[blparent] [Bulk] Re: Car seats

[Elizabeth Cooks]

If i take a bus to where i want to go, or if i walk to church, i don't have 
to take one with me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: Car seats


> Hi,
>
> Yes, but if I didn't have to take a car seat everywhere I went I would 
> sure go more places.  The sit and stroll makes it tons easier to get 
> around though, and I would sure recommend it to everybody.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:27 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] Car seats
>
>
>>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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