[blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

Tue May 22 16:31:44 UTC 2012

That's cool, I've never seen that feature on a car seat.  I wonder if they
still make the new ones that way or if too many people weren't doing it
right and they were still falling.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

No, it was our baby carrier that had the feature, not the basket. It had
these grabbers under the carrier that clamp down on the top of the bar where
your child would sit in the basket.  I have seen the baskets with a built in
carrier but never wanted to put my baby in it..  To release it, there was a
little button on both sides.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Erin Rumer
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

Was it a special cart made to hold a car seat?  I've seen the type in the
store with a built-in car seat but never one with a feature for a car seat.
If so, that's cool.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

Yes, it locked on.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:39 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

> Did yours lock on?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:36 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride
>
> I put the car seat on top of the grocery cart dozens of times when 
> Sarah was small enough to stay in it, before she could sit up in the 
> cart.  The seat was always secure.  I never had a problem with it at 
> all.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will 
> have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
> American scientist
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:22 PM
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride
>
>> I would have been too afraid as a blind parent to place my baby's car 
>> seat on top of the grocery cart even if it was "safe" and allowed.
>> This is not the case though and still my husband and I find people 
>> doing this all the time in grocery stores and it's horribly dangerous.
>> I got a grocery cart cover to pad the seat my son sits on in front of 
>> me in the cart and he loves it because there are also areas to hook 
>> toys.  It makes me feel better as well because those carts are often 
>> times so gross so it's nice to keep my son from touching too much of 
>> the cart around him or sucking on the handle or bars which kids like 
>> to do sometimes. GRIN  It was a freak thing, but in Tucson where we 
>> used to live we would receive electrical shocks from our grocery cart 
>> when walking through the store because of the dryness, but this cover 
>> for our son prevented us from getting shocked and kept him safe from 
>> the shocks as well.  Just another bonus.  I would sometimes hook a 
>> bell to one of the loops on the grocery cart cover so if I stopped to 
>> look for something and my hubby moved the cart, I could hear where it 
>> was
> moving.
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:31 AM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride
>>
>> How awful!  I've let Sarah stand on the front of the cart and ride, 
>> but now that's not going to happen again.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
>> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you 
>> will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
>> American scientist
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:01 PM
>> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride
>>
>>> Hello, Carla reminded me of a subject I thought I should approach as 
>>> a blind parent we are naïve.
>>> It seems simple enough, our children should ride in the place on a 
>>> shopping cart designated for sitting.  It is in front and usually, 
>>> but not always has a seat belt and places for their legs to hang 
>>> through.
>>> Kids shouldn't ride in the basket as they can get their little 
>>> fingers stuck in the bars or if they stand up, they could fall and 
>>> harm themselves.
>>> They should never ride under the basket as they could smash or break 
>>> their hand or arm or get their hair stuck in the wheels.
>>> They should never ride on the side of the grocery cart as it can 
>>> flip over and smash your child.
>>>
>>> The last one happened to a friend of mine, sighted mom, sighted 
>>> child and the basket flipped and the child fell smashing his little 
>>> head onto a curb in the parking lot.  He died.
>>> Gab  used to ride in the sitting spot and when she was too big, 
>>> she'd hold on to the basket.  No riding, no messing around.
>>> V
>>
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