If you knew someone was using a carseat past the weight guidelines...

Re: If you knew someone was using a carseat past the weight guidelines...

• Amy H

  May 2009

  I had to approach a situation with my sister who put my nephew in a booster seat too early.  It was a really, really touchy situation.  She and I have been working on our relationship and it'd been getting better, but I knew I couldn't say nothing about the situation.  Her ped had told her it was okay, but seeing him in that seat- there was no way he should've been in it (> 4 yrs, > 40 lbs).  Anyway, I ended up getting my mom involved and she ended up taking my sister to get a new seat for my nephew.  My sister wasn't happy, but I was going to buy her one and ship her one if my mom didn't handle it.  Because if something had happened to him, I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself for not...  But, it wasn't an easy situation.  GL!  (FWIW, everyone's fine now- it died down after about a week & my nephew's safe.  Well worth it!)

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• LizLovesJason member

  May 2009

  I would say something. I would try to casually bring it up. For example, say, "Wow, your little Johnnie sure is getting big. I can't believe how much he's grown! How much does he weigh now?" When the mom/dad answers, say, "Oh, shouldn't he be in a different carseat now? I thought the weight limit was xx pounds. You might want to check the manual on that."
  

  ~ Liz, mommy to:
  DD, 1/7/05 * DS #1, 1/25/07 * DS #2, 11/11/09
  Baby #4, EDD 11/11/12
  m/c 7/30/08 at 12 weeks (blighted ovum, emergency D&C)
  
  

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• DandelionMom

  May 2009

  If it was my neice and I was absolutely sure the carseat was unsafe, I'd say something.  But I probably wouldn't say something to anyone else.  Maybe in casual conversation I might mention the difficulty we had finding the right seat for Gracie when she was outgrowing her seat.

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