Top 10 reasons extended rear facing is for us

Some of these will be funny and some serious.
1. It's 5 times safer to leave a toddler rfing until the max of your seat.
2. On long car rides miss bug will sleep (forward facing she won't)
3. She can't kick my seat if she's rear facing.She just kicks her own
4. It protects her neck and spine.
5. When I go through drive through I don't have to share. I can a hand her a healthy snack and drink my coffee in peace!
6. I have never had a toy chucked at my head. Tho she has chucked them at people in the 3rd row (sorry guys)
7. She can see everything we see just after we pass it.
8. I can easily hand stuff to her i just reach back without looking and she takes it.
9. She looks so comfy especially when shes all cuddled in with a movie and blanket for long car rides
10. Her legs are supported and not just dangling
These are not in any order and yes she has forward faced in her dads car a few times because the car seat will not install correctly rear facing.  Emmalynn will be 2 on November 21st is 3feet tall and 30lbs she is still comfortably rear facing and will continue to be until she has outgrown her seat.

Emmalynn Rfing at 17ms

Pumpkin hand print art

Every year I made some kind is card to send to my grandparents because they life to far to go visit. This year I made a card with a pumpkin on the front the pumpkin is emmalynns palm print.
Making this was simple and would be rally cute as apples as well.

What I did
Painted emmalynns palm
Pressed it firmly on to folded car stock
Let dry
Carefully added the stem, face and words
Then mailed it off to my grand parents.

Toddle Along Tuesday ~ favorite toddler toys

Bug is 22months so we are fully into toddler hood.

Her favorite toddler toys are...

Balls

She has more then just those but that all i could find at the moment.

Dolls

This is most of her babies I think we are missing one or two

She also has a stroller and car seat for her babies

Books

We have books all over our house for her and she almsot always has one with her.

Lastly

The ipad or my iphone

 

16 & pregnant and carseat safety

A few nights ago a mom friend posted this picture on her face book and i was horrified when i saw it.

It is taken of her TV while she was watching 16 and pregnant. As you can tell the baby is improperly buckled into the car seat.

This is not only illegal but also extremely unsafe in the event of a car accident this baby could be ejected from her seat causing life threating injurys or death.

I have since went through all the other episodes of 16 and pregnant from this season. Sadly most the infants are buckled in imporoperly. By doing so they are putting the child at risk everytime they are in the car.  

A little carseat safty leason

The chest clip should be on the chest thing even with the arm pits

The straps should fit snug on baby

You should not be able to pinch webbing on the childs should your fingers should slide off

Picture borrowed from Britax, no copyright infringement intended.

For rear facing the straps should be AT or BELOW the top the infants shoulder.

Picture borrowed from orbitbaby.com, no copyright infringement intended.

Puffy jackets shoulf never be worn in carseats

Car seat safty should always be taken sersiously!

Its your childs life that is put a risk so please do the research and keep that baby safe!

Extened rear facing

When emmalynn was born it was a no brainer to put her rear facing(its the law) at the time i planned on switching her to forward facing at 1 year and the weight requirment. But then i started to do some research and learned that its up to 5 times safer for a child to rear face until the age of 2. Even after 2 its still safer for a child to rear face.

 I have talked to lots of moms and those that switched at a year always have a reason. I have heard some of the folowing and more.

My child is tall it jsut looks uncomfortable. My daughter is in the 95% for height she is tall and just fine.

My child crys the who time they are in the car seat rear facing. Emmalynn crys as well but i give her a toy or a book

Her feet are touching the seat and i am worried a broken leg. "there is not a single documented case of children's legs, hips, etc. breaking or being injured in a crash due to longer rear-facing. There are plenty of cases of head and neck injury in forward-facing children that could have been prevented if the child had remained rear-facing. However, even if a leg or hip were broken or injured, it can be fixed. A damaged spinal cord (from forward-facing too soon) cannot be repaired and subjects the child to lifelong disability or death." {from http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx}

But all of those are just EXCUSES!!

Please do the research beofre you switch your child!

What you would rather happen if your child is in a car wreck

Forward facing crash test

Rear facing crash test

Rear facing is safer

Emmalynn Rear facing at 16.5 Months in a Graco myride 65

she is upset that she has to be in the car seat