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On Saturday I took Josef to our local kid's fair and met up with a good friend, she has a daughter, B, who is exactly one month younger than Josef (we are already planning their wedding, lol) so we try to get together when we can.
She has two other children including P who will be three in July and has been FF since 11 months and weighs right around 30lbs. Then there is baby S who will be one at the end of the month and is hovering around 20lbs. Baby S is in an Evenflo Carrier with straps WAY too lose and a belly clip, P is in a FF only seat that was B's until she was moved into a HBB almost two years ago. My friend knows that Baby S needs a new seat and "even though I turned the other two at 11 months, S likes it RFing so I will keep her RFing for a while"....."but when S needs P's seat, P will be moved to B's booster and B will get a regular booster without a back." B was moved into a HBB when she was three, and my friend hinted that this is when P would also be moved. She asked me if Josef was in a HBB or a regular booster in Daddy's car (she knows I have the beast in mine), and I told her "Oh Josef is in a HBB and will stay in it until he outgrows it because hubby's car does not have SI air-bags". She kinda looked surprised, but then again she says "Oh, I sometimes forget who I am talking to about car seats " Needless to say she knows how I feel about FF before age two/three and boosters before age five. To make matters even worse her husband is an OT who works with children, and yes has worked with some children who have been injured in car accidents. Yet T does not want to spend money-for anything and they have TONS of money to go around!
I told her to get Baby S a Cosco Scenera at Wal-Mart for under $40 and to keep the others where they are until Baby S outgrows the Scenera OR P outgrows the FF only seat. She REALLY wanted the GN for P, but T refuses to let her buy it, and he "controls" the money so to speak.
This is a case of if you had to choose between ERF and EH which would you choose. P is such a sweet little boy and is a GREAT car rider, but still under 4yrs/40lbs scares me so much in a booster! Baby S's neck can not withstand a force that an impact would put on her neck and that is why I chose ERF over EH. Baby S has a HUGE noggin on her!
She has two other children including P who will be three in July and has been FF since 11 months and weighs right around 30lbs. Then there is baby S who will be one at the end of the month and is hovering around 20lbs. Baby S is in an Evenflo Carrier with straps WAY too lose and a belly clip, P is in a FF only seat that was B's until she was moved into a HBB almost two years ago. My friend knows that Baby S needs a new seat and "even though I turned the other two at 11 months, S likes it RFing so I will keep her RFing for a while"....."but when S needs P's seat, P will be moved to B's booster and B will get a regular booster without a back." B was moved into a HBB when she was three, and my friend hinted that this is when P would also be moved. She asked me if Josef was in a HBB or a regular booster in Daddy's car (she knows I have the beast in mine), and I told her "Oh Josef is in a HBB and will stay in it until he outgrows it because hubby's car does not have SI air-bags". She kinda looked surprised, but then again she says "Oh, I sometimes forget who I am talking to about car seats " Needless to say she knows how I feel about FF before age two/three and boosters before age five. To make matters even worse her husband is an OT who works with children, and yes has worked with some children who have been injured in car accidents. Yet T does not want to spend money-for anything and they have TONS of money to go around!
I told her to get Baby S a Cosco Scenera at Wal-Mart for under $40 and to keep the others where they are until Baby S outgrows the Scenera OR P outgrows the FF only seat. She REALLY wanted the GN for P, but T refuses to let her buy it, and he "controls" the money so to speak.
This is a case of if you had to choose between ERF and EH which would you choose. P is such a sweet little boy and is a GREAT car rider, but still under 4yrs/40lbs scares me so much in a booster! Baby S's neck can not withstand a force that an impact would put on her neck and that is why I chose ERF over EH. Baby S has a HUGE noggin on her!