Alicia-N-2SafeBugs
Senior Community Member
I struck up a conversation with a new mom from my church tonight. Her ds is only about 6 months old, but weighs 23 pounds. I'd seen him in his infant carrier recently, so I wanted to make sure she had bought a new seat for him. She has and said she went to the hospital to have it installed (I think Safe Kids coordinates those installs here). Here's what I'm ticked about. They installed it for her...but did not teach her how to do it at all!! She is afraid to take it out of the car because she has NO idea how to install it herself. I told her that I'd come over and teach her how to do it.
I heard over and over in my training "we are an education service, not an installation service." Whoever installed her seat must have missed that important tidbit.
Of course, there was no mention of extended RF either. I said "he's still RF, right??" and she said "yes, until he's 1 year old, right?" I explained that he would be safest until he reaches the limits of the seat. She had no idea. That's no big surprise, though.
I heard over and over in my training "we are an education service, not an installation service." Whoever installed her seat must have missed that important tidbit.
Of course, there was no mention of extended RF either. I said "he's still RF, right??" and she said "yes, until he's 1 year old, right?" I explained that he would be safest until he reaches the limits of the seat. She had no idea. That's no big surprise, though.