Recently, I’d helped some friends figure out car seat options when I realized I hadn’t checked to see if Brooke was still below her seat’s max weight for rear-facing.
As I’d feared, she now weighs too much to safely ride rear-facing so the moment I’d put off as long as I could had finally shown itself and smacked me in the face.
That weekend we switched her seat around forward-facing.
It has since become clear that it will take some time to adjust to this new setup. What I’ve discovered so far:
- There is no sneaking food or drink by the front passengers because Miss Brooke sees all
- Speaking of seeing all, she also has a new perspective out the windows which leads to a barage of “What’s that, Mommy?” or “Mommy, more cows!!”.
- I am now reminded and then commanded to “Stop” as soon as she sees a stop sign – no matter how far from it we are. This week she even critiqued my stop.
When did my baby become a little kid????
