oh I agree, things related to guest comfort/atmosphere are way more important than things like favors and flowers.
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oh I agree, things related to guest comfort/atmosphere are way more important than things like favors and flowers.
I sympathize with her. The carseats I used for my boys were VERY simple...the actual seatbelt buckled over a panel that went over the carseat. The harness portion was a couple of very simple straps.
With my grandkids, it's a combination of extremely complicated 3 to 5 point buckles (all very tight), unfamiliarity with the different designs, awkward angles, and arthritic thumbs, and I cannot get them in & out of seats. Fortunately, the couple of times I've been on my own with kidlets, I've been able to lift the smaller ones in and the older ones fastened & unfastened the buckles for me.
Don't forget you can't take a picture of them in the seats and post it anywhere. People will eat you alive. "Why are they facing front already?" "They should be in a 5pt harness still!" "The chest clip isn't right"
My fb stream gets bad sometimes and I think about deleting those people.
In other words, "I'll call you whenever I'm done looking at Facebook...ya know....if I'm not doing something else."
Currently, my favorite overused business-speak is the negative response to a request followed by " but I'll let you know if something changes." I don't think I have ever heard back from someone once these words are uttered.
Fact - The most important factor to consider when planning an enjoyable wedding is the availability of booze.
I sympathize with her. The carseats I used for my boys were VERY simple...the actual seatbelt buckled over a panel that went over the carseat. The harness portion was a couple of very simple straps.
With my grandkids, it's a combination of extremely complicated 3 to 5 point buckles (all very tight), unfamiliarity with the different designs, awkward angles, and arthritic thumbs, and I cannot get them in & out of seats. Fortunately, the couple of times I've been on my own with kidlets, I've been able to lift the smaller ones in and the older ones fastened & unfastened the buckles for me.
I sympathize with her too (didn't mean that to be an 'old people' joke...'modern life' was supposed to be alluding to the state of car seats today). At some point, we've all been there with a stubborn car seat buckle, and every friggin' one is different, and they're all very particular about hitting the right spot (which I s'pose is good in some ways, prevents unintended unlatching).
Was posting that from my phone at the library, so it was short, but she was all awkward when asking, embarrassed when I came over and popped it first shot...I kept saying "It's okay", "no problem" and finally "Don't worry, they get the best of us all at one point or another."
There was probably a time where I would have been judgemental, but that was before I had worn those shoes myself...and it's much more pleasant to go thru life trying to give a little grace than getting upset over small things. When I heard the "Excuse me, sir?" and looked up to see the look on her face, standing by the car door, I thought "grandma's taking kiddo to story time, that's nice! I'm guessing she can't get the carseat undone....yep"
Don't worry - I'm not offended. There are certain modern contraptions that simply elude my skills. Dollars to donuts though, a lot of you couldn't run a ten-key.
I had to ask a guy to open my gas cap one time - it was screwed on so tightly and my hands were really bad that day. I couldn't press & turn for the life of me.
The older we get, the more we realize that the things we mocked people for when we were younger (yes, I'm guilty of that too) are things we can no longer do. I really hate having to ask for help, but I'm down to that level on some things now.
My younger son was out of his carseat early. He would wait until we were driving, then would unbuckle himself, climb down onto the seat next to his brother and put the middle seat belt on. We finally decided it was safer to have him buckled in like his brother than climbing around while we were driving. Judgmental mom brigade would have been all over my case for that!
I really hate having to ask for help, but I'm down to that level on some things now.
Heh, we all do. Yesterday, I mentioned the company store thing. It's at a different location from where I work, so I figured I'd drive up yesterday morning, since it was one of my alone mornings, and next week I'll be on first shift. 3/4 of the way there, I realized I forgot my badge to get into the building.
A year ago, I would have let out some curse words and either turned around, or would have let it get to me having to ask for help. Took a moment and told myself that I could decide how this affected me. Decided I wasn't going to let it ruin my day. There were a few more tests after that, even, but I stayed mostly calm, and was rewarded with a nice chat with a guy who used to work in my location, but now works in that location.
Sometimes the practical and easiest to implement answers make the most sense. For some reason, kids don't always follow the theoretical and legal safety guidelines that are out there for their own well-being.
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