know how to buckle/unbuckle a car seat, correctly?
My parents can do the buckles, but are scared to pull it tight enough. And forget getting them out - not one of her seven grandparents can figure out how to loosen them, so the poor girls always get a limb pulled off trying to get out of the straps.
Re: s/o doctor poll - do your parents
This, but it's 2 grandparents (IL's).
Not even DH does it as well as I like. I inspect everyone's work when I'm with them. MIL probably does it best after me. My parents are like yours and don't want to strap her too tight. And like yours, I don't know how they all get DD out since they straps are barely loosened. They all know how but they just don't pull them out as much as I do. I have to loosened them more to get her in.
Our new carseat has a click to tell you there is enough tension so I looooves it. I tell them to make sure they hear a click. My parents have their own carseat in CA and I kinda wish we had gotten them a Britax instead of Recaro too now.
My dad has the kids the most and he doesn't loosen the straps, so I know they are tight enough. My mom and MIL would only be putting them into my car and I don't loosen E's straps anymore so she's good. I don't think they'd do S's straps tight enough though.
You are right, she shouldn't be in a booster. 4yr and 40lb is absolute minimum recommended, but most kids aren't mature enough to sit right and not mess with the seatbelt. But there's no law for it. And she should still have a full seatbelt on, not just a lap belt.
They went with the 40lb rule and not the 4 year. She'll be 4 in June. I just wish they did what was best for her safety and not for her comfort. They think it's more comfy for her so that's why she's in the booster. My opinion...get a bigger car seat and make her sit in it.
This is cool! I would like this as well, as I feel like I am either reallly strapping him down too tight, or don't feel like it's tight enough if I loosen it. This would take the guess work out - although, i am not sure how it "feels" for tension? You said this is in a Britax? I have a Recaro, so I don't have it. Maybe I will look at Britax for the next purchase.
this is both of our parents exactly.
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