Carseat Installation: A Contact Sport

May 2, 2006
Since it was a beautiful evening, we decided to open up the car, and learn how to install our carseat. We were flipping through two detailed instruction books (the car manual and the carseat manual) to determine the best way of installing it.

While we were both crammed into the car, trying to haul the heavy seat around, adjusting buckles, referring to manuals, etc., suddenly... WHAM!... Calvin's elbow made contact with my nose! Ouch!

We hurried inside to put an ice pack on it, and it seems to be doing fine now; just slightly sore. Who knew carseat installation was a contact sport? Oh, well. At least we got some first aid practice while we were at it.

And, yes, about an hour or so later, the carseat installation was complete. Good job, Calvin! He's planning on calling the fire department later on to schedule a carseat inspection, just to make sure it's correctly installed.