A SAFER CAR SEAT WITH KIDDY
They just keep on growing, don’t they? Growing up means growing out of things – especially the big things in life that are important, like a car seat.
Hero grew out of his last car seat faster than I thought he would. I sat him in the next seat up – the one Lyoto had grown out of before him – and I hated it as much as when Lyoto sat in it. Forward facing, with a five point harness. It just felt so flimsy. My best friend is American and has the fortune to be able to choose from some amazing rear facing seats, but over here I was beginning to think I was doomed to the five point harness on weak feeling seats.
Somehow I expected a seat very different to the one I received. I was so confused when it arrived and we took it out of the box, because I was so sure that parts were missing. There was no harness in the box. We were due to drive to the Midlands that evening, I was terrified that we were now stranded at home.
After panicking like only I know how, the mister read the instructions and calmed me down. There is no harness with the car seat, he said. To fit them in, all you do is seat your little one, slide the body shield into place and then take the seatbelt across, click in, then lace it back and secure it. It’s very simple. To release, you unbuckle the seatbelt and the shield swings free. Very simple.
I like simple. I like safe even more. The body shield keeps Hero snug and secure behind it – and now that he’s become accustomed to travelling in his new Kiddy seat, he likes having somewhere to use as a little drum or snack station as we’re driving. Hitting the shield top whilst they’re all singing along to their favourite song from Disney Pixar’s Frozen, he feels like a big boy – like his brothers.… “Stronger than one. Stronger than ten. Stronger than a hundred men, HA!”
