My Car Seat Dilemma

I am in a quandary about what to do with Will's car seat. He is still rear facing. On Tuesday the 19th he will be 18 months. He weighs about 29 pounds and is like 34 inches tall. (maybe, I'm estimating, it's been awhile since I've actually measured).

At his 12 month appt our pediatrician told me that the new standard is to keep kids rear facing until age 2. I have yet to meet one person who still has a baby older than Will rear facing. But I've kept him rear facing b/c I know it's the safest thing. My only reasons for wanting to turn him around are that I think he would like seeing us and might enjoy the car more. Not based on safety.

I've tried to read up on this as much as possible. Scandinavian countries keep their kids rear facing until age 4 or about 55 lbs. They have super low rates of vehicular infant mortality as a result.

So to turn or not to turn...

Reasons Not To
1. Safety

Reasons To Turn
1. He will be able to see us
2. May enjoy the car more (he really doesn't like it much)
3. I can see him better
4. My blind spot will no longer be blocked.

I'm making this more dramatic than it needs to be. It's what I do. It feels like a mom test.

I'll let you know what I decide

Will's First Chore

I guess it's not really a chore.  He loves it and asks to do it.  Laundry.  Specifically putting clothes into the washing machine.  He loves throwing the clothes in while the water is pouring in.  I try to get him to take the clothes out of the dryer, but he just takes them out and then wants to put them right back in the washing machine.  He will even take the clothes out of his drawers and carry them to the laundry room.  

So yesterday I moved a stool over and his basket of dirty clothes and let the boy go to town.  He did it for awhile and kept saying, "Boom!" when he threw things in.  It was great!  

I hope this boy continues his love for laundry, because his Mama sure doesn't have it and would love to have someone share the duty.

I had a great video, but who knows why it won't load.  Maybe I'll try again tomorrow.  

Now if I could just teach him to mop, load the dishwasher, vacuum, dust, ...

Weird Phobias.. start laughing now

Yes, start laughing now. Of course if one of these phobias is yours, then you're probably just seriously nodding your head in agreement thinking, "Yep. Scary. Don't even want to think about it." And if you are, please let me know so I can laugh at with you. (I decided to look up phobias yesterday after Will freaked out about my robe)

Here are some of the strange phobias I found on this site:

Fear of going back in time, getting a disease that is curable now, but not then

Fear of large bodies of water because there might be shopping carts down there

Fear of gravity reversing itself

Fear of the Chubby Bunny Game

Fear of dying in a car crash with the radio stuck on a country station

Fear of the number 211 (Read here)

Fear of cannibal siamese twins

Fear of being mentally ill, but no one has told you yet

Fear of dying and having your pet blame itself

Yes, those are apparently real. I'm sure there are some strange ones I could identify with. I know that cannibal siamese twins do sound awful, but I'm not afraid of running into one. I bet the chance of that are pretty low. But I guess you never know.


I know I'm afraid of my toddler deciding he doesn't want to nap again. Now THAT is scary.


Please share your weird fears!