Comments on: To the Internet: Chill

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:19:33 +0000

Britax sounds like a sanitary napkin/feminine product.

By: whatever

whatever — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:06:48 +0000

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.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:51:01 +0000

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…..:)

By: heathabee

heathabee — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 03:11:08 +0000

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.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:00:51 +0000

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.

By: Carolee

Carolee — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:30:13 +0000

Thank you for this post! I love your sarcasm!

When I saw your pictures of Leta in the carseat, my first thought was “Ooooh, nice car seat. What brand is it?”. You and Heather should be paid for product placement.

Take care, and keep up the posts. I really enjoy them.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:59:37 +0000

Thus spake “whatever”:n”But hey - risk your own child’s life in a wreck if you please. Me, I’m too paranoid to do that.”

No, you’re too well paid by the company you shill for to listen to your sense of decency. I know viral marketing is all the rage– but insulting another person in the process is just unconscionable.

By: dayna

dayna — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:26:12 +0000

i’m a longtime fan….and i felt compelled to post. you two are the kickass-ing-est, rocking-est people/parents/interwebbers. EVER. my 16 month old daughter was in a forward facing carseat at 10 months because she’s a MONSTROUS giant child. at that age, she was wearing size two everything, and weighed 27 pounds. now that she’s six months older & two sizes bigger, i have her in one helluva special EJECTION carseat that will just fling her out thru’ the roof if we should ever get in a smash. till then, let’s keep our fingers crossed that she doesn’t figure out what that big red EJECT button does. whew.
you guys are the best. happy early birthday, Leta.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:09:07 +0000

Really, try not to take some of this advice as critism. It’s NOT. There is no way anyone can know everything about any topic, let alone parenting and parents passing along bits of advice and cautions is the way its always been done. How else do people find out things like which baby carrier totally rocks and which only makes your back feel like you SLEPT on rocks? Of course, as you don’t actually KNOW any of us I can see why it would be difficult… But the Britax Marathon really IS known as “the best seat out there” - recall or no. The recall applies to only certain dates of manufacture and is a simple fix at that. We have 2 Marathons for our 2 kids and can’t speak highly enough about them.

Rock on, Armstrong family.

By: snazzy

snazzy — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 06:38:52 +0000

Well … at the risk of having my head bitten off … I don’t think it’s a big deal that Leta’s facing forward. And although you and Heather didn’t ask … I guess I must say that I didn’t notice from the picture, but if the Xterra allows for the seat to be in the middle, I’d put it there. She’s not going to fly through the window if there’s an accident (WAY too strapped in), but most accidents are side-impact, and even a relatively low-speed impact would crush the door in several feet. While she is encased in a nice safety seat, I still think that’s a little dangerous. And … we went to get a seat check-up before our kid was born last year, and they made it clear the seat should ALWAYS be in the middle. Yeah, I know, who is “they”? Fuck if I remember. It was some outfit associated with the police department.

Just because someone is offering unsolicited advice, don’t throw it out, yo. You might be missing out on something valuable, just because you were pissed and bitter at their (my?) crappy tone.

BTW I think you guys seem like incredibly awesome parents. Leta is adorable, and I love to read your blogs. I’m not trying to criticize.