Cooper's carseat recently expired (yes, carseats do expire. 6 years from the date of manufacture, which can usually be found on the back of the seat), so it was time to do a little carseat shuffle! Chloe moved officially out of her five-point harness and into a belt positioning booster full time. I'm a little apprehensive about this because a five point harness seems so much safer but she is almost 7 and really follows the rules about sitting properly in the seat belt, not leaning forward, sideways or doing anything that allows the shoulder belt to sit on her improperly. We had one booster that we used occassionally in Justin's car and for her friends, so we let her pick out a new booster to be used full time. She chose a cute pink one! She is excited about her new pink seat! Cooper inherited Chloe's Graco Nautilus (which I love!). It is only two years old, so it still has a long life ahead of it. He is excited about the cupholder and his new 'big boy' seat. We took advatange of the Babies R Us 'Great Trade In Event' and traded in one of the expired seats for a 25% off coupon and purchased a convertible (can be used forward and rear facing) carseat. It will be used as a secondary seat for Cooper in Justin's car until Piper is ready to move out of the infant carrier and then we'll move it to the van for her!
I'm sure this is a boring blog post to most, but I love carseat safety, so its interesting to me! :)
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