I swear I’ve looked at 10 different websites but cannot find one that gives any info besides ages 4-8 need to be in a booster. My daughter is only 9 1/2 months old and 17 lbs / 27" so I know I won’t be turning her around anytime soon but I’m trying to figure out what kind of car seat to buy. We’re currently using the carrier/stroller combo that was my niece’s but my sister is due again in December so I’ll need to get a new one for my car. She will be 14 months old and probably just about 20-22 lbs in December. Anyone know where I can get this info?

I was babysitting my niece yesterday and we were walking around town and I said to her "look, that’s the same car that mummy has." She had "no, no it isn’t. Mummy’s car has a different pattern on the tires. And Mummy’s car has different colored seats." I hadn’t even noticed this…but when I looked, they were different.
She also managed to recall the entire shopping list easily and told my sister, in order, exactly what we did that day. She’s got an EXCELLENT photographic memory. She rrecognizespeople she has simply passed in the street months later.
Perhaps I’m over reacting, but alarm bells of Autism rang for me. Are these signs?
She is 3 years and 4 months old.

I wanted to take my one-year and nine-month old niece for a walk down her block, but my sister-in-law insisted she ride in a stroller. She said allowing a child to walk alongside an adult would create an out of control child who will never want to ride in her stroller again.

This is long, bear with me.

My sister watches my nieces 3 children, ages about 9, 7 and 5. Depending on the car they use, they sometimes use boosters and seats but since the 5 year old is pretty big they tend to think they’re not necessary anymore. Okay, so my sister is having a baby and she’s having a lot of trouble and could end up having the baby any moment. When the baby is born we will be watching the kids, possibly for a week, possibly for up to a month or more. My mom and I like to go places, and my mini-van can easily fit everyone, but the car seat question comes up. Both because I don’t want my kids to get the wrong idea about car safety and because it’s safer (not to mention the law in our area says they have to be in a booster or seat until 8.)

So the problem. I KNOW they will not compensate or help me get a booster. They MAY provide us with a booster and seat while they’re here, but I’m not counting on it since I’m not seeing them in boosters very often anymore. My niece is having a divorce with the father right now, and I don’t know if he has the seats or if he’d be willing to let someone else use them. He also has a very aggressive nature towards seats and I don’t know if the seat would be safe anyway.

I DO have an old Britax that my daughter can’t ride backwards in because of the crotch belt being too short for her and having to be in the forward facing position. One of them should fit in that one (it goes up to 63lbs) and then I don’t have anyone using the unsafe lap-belt in the back. I’m pretty sure there are head-rests on the back bench so a basic no-back booster is an option and more affordable.

So the Evenflo Big Kid AMP got the ‘best bet’ for a booster seat a couple of years ago by the IIHS and is on sale for about . I’ve never been pulled over but if I was with these kids then I could be cited for breaking the law since anyone under 8 must be in a booster or carseat depending on age now (and you have to be 4+ for a booster, but they all are.) However, it’s not like I’m planning on taking them a million places either, just to things like SAMS or COSTCO, the library or a playground, now and then, and we could just plan that around the days we don’t have them. Except that we don’t always KNOW the days we won’t have them. And I could just leave my mom home with them, but she gets awfully tired watching them alone and I know everyone would like to get out now and then. My mom may be willing to pay for the booster herself since I have a seat for one of them and that’s basically all we’d need but if she doesn’t… that’s about 1/2 our food budget for a week (but I would feel horrible if one of them was injured and a citation would cost more anyway. But yes, I feed my family of 4 on a week so this isn’t a small purchase.)

So my question is, what would you do? There may be some arguing as well from kids who are used to not using any seats and me being a hard Aunty saying they don’t have a choice. It could also cause some irritation from parents who don’t agree with me (or the law) about boosters and such. (Let’s face it, I’m a nutcase to them anyway since both my kids are rear-facing until 4 or 30lbs, and my daughter is 3 1/2 and is still rear-facing currently so I’m not joking.) Their kids complaining that I make them ride in a booster and when they asked why I explained the safety aspect or the legal aspect would basically be saying their parents are wrong.

Would you just plan on leaving them home? Or would you just get the stupid booster?
Aggressive towards seats = tossing them aside, refusing to use them, etc. I’m sure he’s yelled at them.

As far as worrying about what folks think, yes I do. They don’t tend to leave kids over here because my parents are elderly, and my mom would like them over more often, but my dad has made everyone feel guilty for leaving their kids over at all so it sort of hurts her that she doesn’t get to see them as often.

How much time would I have saved by not asking the question? About 5 minutes. When you grow up, take a typing class.

My niece is a big girl and will obviously need a rear facing car seat (she’s only 8 months) but she’s pushing 22 pounds- does she need to move up to the convertible car seat? I’ve searched but I can’t find a website to verify what I learned in my baby basics class and my sister-in-law doesn’t believe me.

They are using the Eddie Bauer Travel System with the infant carrier car seat and stroller.
She doesn’t necessarily think I "made it up" so much as it probably bothers her that she made a mistake in purchasing an other one instead of moving her up to a convertible. She told me that the car seat goes up to 50-55 pounds which can ABSOLUTELY not be true, that child looks stuffed in there to begin with adding 30 pounds would just be CRAZINESS. lol

Thanks you guys, I sent them a couple of links.

After a week of of repairing the the blown gaskett, I finally got to the first start up, the car will run anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes and then abrubltly shut off and won’t restart for another half an hour. My neighbor says I have a bad sensor somewhere. Great, but what sensor on that old car causes that ? I never messed with any carb or choke settings. I have a sensor that is attached to a wire that goes to the ECM on the air cleaner pack ( thats where the ecm is located on this car not under the seat like a normal car) It is about the diameter of a 1/4 in. bolt and looks like it is made of brass about 2 inches long on the drivers side of the engine. It looks like a "Blasting cap". I dont recall removing this from any place but it has to go some where. any Idea’s would make me a very smart Uncle who is doing this crapola for my neice for free, because her dad is a $h!t Head. Right now I look like an idiot too. Help me out. And yes I have a Chiltons and it doesn’t mention anything about it.
ITS NOT MY CAR, I’ve bought all my kids cars in the last 5 years I am only trying to repair a niece’s car on my Ex=wife’s side of the family

I have been babysitting my niece for six years and she recently started kindergarten. I’m home with my 3 year old and would like to babysit for another toddler M-F. What would be a reasonable amount for one child daily if the parent is writing it off on taxes? I would be watching the child in my home providing meals. I live in Indiana if that makes a difference.

ok well my sis friend has a daughter who is 9months old and her baby weighs 21lbs. well my neice is 8months and weighs 20lbs. and my sis friend was telling my sis that her daughter sits face forward in a regular seat(like one that can be faced forward ya know?) and she was telling my sis that as long as the baby is 20 lbs and can sit up that she can face forward. but i thought they had to be 1year of age AND atleast 20lbs? am i wrong? what will happen if she gets caught? i was just curious..thanks
what i meant when i said what will happen when she gets caught is if it ws child endangerment….because i do fear for my niece’s llife as well as that girlsbaby..

My new niece(in-law) is having a baby shower very soon.
It is to be thrown by a family member who does not know her well, since she’s new to the family, and she has decided against registering for any gifts. I’m only 23, myself, none of my friends have babies, so I just do not know what I am doing.

I’m going in on a gift with my mother, BUT she is having an operation and going to be laid up during our shopping time.
Basically I know she’s covered with crib, bedding, changing table, traveling changing table, diaper bag, car seat, front/back baby carrier, bassinet, high chair, stroller, decorations, a baby book, and every other general "big-buy" for a baby gift. My mother and I were thinking of a "big buy" gift, but short of the obnoxious (it’s how we feel and we’d rather not do it) giant-load of diapers, wipes, creams, bottles, and pacifiers, we are at a loss.

Since I am in charge of the gift buying I am hoping the ages of every mother I know makes them out of touch with what new mothers WANT/need.

Is there anything people don’t usually think of that is necessary, or are we going with the basket of clothes and bulk items?

My niece is 3 years old but she weighs 55 pounds. Is it okay for her to switch over to a booster seat rather than a car seat?

Did anyone else get in on this deal? I just read something where someone called Target and they said it was a pricing mistake. Wouldn’t they still have to honor the price because it was listed on their website as such?

I’m only wondering because my mom bought two of them. One for Noah and one for my niece, Kaylen, and I don’t want her to be out a lot of money.

My pregnant niece is 16 years old and lives on the east coast. She is planning to fly out to the west coast where I am so I can care for her baby while she finishes school. I know her baby needs to be at least 7 days old and healthy to fly. But will there be any complications with this as she is technically a minor but it is her child? Is there anything else she needs to be aware of? (There is no father in the picture) I would love some information and advice.

Where can I find good toddler and adult costumes for reasonable prices?

I need a costume for me and nephew and niece.

This is probably a simply question but its my 1st time traveling with my niece. Do i take the stroller with me pass security screening to my boarding area? any tips would be helpful!

My daughter is 2 1/2, and well overdue for a toddler bed, Im sure ( my niece is the same age, and has been in a twin bed for over a year) just wondered what age seemed the norm. for that transition. She just started climbing out of her crib last night.