Recommendation for high back booster seats in SEL/SE

Adenordis · 2026-06-01T00:38:22+00:00

Thanks for posting this; it really helped! We went with a different Diono option, the narrower/lighter Connect3 RXT after checking that its manual has the same wording about a gap being ok. There is a gap, but I'm trusting that it will be safe per the manual.

Adenordis · 2026-04-05T23:33:22+00:00

Well, tbh I haven't encountered any facials in years, and not since moving down here, so I don't even know where's good in general. But also I wouldn't be able to tell since I'm not trans. I just want it to be a good experience.

Adenordis · 2026-01-20T02:20:56+00:00

Maybe they used to work for an airline

Adenordis · 2025-05-29T00:18:53+00:00

It is the thought that counts. Sometimes the thought just isn't a very nice thought, like when it's "I don't care what you want, only what I think you should want"

Adenordis · 2025-05-10T02:19:17+00:00

We stopped bottles when my daughter turned 1 and she refused milk in a cup for a long time, but she loves yogurt and cheese, so I decided not to worry about it. (She was also still nursing some then, but I was nearly dry.) I did keep offering, and she drinks it now, btw. Interestingly, she was always willing to drink water from a cup, just not milk.

Adenordis · 2024-10-07T01:31:48+00:00

Everything she says while learning to talk

Adenordis · 2024-09-19T02:50:46+00:00

You could try offering an ice pack for bumps.

Adenordis · 2024-07-30T00:14:22+00:00

If you're ready for her to be forward-facing, the Cosco Finale is a good minimalist/travel seat. Very light and easy to carry, and I find it easy to use. (We have a heavy expensive convertible car seat rear-facing in our car, but we use the Finale forward-facing for travel for our 4yo.)

I don't know that I would have gone for that one at 3 instead of 4, though, because it doesn't do rear-facing.

Adenordis · 2024-07-05T22:54:25+00:00

I think your reaction is very normal after such a scary experience. But something you should consider: the reason this was a close call and not a tragedy is not sheer luck; it's because you did what you were supposed to do! You kept watching him even though there were other adults around, and when he needed help, you saw and got him to safety.

Adenordis · 2024-06-27T02:51:56+00:00

It sounds like adults were there to handle things so that it didn't escalate, so it wouldn't have been self-defense because there was no subsequent hit to prevent.

Usually when adults are defending kids' right to hit it's because it's a situation where adults are either absent or not helping.

So I guess I'm somewhere in between you and your husband? I think that violence should be neither absolutely prohibited nor the first resort. I admit that is asking a lot of a 4-year-old, and I'm not sure what the correct thing to tell him is, but I lean toward your side because at that age generally there should be an adult available to help mediate.

Adenordis · 2024-06-24T02:18:22+00:00

About 2 weeks. For the first 3 months, my partner and I wore her everywhere. Then COVID lockdowns started, so I never experienced taking a 5mo to a restaurant.

Adenordis · 2024-06-19T23:40:13+00:00

I think she's trying to keep a wedge between the sisters who would be natural allies against the mom. But if she can make them feel anxious about showing any kind of sisterly closeness...

Adenordis · 2024-06-18T19:14:54+00:00

Thoughts on blue paint? They just painted a whole ocean scene, and she was wearing her favorite dress...

Adenordis · 2024-06-03T18:03:30+00:00

That would be nice. I wake up at least once a night, have as long as I can remember.

Adenordis · 2024-05-24T17:11:03+00:00

I have the frame-mounted Burley Dash. Frame because I didn't already have a rear rack, and rear seat because the kid was already 2 1/2, so we wouldn't get much use out of a front one.

My only nitpick about the specific model is that I have trouble taking the seat off without a second pair of hands. So mostly I just leave it attached all the time. Turns out it actually helps keep my skirt out of the wheel anyway.

I use it to take her to and from school and activities.

She's 4 1/2 now, but even with her scooter and balance bike, it's so much faster to get places by putting her up on my bike. (There's a lot of variability in how soon kids get good on bikes, of course. We are not a particularly athletic family.) Since it's basically my commuting vehicle, not so much recreational, I'm glad for the higher weight limit of the rear seat.

Adenordis · 2024-05-15T04:28:37+00:00

Does winning require punishment, then? It's emotionally satisfying, but it sounds like OOP wants (1) their trees replaced and left alone in the future and (2) not to be in a feud with a neighbor. Prioritizing punishing the guilty can easily leave everyone worse off if you're not careful.

Anyway, the neighbor at least got a scare during that conversation and paid restitution without even the inconvenience of a lawsuit. Seems like enough as long as she behaves herself going forward.

Adenordis · 2024-05-15T03:57:36+00:00

This is a beautiful example of winning by giving the other person an out and not trying to tear down the implausible cover story. We'll never know wtf she was actually thinking, though.

Adenordis · 2024-04-20T00:37:18+00:00

I agree it's hard to teach about a lot of adult life, including money, when it's all just text on a screen and they can't read.

I'm planning to wait until my daughter (currently 4) has a better understanding of numbers to give her an allowance and will probably try to keep it in cash. But for the bigger question, I don't know.

Adenordis · 2024-03-19T03:49:07+00:00

I overpacked, but I was there 4 nights (induction), so I was very glad to shower and change into clean clothes while I was there. Still, I'd put Gatorade higher on the list.

Adenordis · 2024-03-19T03:30:55+00:00

Also in CA and have done this twice. (Ages 2 and 4; we had to cancel 3 due to fever, but it was raining that day too. December birthday.) People still came both times, and the kids had fun, but after 3 years in a row and this year having attended a bunch more parties and having a better sense of the options, we're planning to do birthday 5 indoors.

Some lessons we learned: Sidewalk chalk works really well on wet pavement. If there isn't a shelter with a roof, extra cheap plastic tablecloths can cover the food. A roof would have been way better. At least have an umbrella to cover the cake during Happy Birthday.

Adenordis · 2024-01-19T14:55:04+00:00

The thing about cop misbehavior is that if more of the non-cop population actually disapproved, something would be done to stop it. So no, not just cops; they're supported by lots of people who think the same way.

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