I’ve been dealing with this since birth. My daughter is 3 now, and my husband never puts her in the car seat correct. He only clips the chest harness without buckling the bottom clip between her legs.
It honestly terrifies me because car seat safety is not something I can “hope” is being done correctly. I stressed it so much it’s to the point he won’t put her in the car to avoid buckling her up. Or I notice he will just sit her in the seat and tell me to buckle her up. Wtf is that about!?
Now every time I buckle her in, I count the clicks out loud and say “Safety first” hoping it sticks. So she can get on him about it.
Idk what to do or say. What do if they go out without me?
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Is he a controlling A hole in any other way?
Does he need to be shown how to do it?
Sorry. I don’t mean to be aggressive but wtf. I’m so sorry he’s behaving like this.

What possible excuse does he use as to why he refuses to strap his child in correctly in the car seat???

That is unbelievably reckless! It is completely understandable that you are both extremely worried and pissed off about this. Next time you go somewhere stand there and make him do it while you watch. In fact, do it every single time. I'd be sending him crash test videos before every car trip. On the other side of things, 3 is a great time to teach your daugther how to to buckle herself in. It will take a while, but her hands are getting strong enough now. Start planning for extra time for her to practice when you're going somewhere just the two of you and tell her it's the first thing we do every time you get in the car. I hope your husband has other good qualities, because yikes 😬