Remember a while back where I posted about car seats – here.
We still haven’t been able to replace all the seats that needed replacing but we did get a new seat for Matthias (the new baby). I thought it was going to be a major chore to get 6 seatbelts done up every time we get in the vehicle but it’s not too bad. The older girls work together to do their own belts and the little kids. I just have to do Matty’s and Wyatt’s bottom latch.
However, winter creates a new dilemma. Winter coats and seat belts do not mix. It’s cold here. We have to wear really warm clothing in the vehicle, especially when we forget to start the bus before getting everyone into it. Now, the bus gets nice and warm but takes a little while to get there. For us to go to church, the bus would just barely be warm by the time we got there, if I started it as I was buckling everyone in.
My friend, Christi, shared a facebook link with me. These photos and captions (MAKE SURE YOU READ THE CAPTIONS) were very informative and gave some great ideas that I will be implementing. It’s funny how the kids HATE to wear their winter coats under their seat belts. Kristyn has never liked it. She will be so happy to learn that she doesn’t have to wear her winter coat under her seat belt anymore!
The woman suggests (in the captions) to wear fleece on the children and have them wear hats and mitts and then a blanket for each one. I might try that, but blankets are going to probably get wet and dirty quickly. We’ll see. The other idea is to wear the winter coats backwards once the seat belts are on. I didn’t like the other idea she suggested, but you can read it for yourself if you choose to look at the pictures on Facebook. All my kids have nice fleece coats / sweaters that they can wear.
Now to re-weigh everyone in the near future to make sure they are not too big for their seats. And to start purchasing the seats that need to be replaced. It’s a long process sometimes.
Striving to learn and live God's purposes,
2 comments:
Very cool!! I seriously never would have thought to leave them in the carseat and take them out that way!! #1 this is impossible to do in a small compact car like a 2 door sunfire...up until last month this is the vehicle we used! I didn't realize what a safety issue it was! I praise Yahweh I have a van now and it unclips easily from the van! Thanks for teaching me a thing or two! Blessings to you! Enjoying your blog, but not on tidbits anymore.
Here from the Hip Homeschool Hop! I saw that carseat tutorial recently and thought it was pretty cool! I can't imagine all those carseats.. I only have half that many kids to buckle in and it's already such a headache because they have to get in in a certain order and buckle in in a certain order and Ugh. It will be nice when they are all big enough to ride without carseats. I'm sure you think so, too. =)
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