Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:52     Subject: Re:Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
This is really an issue of OP learning to blow off comments like that. She's made her choice, it's an acceptable one, and she needs to move on. There's always going to be someone making those sort of comments.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:41     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:I asked this upthread but nobody responded...I really am curious why people think it is easier to buckle a child in that faces the front! We made the switch recently for our just turned three year old and is a MUCH bigger pain now. Previously, I just sat in the seat next to her and could face her while buckling. Now I have to contort around to get her buckled in. Why do people think it is easier? What am I missing?


I find it easier to buckle when the child is FF if the car seat is on the right hand side of the car, which it usually is for car pools like this. That's because I'm right handed and I can reach over more easily with my right hand. Plus the child can walk into the car and get up into the seat by herself or with little help.

Having said all of that, I would never complain about the few extra seconds it takes to do it for a RF child. And it's not the aide's place to say a word!
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:36     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


You have a five-year-old child facing backwards?!?!?! How does he/she go on playdates in other people's cars?

I've got three children in different schools and I've never, ever heard of or seen a five-year-old facing backwards. That is definitely unusual. Most five-year-olds in NW DC are in booster seats.


This child would not be on the growth chart or would hit in the less than 3% down to negative percentages for his age. He sounds like he is the size of an very tiny 3 year old or an average 2 year old.

Mom, unless your child is not abnormally small to the point that the peds are frantically sending you to nutritionists and growth specialists, you need to reweigh and remeasure your son to make sure you have accurate growth statistics for him. It sounds like you might be putting him at great risk by having him in a carseat way to small for him, and rear facing him to the point that it is dangerous because he is well beyond the seat limitations.


I believe PP's numbers have a typo.


They must, because I have a three year old who is 6 inches taller than her claimed 5 year old height.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:31     Subject: Re:Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Well, mine has a very soft mirror that's attached to the headrest. He can see everything, although admittedly in a backwards fashion. We will tell him to use his mirror or he will point out stuff that he's seen by using the morror.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:07     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How does your child see the lights if they are rear facing? Ifthey are looking out the back of the car how are they seeing what is ahead of them?


they see the lights BEHIND the car, duh... the lights on the other side of the street. is it really that hard?


NP here. YEs, it is that hard. at least for me.

LEt's say I'm stopped at an intersection. I'm facing north, looking at the stoplight. My child is facing south. Are you saying that my child, facing south, should be able to also see the stoplight that I am facing? Or are you saying the child is looking at lights that are in my rear-view mirror? If the second, that is fine and makes sense to me, but if the first-- I admit I'm bewildered. Are you saying a child in a rear facing seat is able to tell the parent that the light the car is approaching is turning red? If so, that is pretty cool, but I just don't see how that is possible.
Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 09:05     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
I asked this upthread but nobody responded...I really am curious why people think it is easier to buckle a child in that faces the front! We made the switch recently for our just turned three year old and is a MUCH bigger pain now. Previously, I just sat in the seat next to her and could face her while buckling. Now I have to contort around to get her buckled in. Why do people think it is easier? What am I missing?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 03:34     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Stop judging, all of you. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

OP, next time you can get out and strap your child in yourself, even though it is not "allowed".

This is what the lazy aide was really asking - she's does not understand that an extra effort to comply with atypical but safer practices is not going to ruin her day!
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 02:12     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


Loser mom.


With the live child.

While the "cool mom" will have a dead one. Who wins?


Doubtful. Alarmist.


Doubtful? Alarmist? Do you know the stats on children dying in car accidents? What about stats on carseats being used improperly? You should educate yourself. It's not about being cool, it's your child's life in danger. Wake up! and GROW UP.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 01:29     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


Loser mom.


With the live child.

While the "cool mom" will have a dead one. Who wins?


Doubtful. Alarmist.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 01:21     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


Loser mom.


With the live child.

While the "cool mom" will have a dead one. Who wins?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 01:10     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


Loser mom.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 00:51     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


You have a five-year-old child facing backwards?!?!?! How does he/she go on playdates in other people's cars?

I've got three children in different schools and I've never, ever heard of or seen a five-year-old facing backwards. That is definitely unusual. Most five-year-olds in NW DC are in booster seats.


This child would not be on the growth chart or would hit in the less than 3% down to negative percentages for his age. He sounds like he is the size of an very tiny 3 year old or an average 2 year old.

Mom, unless your child is not abnormally small to the point that the peds are frantically sending you to nutritionists and growth specialists, you need to reweigh and remeasure your son to make sure you have accurate growth statistics for him. It sounds like you might be putting him at great risk by having him in a carseat way to small for him, and rear facing him to the point that it is dangerous because he is well beyond the seat limitations.


I believe PP's numbers have a typo.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 00:36     Subject: Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ehhhh...my 5 year old who is 36inches and 30lbs who is still rearfacing...

I don't really care if its popular. You can't fix dead and my son is way safer rearfacing.


You have a five-year-old child facing backwards?!?!?! How does he/she go on playdates in other people's cars?

I've got three children in different schools and I've never, ever heard of or seen a five-year-old facing backwards. That is definitely unusual. Most five-year-olds in NW DC are in booster seats.


This child would not be on the growth chart or would hit in the less than 3% down to negative percentages for his age. He sounds like he is the size of an very tiny 3 year old or an average 2 year old.

Mom, unless your child is not abnormally small to the point that the peds are frantically sending you to nutritionists and growth specialists, you need to reweigh and remeasure your son to make sure you have accurate growth statistics for him. It sounds like you might be putting him at great risk by having him in a carseat way to small for him, and rear facing him to the point that it is dangerous because he is well beyond the seat limitations.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 00:25     Subject: Re:Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

doesn't look uncomfortable to me.

besides, they don't know how it feels ridding any other way so it's not an issue, really.


That looks horribly uncomfortable. Her legs are all squished up. And it looks like she is rolling herself in a ball to fit. I'm not saying the kid minds, but to me it just looks uncomfortable.



That isn't uncomfortable. Kids are far more flexible than adults. She clearly posing for the picture. For you, sure it is probably uncomfortable, but its not for them. If you are concerned about leg room and want to rf, if you can afford it, you import a swedish seat and those give more leg room as they are designed differently.

My child RF is 3 out of 4 cars. Its impossible in the 4th car and they FF but are rarely in that car. Its not an issue at all.


ITA

Shes posing and trying to look cutesy.

this carseat has no sides by the leg area so they're not constricting like the other types. DD hangs her legs on the side and has her legs all over the place and we drive A LOT.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2012 00:18     Subject: Re:Extremely annoyed at carpool aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

doesn't look uncomfortable to me.

besides, they don't know how it feels ridding any other way so it's not an issue, really.


That looks horribly uncomfortable. Her legs are all squished up. And it looks like she is rolling herself in a ball to fit. I'm not saying the kid minds, but to me it just looks uncomfortable.



That isn't uncomfortable. Kids are far more flexible than adults. She clearly posing for the picture. For you, sure it is probably uncomfortable, but its not for them. If you are concerned about leg room and want to rf, if you can afford it, you import a swedish seat and those give more leg room as they are designed differently.

My child RF is 3 out of 4 cars. Its impossible in the 4th car and they FF but are rarely in that car. Its not an issue at all.