Car seats!?

Okay, when the world finds out you are pregnant you begin the process of receiving advice from everyone who has recently had kids, anyone who has ever had kids, and people that might eventually have kids. Now a lot of it is helpful and welcome advice , but sometimes I want to hit the mute button and just smile and nod. I hear every nightmare scenario of things that might happen and every product I "need" to raise my kids successfully. I have had a few people ask if I want to change their babies diapers to practice for the twins. I want to say sure then you can wipe my butt to practice taking care of your aging parents!
We as a culture of new parents and families have become out of control! it is ridiculous the products that people say they need. I watched a documentary the other day of a tribal African mother wiping her babies but with her knee and then the baby played in the dirt with chicken bones! Now I know a lot of you are laughing to yourselves thinking "Just wait Matt!!" I know I will probably be sucked into the whole insane baby consumer comfort madness as well because well.... I am Lazy and like anything that makes my life easier and that is because I am a spoiled upper middle class American (but that is another blog). I have seen good friends make do with less and I hope we can to.
Car seats are my new nemesis. I understand that babies and infants need car seats to travel safely in a vehicle but do they need three different ones before the age of three. Then they still have to have a booster seat and sit in the back until they are like 18! When I was a kid we rode in the open bed of pick up trucks and there were boards with rusty nails and broken glass. We sat on the floor of the back seat playing with G.I. Joes on road trips or slept in the way back of the station wagon on top of our luggage. that was awesome. Now kids have to be buckled in three separate ways and have it certified by the CHP! To quote my friend Glen " LAME!"
To top it all off when there is a car seat in our car I don't fit! So not only do we have to buy multiple car seats for our multiple babies we have to buy a NEW CAR! LAME! (thanks Glen).
And the only car that will really work for us is a mini van! Which I am not as opposed to as Jeannie is ha ha ha!
Well until next time friends, I am stoked that a lot of you are following along . please leave comments so I am encouraged to continue on plus I am an attention whore and need affirmation.
Rock and Rolll all night and Daddy every day!