Brochure/pamphlet/info on the hazards of car seat carriers? - Page 2

[semmel84130]

I certainly would have given anyone who gave me a brochure or a lecture about not babywearing the whatfor if I had been approached while out with my baby in the bucket seat. I held or carried her almost all the time at home, through hours of colicky screaming, and the chance to eat a meal in relative peace was a rare treat. We certainly did not leave her in for hours at a time, but if you saw her sitting in her seat in the booth next to me at a restaurant, or in the stroller frame while I walked through the mall, you would have no way of knowing how bad my PPD was, how very much I was struggling to deal with the crying, or how many hours I held my girl before our outing. She did not always enjoy the Ergo, but often fell asleep in her bucket - sometimes for the dirt time all day. Please consider how unkind you may unknowingly be to a woman whose circumstances you have NO WAY to know before you start criticizing strangers about how they parent their children.

[Adaline'sMama]

I cant even tell you how many times I kept DD in a carseat to keep family members from passing her around and getting her over stimulated. Babywearing works great for us sometimes, but there were times when I was totally okay with people making faces at her and holding her little fingers while she was in her seat- i just didnt want her passed around. That being said, I quit that immediately after this horrible decision I made:

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1258315/in-the-picu-with-a-skull-fracture-and-its-totally-my-fault

I wish someone had told me how dangerous it was, because I had just seen people doing it and thought it was totally fine.

[Youngfrankenstein]

Originally Posted by Adaline'sMama 

I wish someone had told me how dangerous it was, because I had just seen people doing it and thought it was totally fine.

I'd like to believe this is the OP's point.  I have no desire to be a mascot for babywearing specifically but it really makes me uncomfortable to see the infant seats on top of the shopping cart.

[Drummer's Wife]

I thought some newer car seats where made so that they would not clip onto the top of shopping carts? I could be wrong, and we haven't use infant seats in about 4 years. I think the shopping cart issue should be addressed to car seat manufacturers or grocery stores - though I know it's the parents who are liable in the end.

[Maedze]

I'm reminded that Baby Trend actually includes information on how to snap its carrier onto the top of a grocery trolley *facepalm*

I agree, I would think from a liability perspective the store owners would want to be proactive about discouraging the practice.  It really does make the carts too top heavy. 

Originally Posted by Drummer's Wife 

I thought some newer car seats where made so that they would not clip onto the top of shopping carts? I could be wrong, and we haven't use infant seats in about 4 years. I think the shopping cart issue should be addressed to car seat manufacturers or grocery stores - though I know it's the parents who are liable in the end.

[DahliaRW]

Originally Posted by Drummer's Wife 

I thought some newer car seats where made so that they would not clip onto the top of shopping carts? I could be wrong, and we haven't use infant seats in about 4 years. I think the shopping cart issue should be addressed to car seat manufacturers or grocery stores - though I know it's the parents who are liable in the end.

The issue really is less the seat falling off and more the cart tipping over.  The carrier+baby makes the cart very top heavy.  I have seen it happen.

As for the baby in seat, it really doesn't bother me too much as long as the baby is happy.  A baby screaming to be held while mom swings the seat around or rocks it in the cart, etc drives me nuts!