving again - you are actually just trying to get a better view of the carseat(s) in the vehicle next to you.


... you worry that people will mistake you for a car prowler as you peer into numerous vehicles in parking lots on the way back to your own.

 

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ovlmommy

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• May 1, 2009

• #17

The highlight of your week is getting a new car seat and getting to play with and install it!

 

Mommy2Marcus

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• May 1, 2009

• #18

...you look for seats & proper installs on your way back to the store from your lunch break.

....you cringe every time you see an infant bucket in the checkout line wondering WHAT misuse you will see next.

 

brooklynsmommy

Active member

• May 2, 2009

• #19

When you can't work drive thru because it make you want to vomit seeing all the misuse.

MommyBoha said:

You work Drive Thru at a fast food restuarant and hand out car seat info to total strangers....

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You can do this!?

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• May 2, 2009

• #20

You wonder if you could go car to car in the mall parking lot and reinstall all the seats without getting caught.