eduller
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So I have a dilemma.
My daughter is cared for by an uncle 3 days per week, and I drop her off at his house. There are no parks or playgrounds within walking distance there. This hasn't been a problem for the winter, but the weather is turning so she can now go outside. I had hoped he would be willing to change things up and come to my house for the nicer weather (we have a park 1 block away), but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
This uncle doesn't have a car, so I leave my spare car with him to use. It's a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass. But this being an older car, it doesn't have the safety features of modern cars.
So wwyd: switch cars each time I drop her off so that I can leave my van for him to drive her in? There are 3 nice parks literally within 1.5 miles of his house. And I drive about 8 miles on the freeway from there to work. I think the chances of them getting in an accident during the short, mostly side street, drive to the park are much less than my chances of getting in an accident driving 16 miles a day on the freeway. I'm certainly not putting my safety over my daughter's, but I'm trying to be practical.
If I leave the olds there and put a new car seat in it, should I go for a seat that has good side impact protection since the car doesn't have airbags? I have a Headwise that I just bought, but I haven't opened the box yet. My daughter is large for her age, which influences the seat choice. She's 39.5 inches and 33 pounds, size 4T shirt and she's 2 years 3 months. I'm not overly concerned about the seat lasting her forever RF because she will eventually go to preschool so she really only needs to fit RF for another year.
My daughter is cared for by an uncle 3 days per week, and I drop her off at his house. There are no parks or playgrounds within walking distance there. This hasn't been a problem for the winter, but the weather is turning so she can now go outside. I had hoped he would be willing to change things up and come to my house for the nicer weather (we have a park 1 block away), but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
This uncle doesn't have a car, so I leave my spare car with him to use. It's a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass. But this being an older car, it doesn't have the safety features of modern cars.
So wwyd: switch cars each time I drop her off so that I can leave my van for him to drive her in? There are 3 nice parks literally within 1.5 miles of his house. And I drive about 8 miles on the freeway from there to work. I think the chances of them getting in an accident during the short, mostly side street, drive to the park are much less than my chances of getting in an accident driving 16 miles a day on the freeway. I'm certainly not putting my safety over my daughter's, but I'm trying to be practical.
If I leave the olds there and put a new car seat in it, should I go for a seat that has good side impact protection since the car doesn't have airbags? I have a Headwise that I just bought, but I haven't opened the box yet. My daughter is large for her age, which influences the seat choice. She's 39.5 inches and 33 pounds, size 4T shirt and she's 2 years 3 months. I'm not overly concerned about the seat lasting her forever RF because she will eventually go to preschool so she really only needs to fit RF for another year.
