Yesterday after Aaron and I had our prenatal appointment we had an appointment with a Certified Car Seat Inspector, I'm not sure of their real title but this sounds like a good one to me. Babyearth, a store in Round Rock, offers these inspections once a month upon appointment only. We were lucky to get an appointment as they fill up fast.
I was a little worried when we pulled up because we still had the car seat in the box in the trunk. I didn't know if they would help install it or just fix an already installed car seat. So Aaron quickly got to work reading the owners manual and figuring things out while I filled out some paperwork. When it was our turn we got this surprisingly young but knowledgeable inspector. Aaron had the car seat installed correctly (amazing, I know) but it was much too loose. She went over everything from how to install it to the placement of the carrying handle while in the car to after-market accessories that void the warranty. She said that 70-90% of car seats are installed incorrectly, which of course leads to infant injury or death. That's insane! But not our Penelope, we are all inspected and ready for her arrival. Cue the "They See Me Rollin', They Hatin'" song :)
Since everything is already installed correctly we aren't touching a thing. We are driving around with the car seat now. It makes sitting in the passenger seat a little cramped because the seat has to be pushed a little farther forward. But we don't mind. And now for some reason when we get into the car we say "Hello Penelope!" and gaze back at the car seat like she is magically in there. We are horrible nerdy and it cannot be stopped.
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