Carseats: Sad Video...

I know you all know this, but please protect your kids. This is so very sad, but I'm glad the mom had the courage to make this. My heart aches for her. The tribute site for her son is HERE.

Having said that, a few weeks ago, I put Cassie (age 3.5) in her carseat (she's still in a 5-point of course) and realized that Jamie (age 6) had accidentally unbuckled her seat instead of his (he's in a booster)... we didn't even realize the new van had LATCH (d'uh, I know it's standard on all cars now, but it just didn't click)... needless to say I immediately thought "what if" and she's LATCHed in there now. We also have been having fights with her over her pushing the chest clip down... I spent 20 minutes sitting in the driveway one day because she refused to leave it up... she got it. It's so important, people... so important.

I realize her situation is pretty unique. Seatbelts don't fail very often. It makes me sad to think she's probably blaming herself... anyway - having said that, I don't think Jamie will be going back into a 5 pt harness any time soon, I believe he's too tall actually now, but you can be darn sure I'll be checking them really good.