Because I'm obsessed

I really haven't got anything to blog about. Here's some pictures.

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So, to know the full story... I had different harnessed seats in the car, but I came across a problem because I wanted Karen to be able to use the rear-facing seat when Benjamin is not in the car. The kids, however had to have the harness straps in different slots in the seat that was in there. (The Avenue) The two seats that they can use the same strap positions are the tribute and the scenera. I used to have the scenera as the rear-facing seat, but Karen begged for her pink seat back. I thought to call Dorel to see if I could buy a pink cover for the Avenue, but they are not yet selling replacement covers. So, I put the tribute rear-facing, but the avenue wouldn't fit forward facing. Then I tried the titan and that wouldn't fit. So, I brought over the dirty, not yet expired cargo and it fit- barely though, so I switched it to the outside and it fit great. So, I took it in and cleaned it up. That setup is 46 inches across! The cargo expires in December. Also, the tribute only goes to 30 pounds rear-facing and Karen is 28 pounds. I hope that in two months either Benjamin grows in his torso or I can buy a pink cover for the Avenue. Or Karen may just lose her pink seat again.

Here's Eric in the Titan.


The big news of the day is that the National Highway Safety something or other released the results of its booster study from 2007. It listed 13 booster seats as "not recommended" as well as several that were "best bets" and "good bets". All their testing amounted to was sitting a 6 year old sized dummy in the seat in a vehicle and determining whether the belt fit well, good, or bad. There was no crash testing, so they did not even consider side impact protection. Most of the "best bets" are backless boosters. The new Recaro Vivo, Britax Frontier, Graco Nautilus, and Sunshine Kids' Monterey were not yet out and therefore not tested. Our fisher price booster (the one in the picture) rated as a "best bet". I think it is because it has an infinite headrest/belt guide adjuster. That seat has been discontinued and costs only $30. I wonder if everyone will buy them now! Also, the Britax Parkway tested in that category and is also discontinued. I was considering getting one sometime.