Jonah Baby
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Ever since I was clued in to the ERF, I've been a bit paranoid about Jo's safety in the car. I avoid sending him to the grandparents where he only has harnessed boosters to use, and they are not always 100% safe with his harnessing. I bought a MR to get him RFing to 40 pounds. We got rid of our lower-weight convertibles and replaced them with 35 pound ones, they were getting old anyway!
We turned every possible seat we could RFing.
I just weighed him and I think he hit the 35 pounds.
I can't be sure since our scale is a POS and gets a different weight every time.
He's big, however, so there is a good chance he is done with RFing.
I don't feel safe FFing him now. He's not even 2 and a half. I get those nightmares about him being in a crash. I feel responsible (I know this is irrational) that he is so heavy and cannot be safer in the car because of that.
I realize that the seat will not properly restrain him if he's too much over the RFing limit. It would be more dangerous for him to go over the limit.
I'm frustrated that I "learned" the correct thing to do, but cannot do it to protect my child. And then everyone else can boast how LONG there kid RF'ed, 'cause it is so much better for them. What if mine CAN'T?!.
I won't FF him simply because I want to see his face, or I think his legs are crumpled. (Why do people try to look at their child's face behind them while driving anyway?!)
Why can't the US just be smart like Sweden?
That's it! I'm moving!
Does anyone know how to smack some rationality into me?
We turned every possible seat we could RFing.
I just weighed him and I think he hit the 35 pounds.
I can't be sure since our scale is a POS and gets a different weight every time.
He's big, however, so there is a good chance he is done with RFing.
I don't feel safe FFing him now. He's not even 2 and a half. I get those nightmares about him being in a crash. I feel responsible (I know this is irrational) that he is so heavy and cannot be safer in the car because of that.
I realize that the seat will not properly restrain him if he's too much over the RFing limit. It would be more dangerous for him to go over the limit.
I'm frustrated that I "learned" the correct thing to do, but cannot do it to protect my child. And then everyone else can boast how LONG there kid RF'ed, 'cause it is so much better for them. What if mine CAN'T?!.
I won't FF him simply because I want to see his face, or I think his legs are crumpled. (Why do people try to look at their child's face behind them while driving anyway?!)
Why can't the US just be smart like Sweden?
That's it! I'm moving!
Does anyone know how to smack some rationality into me?