My soon-to-be-ex-husband has supervised visitation every Saturday from 9a-3p and there are two supervisors which alternate.
The first week the kids were going with him to one supervisor’s house (about 70 miles away) and he showed up to get the kids without car seats. I let him borrow mine.
The second week I met him at the other supervisor’s house. He didn’t have car seats, so they didn’t go anywhere.
This weekend the kids will go 70 miles again and he called saying he doesn’t have (and cannot afford) car seats. He has NEVER paid child support and he lives with his brother for free and doesn’t pay for anything (I pay all our joint bills to keep things from being shut off) so I don’t know how he can work full time and have no money. He wants to borrow my car seats again.
I’ve been trying to find an Arizona law or something that clarifies whether he needs to provide his own car seats, or if I have to let him use mine. I’m truly afraid that he will decide not to return them. He has already started taking things from me saying they were bought with "his" money.
Can I just deny the car seats and tell him to go buy some before he can take the kids???
Also our oldest is 5, but she still sits in a booster seat. Can I not let her go with him without a car seat or do I have to let her go because state law says she doesn’t have to have one?
I’m divorcing him because he cheated on me ove rand over again. And the final straw was when he pointed a gun at me because I told him I wanted a divorce. So don’t tell me I’m not an adult. I have been trying to raise three children and a god-damned monkey of a husband for 6 years and I finally gave up on him every changing. Just answer the question and don’t judge me for doing the best thing I could for my kids.
Didn’t you wonder why the visitation was SUPERVISED?!?!?! That was a court order.
The supervisor comes with him to pick up the kids.

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Can someone help me unravel this mystery? From what I understand I need to buy three car seats as my daughter grows up, an infant seat, 2nd stage seat, then a booster seat. Is that right? Or could I have just bought the convertible seat in the first place? I already have the infant seat and my daughter has outgrown it, so now I’m ready for the next one which I believe is the convertible. And how does this one work as far as bases go, do you buy an extra base so you can switch from car to car or does the convertible not work that way? Do you take your kid out of the convertible seat every time or do you take the seat out and carry your kid in it like you do the infant seat?
So confused??!! Thanks so much for any advice!!
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, THANK YOU ALL!!

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My son is 4 years old and small for his age (about 34 lbs), and he’s always been in a car seat with a five point harness. We have a Britax Marathon and Sunshine Kids Radian. Both seats are solid and heavy with the latch system to attach them to my car. He recently has been complaining that the strap between his legs in the Britax hurts his "wee wee". I’ve tried loosening the straps a bit, but he still complains. I know he’s at the age where the booster seat is an option, but I’m hesitant to allow him to ride in one for safety reasons. I’m afraid the seatbelt won’t sit properly against his waist, cut into his neck, and allow his head to slump when he falls asleep (which he does often on car rides). Are there any seats that have a more suitable five point harness that will fit an older child, or any very safe booster seats that you can recommend? I was hoping they still make booster seats with the latch system to hold the seat in place so it doesn’t slide around in the car when not in use.

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My son will be 2 next month. He is currently in a convertible car seat, but we’re expecting #2 come November. My son was into his convertible car seat by 5 months old because he outgrew the infant carrier (we couldn’t get him buckled in – he’s tall). So, I was thinking about getting a booster seat for when he’s 2.5 years old (so our new son will be about 5-6 months then and likely into the convertible car seat), but it’s my understanding now that he shouldn’t be in a booster until he’s 4 years old. Is this true?

And, if so, I would like to buy a bigger convertible car seat for him then that would last much longer. Can you suggest something? I’m at a loss.

What car seats do you have?

Thanks!
We currently have this convertible car seat: http://www.evenflo.com/product.aspx?id=148&pfid=2760 – Evenflo Triumph Advance LX.

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Hi,

Thanks to this awkward law brought out by our lovely gouvernment I am having a car seat dilemma. We have a 6 yr old, a 1 yr old and a newborn. This means we have a booster seat, newborn carrier and a toddler seat. These will not fit in the back of our car no matter how hard we squeeze them together or shift them about, making going out as a family of 5 impossible.

So I was wondering… Will the law allow me to sit between the 2 baby seats in the back with my 6 yr old and his booster seat in the front and my husband driving?

Thanks xx

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My son is out growing his car seat and I really don’t want to buy another one if I don’t have too. He will be 3 years old in July and weighs 42 pounds and is 38 1/2 inches tall. He will fit in his car seat for a little longer. I have found a booster seat that is highback with no harness. What are the requirements for him being in a seat like that?

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my daughter is 2 year old and just reached 30 pounds my car seat says for weight 20-40 pounds. should i start looking for booster seat for he still with a 5 point harness or should i just keep her in this until she is 40 pounds? and her head almost reaches above the top of her car seat but her feet don’t hang over the side yet. or can she still say it this car seat after she reaches 40 pounds? please a little advise please.. no i am not going to take her out of this car seat for a while i just want to know now. of what i should do. i am a first time mom

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My kids and I are going camping with my parents next week. We will be driving to the campground in their motor home. The back of the motor home is only equipped with lap belts and the instruction manual for my son’s booster seat says that it cannot be used with a lap belt only. He is too big for any of our 5 point harness car seats and I do not want to spend a lot of money on a new carseat for just one week.

Thanks

Heather

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We are looking for a booster seat that is has both a 5-point harness and a belt-positioner for when our son turns one in a month. I have been looking at the Safety 1st Summit and the Eddie Bauer Astoria (which turned out to be the EXACT same seat, both made by parent company Cosco), but the user manuals say to use the 5-point harness for children 34-43 inches. The Chicco KeyFit30 rear-facing infant seat we currently use has a maximum height of 30 inches.

I’d really rather not have to buy a lot of intermediate car seats, and I don’t want to have to buy a bulky convertible car seat because we have a compact car (’06 Saturn Ion 2). I have doubts that ANY of the convertibles would actually fit in the car as a rear-facing seat – the Chicco we use now pushes the front seat all the way forward.

Any suggestions on seats would be appreciated.

Thanks!
I called the local fire department – they don’t do car seat checks. They recommended one local hospital’s seat check program and the Red Cross. The Red Cross doesn’t do seat checks either, but they recommended the local SAFE Kids chapter, run through the other local hospital.

The first hospital is holding to new recommendations that the American Academy of Pediatrics is making (although they are not anywhere on the AAP site) that children should be rear-facing through 18 months and 35 pounds, but they offered to help me find a convertible seat at their next seat check event. The other hospital / SAFE Kids program could not think of any products that actually work.

The car seat section manager at Babies R Us flat out told me that no seats are currently made like that – that you MUST go from and infant seat to a convertible to a harness/booster seat. (But I wonder if he’s just trying to sell me more seats.) And the pediatrician has not product recommendations.

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Generally, convertible car seats allow rear facing up to 35 pounds, yet booster seats that use just the seat belt allow use from 30 pounds and 34 inches tall. Hypothetically, I could put my toddler in a belt-positioning booster seat sooner than he would outgrow the rear facing limits of his convertible seat. Why is there such an overlap in acceptable use limits? (Our state child restraint laws just say that a 5 point harness is recommended up to 40 pounds but not required, for what that’s worth.)

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