Arielle will soon be going to a new car seat. I've done a lot of research and asked a lot of questions - I have learned SO much!
I just can't believe how many parents are uninformed or even misinformed about car seat safety. Many think that they should forward face their little ones to prevent leg injuries but that is not a good reason to forward face. In fact children who forward face are more likely to have leg injuries:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17497521&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
And while some children may be slightly uncomfortable when they are tall and reaching the maximum weight limit rear facing in their seat - I think safety is more important than slight discomfort - after all - seat belts aren't comfortable either. And here is a video that shows that many children can be comfortable and happy rear facing:
Monday, August 24, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
The stats:
Nathanael is approximately 33 pounds, 38" tall!!!
Arielle is approximately 19.5 pounds, 25.5" tall!!
Arielle is approximately 19.5 pounds, 25.5" tall!!
Uploaded the videos to blogger:
Someone was having a hard time seeing the movies from photobucket so I downloaded them straight to here.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
First bath together
I finally got the nerve to take the pink baby bath out of the tub and let Arielle sit on her own with big brother there. Didn't go so well that time - but went OK the next two times since :)
Andrew and Layla's birthday
Layla took turns dancing with the other
children - they looked like they really
knew how to swing dance!
Layla in her dress after I made a few
alterations to it so it would not hang
off of her so much - much better!
We got Layla a princess dress and
Andrew a pair of walkie-talkies!
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