Reason #182 – I drive my son around in a defective carseat
Reason #182 – I drive my son around in a defective carseat
Aug 19This is the way of all evangelists: the most stern chastity proponents get caught cheating with underage prostitutes, the staunchest anti-gay spokespeople eventually come out of the closet, and I, who bored people to tears with child car seat safety statistics, let my child ride in a defective one.
And after my talk with the Dane, it looks like we’re not about to replace it anytime soon.
Me, sweetly: “Darling, C’s car seat is broken.”
Him, worriedly: “Crap! What’s the matter with it?”
Me, informatively: “Well… you know the thingy in the middle where both belts get buckled in?”
Him, inquisitively: “Yeah?”
Me, emphatically: “The left one gets stuck when I try to release the kid!”
Him, dismissively: “That’s nothing, it must be just some food stuck in there.”
Me, dramatically: “But what if we drive off a bridge and I need to unstrap him and I can’t and we drown until we’re dead?”
Him, irrefutably: “Don’t drive off a bridge then.”
Stupid carseat. Guess we won’t be going anywhere on the other side of a river any time soon.
Oh my gosh! Thanks to Worst Case Scenario’s survival techniques (my youth pastor used to teach one every Sunday; saw no point in teaching us about God if we died before he’d finished), I know how to survive if the car ends up in the river. But the thought of swimming while supporting *3* children who can’t swim (ages 4, 2, and 5 months) freaks me the hell out. I have decided to purchase some sort of flotation device to stash in the car, just in case…
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ofthesea Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:28 am
Well? Aren’t you gonna share the lifesaving technique for surviving a fall off a bridge? This is a matter of great importance to me!
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brenna Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 10:12 am
The first thing is to open the door immediately. Then get unbuckled, help those who need help doing so, and and exit the vehicle.
That’s the easiest way. If you get frozen with panic and miss your opportunity, you have to roll the window down, wait for the car to fill with water, then open the door. After the water stops rushing in, you unbuckle, help those who need it, and exit the vehicle.
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ofthesea Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Note taken! Thanks! (I’m a horrible worst-caser, so this actually helps a lot!)
I have the same problem all the time (dirty crumb dropper). Put it through a wash in the dishwasher and then spray it with WD40.
(By the way, I have a major fear of driving off a bridge and drowning in my car. You just gave me major goosebumps)
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ofthesea Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 11:30 am
I developed a phobia of bridges when I started driving with C in his car seat. I had never minded them before, but these days if I have to stop in the middle of a bridge for any length of time, I *freak*.
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We have the same problem! It will have to do bc I have to buy the baby a toddler seat soon!
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ofthesea Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 11:30 am
And yet the solution would be so simple: we could just leave them strapped in there! ;)
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