To the Internet: Chill
January 26th, 2005I know the New Year’s resolutions aren’t working out and we all spent too much on the holidays. So what’s the obsession with my baby girl and how she sits in her carseat? There’s a lot of other things going on in the world today, so Internet, what gives?
Leta is nearly a year old. She’s tall for her age and will not fit comfortably in ANY publicly available carset that faces the rear of the vehicle. We decided that because of her height AND weight, it’s fine for her to ride facing forward. She’s not near an airbag, and our vehicle has the LATCH system, which is recommended by everybody.
Every time we buckle her in, I check the LATCH belts and she is always secured at three points (two bottom, one tether on the top). The straps are taut. She’s buckled in as recommended and her safety is important to us. Most of the time, anyway. When we’re not doing stuff like this:
(sometimes I sign autographs “Joe”)
We had a pretty crazy scene here yesterday. I was driving out west of town with Leta facing forward in her carseat and the cops got involved:
I think they saw Leta facing forward in her carseat because they were driving like crazy:
But when the dust settled the cops just said that I looked kind of like the guy on the left:
Who, as luck would have it, has a sweet bobble head doll of his likeness on sale now.
Moral of the story: Car jumps with flames are sweet. o
January 31st, 2005 at 2:00 pm
Is it just me or does Britax sound like a badass name for a cartoon character? I can’t think of what kind exactly (the mind jumps to something with an axe, of course) but I think of Transformers and something related to an addax (some kind of African antelope) - maybe a metal transforming deer of some kind?
Either that, or it’s some kind of disease. Like Anthrax, but only British people can catch it.
January 31st, 2005 at 8:11 pm
laughed my ass off at the little red arrow pointing at where Leta would be.
Clearly you guys are great parents.. and the people who feel the need to weigh in are all egotisitical “know-it-all”s who suck and who should back-the-eff-off.
Continue doing your thang. Screw ‘em.
February 1st, 2005 at 8:51 am
To give her credit, I think that Lucky had some good intentions, but it did veer towards being very negative and scary.
That said, I may have gotten some criminal court training in law school, but you won’t see me giving advice about a criminal trial. Give me the cultural property law where I just have to deal with mayan pots and papers all day. Basically, it’s virtually impossible to make a judgement call on a)something you aren’t specfically trained on and b) that you don’t have direct experience with. Seeing a picture online and reading a blog entry does not a diagnosis make.
And I should know, my brother’s a pediatric surgeon…:-)
Now your treatment of Chuck on the other hand…..:)
February 8th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
Hey, Kim. Do you think you could get me a viral marketing job for Britax, because that would be really cool.
Maybe then I wouldn’t have to shell out money to buy the car seats like everyone else.
February 11th, 2005 at 1:19 am
Britax sounds like a sanitary napkin/feminine product.