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MelissaMac
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Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
When did your children learn to buckle themselves in their car seat/booster seat?
Just curious how many DC are doing this independently
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Posted 3/8/10 8:28 PM  |
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Bops
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
My DS is almost 4.5 and he's been doing it for quite a while now...Thinking maybe when he was 3 or just slightly older 
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| Posted 3/8/10 8:44 PM |
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luvsun27
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
DD is 3 1/2...and I have never taught her how to do it. I am afraid if she knows how to buckle it...she will also unbuckle it while I'm driving.
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| Posted 3/8/10 8:56 PM |
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Melissa77
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
I would say right around 4, she learned.
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| Posted 3/8/10 9:04 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
DS is 3. He has no idea how to do it and I don't plan on showing him just yet.
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| Posted 3/8/10 9:18 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
dd will be 3 in 2 weeks and she can buckle the top part but not the bottom
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| Posted 3/8/10 9:18 PM |
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MaMaTeenie
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by luvsun27
DD is 3 1/2...and I have never taught her how to do it. I am afraid if she knows how to buckle it...she will also unbuckle it while I'm driving.
Ditto, but DS. Maybe when I move him to a booster and he uses the regular seatbelt then I will let him do it.
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| Posted 3/8/10 9:21 PM |
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nylisa
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by luvsun27
DD is 3 1/2...and I have never taught her how to do it. I am afraid if she knows how to buckle it...she will also unbuckle it while I'm driving.
Same with DS.
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| Posted 3/8/10 11:19 PM |
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ABCiverson
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by pinkandblue
dd will be 3 in 2 weeks and she can buckle the top part but not the bottom
same for my 3 1/2 year old. She can fully do it when she isn't actually in the seat(so can my 28 month old) but I think at the angle that she is when she is sitting in it is too hard for her to do the bottom part.
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by luvsun27
DD is 3 1/2...and I have never taught her how to do it. I am afraid if she knows how to buckle it...she will also unbuckle it while I'm driving.
me too....and that she might not do it correctly one time and then, god forbid, we'd get into an accident or something....
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| Posted 3/8/10 11:36 PM |
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GenLCSW
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
DS turned 3 in November. He just started buckeling himself in.
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| Posted 3/9/10 5:30 AM |
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Erica
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
not until the booster seat (4.5 years)
I love it...he climbs in...straps himself in then he unstraps and climbs out!
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| Posted 3/9/10 7:57 AM |
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Bops
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by luvsun27
DD is 3 1/2...and I have never taught her how to do it. I am afraid if she knows how to buckle it...she will also unbuckle it while I'm driving.
Knock wood, my DS has never tried to unbuckle himself....He knows we mean business in the car with getting buckled etc...He even tells us to buckle up 
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| Posted 3/9/10 8:12 AM |
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MelissaMac
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Thanks for everyone's responses...
I taught my girls how to do this & I always check to see that the buckles are secure.
I am just wondering when I move them to booster seats which prob won't be until 4 since they won't meet the weight requirement anytime soon of 40lbs....Should I expect them to just strap themselves in the backrow all by themselves?
FYI... I have a SIL who has been doing this with all of her kids since 3 and just wanted to hear everyone's opinions
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| Posted 3/9/10 12:13 PM |
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Boobobunny
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
My son has been buckiling himself in since he was 3. my daughter buckes the top clip on the seat belt, but the bottom one is still to tough for her. She is tall enough for the booster seat, but she needs to gain a little weight to make that requirement. I'm sure once that happens she will be able to compeletly buckle herself in. She turned 3 in January
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| Posted 3/9/10 12:38 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Parents of 3 & 4 year old...
Posted by ABCiverson
Posted by pinkandblue
dd will be 3 in 2 weeks and she can buckle the top part but not the bottom
same for my 3 1/2 year old. She can fully do it when she isn't actually in the seat(so can my 28 month old) but I think at the angle that she is when she is sitting in it is too hard for her to do the bottom part.
oh yeah, same here, she can do it if she is not in the seat...she LOVES to buckle things
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| Posted 3/9/10 12:44 PM |
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