Babywearing Meghan
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so I went in to replace a pack n play, and saw a grandfather looking at the 3 in 1 car seats, I was walking around looking for an employee and saw him looking at the efta.. I approached him and said, "I noticed you looking at the 3 in 1's and this, I highly recomend this one over the 3 in 1.. he started talking about how the eddie bauer was so pricey and his daughter thought that if he got that he was just paying for the name.. I told him "I would sooner get one of the cheaper sceneras than pay for the 3 in 1, I explained that kids out grow the height really fast and that they make terrible fitting booster seats.
I told him that while the EFTA only goes to 50 lbs, it is all 50 in a harness, and then you can get a turbo booster..
he then said "well her son is a year, she said he can forward face now.." I said "well legally yes, but remember that the law is the BARE minimum, what happens when you turn a child ffing is that they become 5 times less safe, I told him that if she turned the 1 year old around now he was at risk for internal decapiation, if they were in a crash.. I told him aap recommends 2 years and 30 lbs, I always say just rear face to the rear facing limits of the seat.. as long as the head is an inch below that shell" I explained bent knees being perfectly safe ect.. no documeted cases of broken legs.. I told him he could legally turn the 1 year old around so long as he is 20 lbs, but that it might make sense to research extended rear facing a bit.. that we just turned Fiona forward facing (Pointing at her)
he then asked me how I knew so much .. he goes "well you have three kids" I said yes, and that also I am friends with a lot of child passenger safety techs and am thinking of becoming certified myself..
He purchased the EFTA.. he said he was going to tell his daughter about keeping her son rear facing. yeay!
I am such a dork.. I was so embarassed but maybe I saved the kid from being ffing too soon and having a crappy 3 in 1... (it was one of the newer 50 lb ones, which aren't as crappy though.. but he said he was thinking of just getting one of the cheaper 3 in 1's on line so I assumed it was a 40 lb one )
I told him that while the EFTA only goes to 50 lbs, it is all 50 in a harness, and then you can get a turbo booster..
he then said "well her son is a year, she said he can forward face now.." I said "well legally yes, but remember that the law is the BARE minimum, what happens when you turn a child ffing is that they become 5 times less safe, I told him that if she turned the 1 year old around now he was at risk for internal decapiation, if they were in a crash.. I told him aap recommends 2 years and 30 lbs, I always say just rear face to the rear facing limits of the seat.. as long as the head is an inch below that shell" I explained bent knees being perfectly safe ect.. no documeted cases of broken legs.. I told him he could legally turn the 1 year old around so long as he is 20 lbs, but that it might make sense to research extended rear facing a bit.. that we just turned Fiona forward facing (Pointing at her)
he then asked me how I knew so much .. he goes "well you have three kids" I said yes, and that also I am friends with a lot of child passenger safety techs and am thinking of becoming certified myself..
He purchased the EFTA.. he said he was going to tell his daughter about keeping her son rear facing. yeay!
I am such a dork.. I was so embarassed but maybe I saved the kid from being ffing too soon and having a crappy 3 in 1... (it was one of the newer 50 lb ones, which aren't as crappy though.. but he said he was thinking of just getting one of the cheaper 3 in 1's on line so I assumed it was a 40 lb one )
