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[quote=Anonymous]DC recently turned 2. We have him rear-facing in our cars, as well as in our nanny's car. I believe in ERF, so he'll be like that as long as the seat allows.

DH and I just got back from vacation. MIL stayed in our home to take care of DC in the evenings, and Nanny still came during the day. MIL and Nanny are less than 10 years apart in age, and they get along relatively well. MIL was saying how Nanny thinks the car seat in her car is too small because DC's legs are flexed and that because DC is 2, it should be turned around. While those are common misconceptions, I didn't get too annoyed, those are things I just need to explain better to Nanny. But then for some reason, I asked MIL how DC was sitting in Nanny's car, and she said forward facing! I tried to ask MIL some more questions about it, but then she just acted confused. I know for a fact that the car seat was rear facing 2 weeks ago, so it would have been something recent (and possibly even something MIL helped with, although she looked confused when I asked her that question, too.)

If the car seat is in fact forward facing (although who knows if I'll find out that truth at this point -- even if it had been forward facing, MIL could have texted her to tell her to turn it around before we see her Monday morning), I'm debating whether this is an offense worthy of termination. (1) It's a major safety issue that she made a decision about without permission. I think she may not even understand how big of a safety issue it is. (2) Who knows if it's even installed correctly forward-facing? Those seats need all sorts of adjustments to go from rear to forward-facing, and I'm sure neither Nanny nor my MIL are aware of that.

DH thinks I'm overreacting. If the seat is forward facing, DH thinks we should just explain to her the importance of ERF and turn the seat back around, and not make a huge deal about it.

Am I overreacting? I've had some minor issues with our nanny, and maybe this is just the final straw... [/quote]

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