So yeah I was sitting on my porch with Baby Bri yesterday and watch this couple park their GIANT 1960′s pickup infront of my house and they procede to get out of the car when the girl passes an infant to the guy FROM OFF THE SEAT. Not out of a car seat mind you, but off the bucket seat of this powder blue boat that resembled a truck.
I’ve not lost my marbles yet – so I ‘m like – “Yo, do ya’ll need a car seat for that kid?!?!”
The guy is like, “Well, sorta – yeah.” So I go in the house and grab the car seat we had been using for Bri – which she is clearly too big for (her feet hang off the end – and not by a little bit either, like from her ankle down) and take it and give it to the couple and tell them to strap that kid up. Turns out the girl is preggers and due again any day now. SO if I had had two seats I would have given the other to her as well.
But wouldn’t you know it – in all of my benevelience I forgot that we don’t have a convertible seat for Bri. SO no one can take the cute Chub-Rocka with us.
Which means I need to cancel the Dr’s apointment I made for today…
Genius Raquita, simply genius…
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well you tried! surely karma will reward you – who knows? maybe you’ll somehow score a free convertable car seat?
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That is fantastic of you to do that for them. I think we have an extra car seat- Addison is a chunky monkey! How much does yer kid weigh? I’ll go pick it up tonight.
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I have a convertible seat. It’s an Evenflo Triumph but I can’t recall the model. I can get that this evening though, if you’re interested. I can ship it out this weekend if you can cover the shipping, if you can wait that long.
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As the tears form in the corners of my eyes while I read this entry, I am reminded & emphatically greatful that you are my best friend.
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That’s awesome! I’m thrilled to know you gave up a car seat for someone else’s child. That’s fantastically selfless (especially since it turns out that you still needed a seat, lol)…
Karma is a wonderful thing.
Just wait, you’ll see.
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That was so very sweet Raquita.
If mine wasn’t already on loan to a cousin I’d drive it over in a heartbeat.
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What a great response to the situation! I would have shot first and asked questions later.
People driving around with unsecured kids gets my goat more than anything else on the road. When my oldest daughter was in daycare, there was this guy that never buckled his kid in. They’d be driving off and the kid would actually be crawling over the seat!
The guy was an educated engineer and everything! You’d think the physics of the situation would be very clear to him.
I talked to him several times about it, and finally just called the police on him.
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You’re so awesome. That is all.
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Thank you for caring enough to help that family – God will bless you for helping them, just wait and see!
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Oh, I wish I had read this on the day it happened. I have an infant car seat I could have loaned you.
I bet you saved that baby’s life. I just hope those parents keep that car seat, and remember to strap the kid in.
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