How many swats on the bottom
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And remember, that child needs to be in that carseat now until 8 years of age and/or 4'9" if you drive in Texas. As of Tuesday.
(Don't mind me. My baby just got her DL 2 days ago. This is all still fresh info for me.)
(Don't mind me. My baby just got her DL 2 days ago. This is all still fresh info for me.)
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lol...one of my glorious parenting moments was when my second-born came out of the car seat, and thought this meant he could buckle and unbuckle whenever he wanted. We were on a particularly busy stretch of road when he popped up out of his seat. I'd already told him once to remain buckled in his seat until we got to our destination. So I was mad.
And said, "You sit down this instant and put that seat belt back on, or I'm pulling over, ripping the dam belt outta the car, and beating you with it, right there on the side of the road."
And said, "You sit down this instant and put that seat belt back on, or I'm pulling over, ripping the dam belt outta the car, and beating you with it, right there on the side of the road."
I'm either confused or stupid, but the OP reads to me that dclary got ticketed for not being in his car seat? And a kid was driving?
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I know this will sound like a real bummer but recently there was a serious car accident on the highway in my area. An SUV carrying three adults and three children went off the road and flipped over. The 3 children were in car seats. The three adults in the car were not wearing seatbelts and all three were thrown from the car. Two of the adults died and one is in serious condition in the hospital. The 3 children all lived and only suffered minor cuts.
So car seats save lives!
So car seats save lives!
A woman in my area recently lost her child in a car accident when the baby was thrown from the vehicle and landed in the road. The woman had been a passenger and was breast feeding the infant at the time.
I have a friend who is 4 foot, 8. And she's 54 years old! Guess Karen would have to ride in a car seat!
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When my children were small, I would stop the car if they got out of their car seat. To this day, I don't start my car till everyone is buckled in. One time I even had to tell my son he couldn't come with me if he didn't stay in his car seat (he was 2 and liked to climb out).
A very long time ago, (1982ish) I was asked by a roommate to go with her to Utah's Primary Children's Hospital. A friend of hers had phoned from Idaho. She was in the hospital in pretty bad shape. She had been driving along with her 4 month old baby boy in her lap when along came someone and hit her head on. She crushed her little boy between herself and the wheel. She was desperate because she couldn't be released to go see her son who had been life flighted to PCH.
We went. It was one of those moments in my life that I don't often choose to think about. There lay in this incubator, this tiny little baby boy who couldn't move. The nurse told us that he wouldn't be able to move any of his body, he was paralyzed. They said he had a good chance of surviving but didn't know if he would even be able to speak. I never forgot that tiny little boy so broken.
So I'm sorry, but if someone's riding in my car and won't stay put, parent or not, I'll swat them if I've been given charge of them. I'd rather swat them than have them hurt should someone hit me.
A very long time ago, (1982ish) I was asked by a roommate to go with her to Utah's Primary Children's Hospital. A friend of hers had phoned from Idaho. She was in the hospital in pretty bad shape. She had been driving along with her 4 month old baby boy in her lap when along came someone and hit her head on. She crushed her little boy between herself and the wheel. She was desperate because she couldn't be released to go see her son who had been life flighted to PCH.
We went. It was one of those moments in my life that I don't often choose to think about. There lay in this incubator, this tiny little baby boy who couldn't move. The nurse told us that he wouldn't be able to move any of his body, he was paralyzed. They said he had a good chance of surviving but didn't know if he would even be able to speak. I never forgot that tiny little boy so broken.
So I'm sorry, but if someone's riding in my car and won't stay put, parent or not, I'll swat them if I've been given charge of them. I'd rather swat them than have them hurt should someone hit me.
I was thinking the same thing, Kathy. My mom's friend (92) is about 4' 9" and she should definitely be in a car seat! 
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I don't swat... because I know that my kids would not 'get' why I was swatting them.
No matter where we are, how late I am, or how irritated I am, I do not move until the seatbelts are on.... I have arrived somewhere however and not realized that I forgot to buckle in the carseat... good thing it was close and we arrived safely...
I know sometimes they sneak out... So, I would say- no wii, no cookies, no tv, no computer, whatever it takes until you prove you are responsibe... (wear their silly seatbelt!).
No matter where we are, how late I am, or how irritated I am, I do not move until the seatbelts are on.... I have arrived somewhere however and not realized that I forgot to buckle in the carseat...
good thing it was close and we arrived safely...I know sometimes they sneak out... So, I would say- no wii, no cookies, no tv, no computer, whatever it takes until you prove you are responsibe... (wear their silly seatbelt!).
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or in the back seat I believe?I was thinking the same thing, Kathy. My mom's friend (92) is about 4' 9" and she should definitely be in a car seat!
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This makes me worry on my sister and husband's behalf. Their son, at 22 months, is already an escape artist. They have to duct tape his pajamas together or he will strip down and fling his diaper at their sleeping heads. Sometimes, it is loaded.
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