abigailsmom
01-29-2006, 06:24 PM
I posted this in the BB Bitchin' Post as well to vent, but I am posting here to ask for help.
Can someone point me in the direction of some great web sites to point out the safety concerns/benefits of different styles of booster seats.
Background:
My DD is 41 months old, about 36 lbs, and almost at the end of her convertible car seat. I want to research some of the boosters that have harnesses and then change to high backed boosters. (Ala the Evenflo Generations-I think) Her father wants to get her the bare bones booster that isn't even a belt positioner. He wants one like the picture shown on this page.
http://www.babyage.com/products/8491ckt_graco_graco_backless_turbobooster_booster_ car_seat.htm
I am not saying that these aren't right for some people and I am certainly not bashing anyone who uses these, but I just do not feel that my dd is ready for this and will all of the 2-4 hour trips we have to make that these are safe or comfortable enough for her to have to ride in.
Now, to finally get to the point...
Can someone please help me? i am ready to scream ans cuss at him I am so angry, but I would rather hit him with facts ans statistics so that he can't argue with me anymore.
As a side note, $ isn't an issue for him as he has plenty to blow on being a Disney World Dad, but I would think that something in the mid-range is what I *might* be able to talk him into.
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Post from BB Bitchin' Post:
My STBXH is at it again... except now it will directly concern DD. She is getting to the age/size that the life span of her car seat is rapidly coming to an end. He wants her to go straight to a backless, $20, bargain-store booster. He does not seem to understand her comfort for her every other weekend 3-4 hour trips should be considered, but most importantly her SAFETY!!!
Duh!!! You would have thought that he would consider that. No... he wants something cheap and easy to hide in his trunk so he can act like he is not a father when she is with me.
Sorry to drop in and rant, but I am about to explode. I am the one on the shoestring, college budget and I still have no problem re-arranging my budget to buy her a SAFE and comfortable booster.
UGH!
I am off to find some web sites with safety statistics to show him what is safer for her!!!!
GRRRR again!
Edited to copy for cross-posting in Toddlers carseat forum...
Robyn
Can someone point me in the direction of some great web sites to point out the safety concerns/benefits of different styles of booster seats.
Background:
My DD is 41 months old, about 36 lbs, and almost at the end of her convertible car seat. I want to research some of the boosters that have harnesses and then change to high backed boosters. (Ala the Evenflo Generations-I think) Her father wants to get her the bare bones booster that isn't even a belt positioner. He wants one like the picture shown on this page.
http://www.babyage.com/products/8491ckt_graco_graco_backless_turbobooster_booster_ car_seat.htm
I am not saying that these aren't right for some people and I am certainly not bashing anyone who uses these, but I just do not feel that my dd is ready for this and will all of the 2-4 hour trips we have to make that these are safe or comfortable enough for her to have to ride in.
Now, to finally get to the point...
Can someone please help me? i am ready to scream ans cuss at him I am so angry, but I would rather hit him with facts ans statistics so that he can't argue with me anymore.
As a side note, $ isn't an issue for him as he has plenty to blow on being a Disney World Dad, but I would think that something in the mid-range is what I *might* be able to talk him into.
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Post from BB Bitchin' Post:
My STBXH is at it again... except now it will directly concern DD. She is getting to the age/size that the life span of her car seat is rapidly coming to an end. He wants her to go straight to a backless, $20, bargain-store booster. He does not seem to understand her comfort for her every other weekend 3-4 hour trips should be considered, but most importantly her SAFETY!!!
Duh!!! You would have thought that he would consider that. No... he wants something cheap and easy to hide in his trunk so he can act like he is not a father when she is with me.
Sorry to drop in and rant, but I am about to explode. I am the one on the shoestring, college budget and I still have no problem re-arranging my budget to buy her a SAFE and comfortable booster.
UGH!
I am off to find some web sites with safety statistics to show him what is safer for her!!!!
GRRRR again!
Edited to copy for cross-posting in Toddlers carseat forum...
Robyn