[blparent] Car seats

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I have to disagree with that.  If you are in a large enough city with decent 
transortation, blind parents can get out with their children as much as any 
sighted parents.  I know...I have done so.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:36 PM
Subject: [blparent] Car seats


> Hi group:
>
> I own a sit-N-stroll.  Although my children have since grown out of the
> device I am having trouble parting with it.  Isn't that funny!  I am
> thinking most people wouldn't want to buy it given that it is about six
> years old and they probably make a more modern version.  I don't know
> anything about an infant sit-n-stroll.  I know my instructions indicated
> that you could put the child in the rear facing position.  My daughter was
> so small that I did not use this device with her until she was a year old
> and sitting front facing in the car.  I believe I tried it once or twice
> when she was littler but she did not seem to be as secure as I would have
> liked.  It may have been that I just wasn't strong enough to tighten the
> straps in the rear facing position.
>
> I used the device with my son as well.  However, keep in mind that you can
> pop the wheels out when the child is in the seat but this does require 
> some
> upper body strength and balance.  I was able to take his weight and the
> weight of the chair but you should know this about the seat when putting 
> the
> wheels out with your child strapped in the device.
>
> Overall, the seat is the best one on the market.  I find the entire car 
> seat
> issue to be annoying.  Yes, I understand the safety implications for kids.
> However, as a blind parent and having a spouse who does not drive as he is
> also blind I find that the car seat issue prevents persons who are blind
> from getting out as much with their kids.  As I often say to friends they
> pretty much need a mini-van to move this family easily.  Something else to
> think about with the sit-n-stroll is that the seat is not comfortable for
> the child for long trips especially if they need to sleep in the car.
> Fortunately when we did take a long trip with our kids when they were in 
> car
> seats we barrowed a larger one from a friend.
>
> The model I have carried my kids until they were 30 pounds although the
> instruction say the seat can go to 40 pounds my kids grew out of the 
> device
> by length not by pounds.  Currently, we have a compass booster for our son
> that has a back.  This is a nice seat as it folds where the child puts 
> their
> bottom for easier carrying.  My daughter uses a backless booster.  I have
> been known to ask customer service at the movie theater to hold on to my
> seats until the movie is over when we use Para-transit.  I am sure mall
> information desks would be willing to keep the seat for you as well.
> Although I always felt that a strapped in child in the sit-n-stroll was 
> much
> easier to keep track of than a child running loosely around the mall.
>
> As I recall the sit-n-stroll was made by a company called safeline kids.
> Though I do remember reading that they changed their name a few years 
> later.
>
>
> Good luck and hope my thoughts help you in the decision making.
>
> Karla
>
>
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