erv917
02-14-2008, 06:28 PM
* Sorry, guess I originally accidentally posted this as a reply to an unrelated thread. I'll try again....
I went to the local firestation yesterday to get our new convertible seat (a Radian 65) inspected. The firefighter who inspected it, upon seeing that my daughter is 11 months old and over 20 lbs, said "Oh, you can flip her around in a month" (meaning turn the seat from RF to FF). He also made reference to it later in the inspection, saying something like "In a month when you turn her around...." Now, I know enough from occasional lurking on this board and other reading up on the issue that I've done to know that that is neither necessary nor best to turn a child around right at age 1, and I definitely plan to keep her RF for a while. But I found this really frustrating, because it seems to me that he would have been in the perfect position to educate me if I wasn't already knowledgeable on the subject. Worse yet, it seems like if someone, say, had vaguely heard that keeping their child RF past their first birthday was beneficial, what he said could almost lead someone to believe that it's mandatory to turn your child around at one year. So, I guess I am wondering why more car seat techs don't use an inspection as an opportunity to extol the virtues of extended RF? Or do the vast majority, and this guy was just a dud? I don't know, I guess I just find the evidence for extended RF pretty compelling, and I am always disappointed that more people don't consider it for their toddlers, but I feel kind of powerless because I feel like suggesting it to others gets into that rather dangerous territory that might be interpreted as criticizing their parenting.
So, thanks to anyone who's listened to my vent, and I do actually have one question if you've stuck with it this long. This technician told me that it would not be possible to tether our Radian 65 rear facing (the car is a 2005 Accord). He said something like he only knows of like 2 cars where it's possible to tether rear-facing, a volvo and something else he can't remember? This sounded kinda fishy to me, and obviously I didn't feel too confident with him in general, but at any rate I simply can't find anywhere in the car to tether the seat. Does anyone know of anywhere to tether RF in an Accord, or should I just accept that this guy was actually right about one thing and skip it and not worry about it?
Thanks for any input!
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I went to the local firestation yesterday to get our new convertible seat (a Radian 65) inspected. The firefighter who inspected it, upon seeing that my daughter is 11 months old and over 20 lbs, said "Oh, you can flip her around in a month" (meaning turn the seat from RF to FF). He also made reference to it later in the inspection, saying something like "In a month when you turn her around...." Now, I know enough from occasional lurking on this board and other reading up on the issue that I've done to know that that is neither necessary nor best to turn a child around right at age 1, and I definitely plan to keep her RF for a while. But I found this really frustrating, because it seems to me that he would have been in the perfect position to educate me if I wasn't already knowledgeable on the subject. Worse yet, it seems like if someone, say, had vaguely heard that keeping their child RF past their first birthday was beneficial, what he said could almost lead someone to believe that it's mandatory to turn your child around at one year. So, I guess I am wondering why more car seat techs don't use an inspection as an opportunity to extol the virtues of extended RF? Or do the vast majority, and this guy was just a dud? I don't know, I guess I just find the evidence for extended RF pretty compelling, and I am always disappointed that more people don't consider it for their toddlers, but I feel kind of powerless because I feel like suggesting it to others gets into that rather dangerous territory that might be interpreted as criticizing their parenting.
So, thanks to anyone who's listened to my vent, and I do actually have one question if you've stuck with it this long. This technician told me that it would not be possible to tether our Radian 65 rear facing (the car is a 2005 Accord). He said something like he only knows of like 2 cars where it's possible to tether rear-facing, a volvo and something else he can't remember? This sounded kinda fishy to me, and obviously I didn't feel too confident with him in general, but at any rate I simply can't find anywhere in the car to tether the seat. Does anyone know of anywhere to tether RF in an Accord, or should I just accept that this guy was actually right about one thing and skip it and not worry about it?
Thanks for any input!
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