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[birdwatcher]

In recent crashes and old ones, in big vehicles and small, in one-car crashes and multiple-vehicle crashes, there is no evidence that car seats do a better job than seat belts in saving the lives of children older than 2. (In certain kinds of crashes -- rear-enders, for instance -- car seats actually perform worse.)
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[birdwatcher.livejournal.com]

Ужас.

[ant-fugue.livejournal.com]

Yea, well, guess which decision we ended up making about driving with a baby. Turns out that breastfeeding babies are nicely concealed under a blanket while a carseat with a top closed and covered by another blanket does not look conspicuously empty.

I went through a stage of strongly disliking police officers on sight. While rationally I understood that they were just doing a job, emotionally they were the people who hated my baby and wanted to make her cry.

On the plus side, since we did not want to tempt fate and the police force more than absolutely necessary, Scott learned how to do grocery shopping all by himself. :-)

[birdwatcher.livejournal.com]

:)
Но без Скотта ты просто не могла никуда поехать? Не за рулем же кормить?

[ant-fugue.livejournal.com]

Нет, мы могли только вдвоем.

[ant-fugue.livejournal.com]

Где-то после полугода Валя начала понимать, что если сесть в машину и потерпеть совсем чуть-чуть, то мы приедем к ее любимой няне, и она согласилась не рыдать в сиденье по утрам на это время. Это очень помогло.