scatterbunny
New member
A few months ago I got back in contact with an old friend from high school. She has a son who will be 2 in February, she said he's about 26 pounds. I've talked about the carseat boards and my interest in CPS quite a bit and briefly mentioned that her son could still be RF in his carseat (Cosco Touriva, 35 pound RF limit) but that I won't push her on it. She never mentioned it again, and neither did I. I didn't want to be pushy.
So today she came over and we were talking about it again, and she asked me to turn his seat RF for her! So I went out to her vehicle (older Ford Explorer 2-door, lap/shoulderbelts outboard, no seatbelt at all in the middle--backseat is just a two-seater) and installed it RF on the driver's side in less than 5 minutes. It's pretty upright but her son is almost 2 so that's okay. It was just TOO upright at first so we undid the belt and reclined it a bit more and re-buckled. We thought it would be harder because of the locking clip, but it was simple. She really wanted to tether it RF when I told her about Britax, but I convinced her she could not do that with her seat.
Her son wasn't with her (he was at grandma's) so we couldn't try him out in the seat but she was going to pick him up when she left here. I hope he likes it, so she'll keep it that way. At 26 pounds he still has loads of time to RF in that seat.
I showed her the CPSafety stay rear-facing page and explained to her about internal decapitation and she was all for turning him back.
On the down side, she told me about the local techs who checked her infant seat and then helped her put in the Touriva--they didn't say a word about her not using a locking clip, and her belts are ELR. They told her it was just fine the way it was. Ugh. I have no faith in our local techs.
So today she came over and we were talking about it again, and she asked me to turn his seat RF for her! So I went out to her vehicle (older Ford Explorer 2-door, lap/shoulderbelts outboard, no seatbelt at all in the middle--backseat is just a two-seater) and installed it RF on the driver's side in less than 5 minutes. It's pretty upright but her son is almost 2 so that's okay. It was just TOO upright at first so we undid the belt and reclined it a bit more and re-buckled. We thought it would be harder because of the locking clip, but it was simple. She really wanted to tether it RF when I told her about Britax, but I convinced her she could not do that with her seat.
Her son wasn't with her (he was at grandma's) so we couldn't try him out in the seat but she was going to pick him up when she left here. I hope he likes it, so she'll keep it that way. At 26 pounds he still has loads of time to RF in that seat.
I showed her the CPSafety stay rear-facing page and explained to her about internal decapitation and she was all for turning him back.
On the down side, she told me about the local techs who checked her infant seat and then helped her put in the Touriva--they didn't say a word about her not using a locking clip, and her belts are ELR. They told her it was just fine the way it was. Ugh. I have no faith in our local techs.