[blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Car seats

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

Not everybody lives in a place where everything's within walking distance!

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:47 AM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: Car seats


> 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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