You have got to be kidding me!!

For those of you who know me and my kids pretty well...what is the first thing you think of when you think of my kids and car seats??? THEY HATE THEM!! Seriously, Mya screams when the van door opens just because she thinks she is getting put in that horrible seat. Max hasn't slept more than 45 straight minutes in the car in his entire life. Mya has cried so hard she has puked. We even took money out of our 401K to buy them the cadillac of car seats in hopes that that would make the ride smoother. No luck. Chris and I have had many conversations about why this is...we have no idea. We actually cringe when we think about traveling with them. Not ideal when we have to travel to see both of our families.

Why do I blog about this you ask?? Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with some new recommendations. Kids have to face backwards in their car seats until they are 2 years old AND 35 pounds!! Holy Cow. I have been counting the days until Mya turns 1 and 20 pounds (the old standards) so we could turn her around and hopefully make car rides more enjoyable. At this rate...she'll be facing backwards until she's 6!! Technically, Max should still be facing backwards. Can you imagine? There is no bloody way we are turning him around...he has finally stopped crying when we put him in!!

Apparently it's 5 times safer to have them face backwards. It's hard to argue with those numbers, but this is one time I wish I didn't have a conscience. The pictures I'm putting in do not match the blog. We prefer not to have any evidence of the way they normally act in the car.




**I got this information from Tara Thomas (at KWWL.com) on her blog. Just go to the main page and then click on her blog.