decisions decisions

Dec 27

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, carseats, me myself and i, ramblings, who wants to read this?

I’m trying to decide whether to turn Poopy forward facing in his carseat. Of course I have to make a big deal over anything concerning carseat safety and analyze it from every possible angle. I asked on the carseat forum that I frequent. They didn’t help any, as I got a mix of answers. I’m getting inconsistent readings from our scale as to his weight. He has barely eaten the last two weeks or so, he starts off with a good breakfast, and usually refuses lunch and may or may not pick at dinner. So there is no way he has gained a pound! I was expecting him to have lost. My head knows that he will be perfectly safe forward facing. I’ve kept him rear facing until almost three years old, which is two years longer than most kids. But I just can’t stop comparing the crash test videos in my head and wishing we could move to Sweden where they rear face to 55lbs. Look at the difference here, you’ll see what I mean.

Huge difference, yes? The rear facing weight limit on his seat is 33lbs. I honestly think he’s still around 31, but I keep getting totally different readings on my scale from day to day ranging from 30.5 last week to 33 last night! Tell me he’ll be fine. I want him to have the best of everything, and it bugs me knowing that Sweden is so far ahead of us, they have better seats. And even though it would cost a fortune to import it, and it isn’t legal to use here, it is still eating at me. It also will slightly complicate riding with anyone else. Neither of my parents’ cars have top tethers, and I won’t put the seat in there without it, because I’m obsessive like that. I’m not sure what they say about me asking them to install one. I don’t know if I even should ask, because he only rides with them a few times a year. Some days I can’t decide whether it is a good thing or not that I’m so OCD about this!