You or your SO?
I am.
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We both are! I'm not sure I understand the question - what does being not strict mean? They're not tightened enough?
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Me for sure. DH is good about it but sometimes he doesn't seem to understand the whole reasoning.
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Me, but we're both basically on the same page.
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DH slightly edges me out and that's because he openly critiques other parent's choices (to me, not them). Basically our kid will be in a booster til he's ready to get his own license. lol
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Me. But that's because I do all the research. Hubs just goes with it, albeit with the occasional eye roll.
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I guess me in that DH asked when we were going to turn DD1 FF for a while but for the most part we seem to be on the same page. Thank goodness because he seems to be the only person other than my parents that doesn't think I'm nuts.
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Me. DH said something about turning DD (2) FF soon and I shut that down immediately. Once I have him a rundown of the research he was on board, but it never would have incurred to him to even look that up.
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Me by a long shot. He does what I say on the issue because I have done the research but he doesn't really care. And I have had to tighten the straps after he puts them into the seat occasionally which really bothers me (but he's better now). He's occasionally argued with me that RF isn't necessarily always safer depending on the type of accident and I'm like, look you can go watch the crash test videos and read the research. I will never ever get the images out of my head so I'm just trusting the safety experts and not watching the videos.
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I am, but he's usually ok with what I tell him and doesn't push back too much.
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Me! He just does what I tell him to do since I did all the research.
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Me!
DH doesn't think a car seat can "expire"
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@erinbaderin: I have read the car seat manual and installed it. I know about the chest clips being at the armpits and why. I know I'm supposed to adjust the harness straps once their should reach a certain point. I know and have read more stories and video on why we do things. DH only knows if I tell him to watch a certain video.
DH knows about the tightening of the straps and the chest clips. He knows the minimum amount to be safe. I do everything else.
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Me in the sense that I knew a lot about car seats before DD was born (thanks to a previous job) so I taught him most things. Now that he knows everything though we are both as strict when it comes to proper installation and use.
I do think he would turn her forward facing at two if I weren't around but I am hoping to max out her seat.
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@bluestriped bee: Ah, gotcha. I'm going to stick with my both of us answer, then.
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We both are.
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I would say me, but only marginally. I'm more uptight about chest strap being right at the armpit and the straps being tight. On the other hand, he knows way more about the mechanics of installation and leveling. We are on the same page about RF (despite having a puker).
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Equal. We're both super strict. He's the one who actually knows how to install the car seats correctly every time (and we still go to the police station to get them checked if we get a new car seat). I'm the one who remembers things like not to have her wear a bulky coat. We both are very good about tightening straps, making sure straps are in the right place, and adjusting the seat as her weight changes.
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Both in different ways. I am more up to date on the research and communicate it to him. But he's very diligent about making sure the seat is in tightly if we have to re-install it.
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We are the same but my ILs use the same standards as my BIL (whose kids they see every week), which is less strict than I would like. They thought it was overkill to not let my 10 month old use their other grandkid's forward facing seat to drive two miles to a diner (it's illegal to forward face in my state before 2). My MIl also doesn't know how to use our car seat and so I always just have to recheck the straps if she puts her in. She thinks it's overkill but she literally doesn't know how to tighten the straps!
This bothers me a lot but we only see them once a month or so and I have no problems putting my foot down with them. And they're super awesome otherwise.
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