wow. so glad we got the carseats checked today

I posted yesterday about how the Bethesda police station was able to fit car seat checks in within a day or two, I just wanted to give an update because I'm so glad we went. 

We went at 7:30 a.m. this morning so that we could still get DS to daycare and us to work on time.  We had 2 seats (1 in each car) and took both cars and DS at the same time.  We were finished a few minutes before 8 with no waiting whatsoever (at the Gaithersburg check for the infant seat, DH had to wait 30 minutes even though he had an appointment).  Ms. Dillon was super friendly and set everything up for us, while showing us what she was doing and explaining why. She was very familiar with the car seats we had and was discussing some others so I imagine she's familiar with several different brands/models.   

DH installed our infant seat and did the check and found that he did everything right, so this time around when we put in the convertibles, DH didn't really feel like we needed to get them checked.  I'm glad I pushed for it and made the appointments - we had at least a couple of things either incorrect or not in place (for example the tether that the Britax marathon uses, the infant insert, and the overall angle of the seat are just a few things she fixed), we pretty much only had the harness at the right location and tightness .  

When DH thanked Ms.Dillon he actually said, "I didn't think we needed to get them checked, but I'm really glad we did" score one for me!