Great Baby Gifts: A Seat Protector For Under the Car Seat

Great Baby Gifts: A Seat Protector For Under the Car Seat




I admit it. I was a bridezilla that went on to be a pregnantzilla. I was horrid. I look back and feel complete shame even now, even after I’ve apologized to my friends and family. What turned me around was my bridal shower.

It was there we were playing those cutesy little games and such and I was so ungrateful and whiny. I’ll never forget how I behaved though at the time I was just oblivious. Then came the part where I opened my gifts and everyone gushed over them.

I yawned and made faces throughout much of it, sad to say. Even as I opened up gifts I’d put on my registry. I know, I’m horrible. But by far, the worst thing I did was when I opened a gift from my Aunt Sarah. There was nothing cute about this gift at all. In fact, I had no idea what it was. I held it up like one might hold up a dirty diaper, with a sour face. And then I whined, “Ugh, what IS this thing anyway?”

It was a seat protector for under the car seat. Some of my friends that were moms already knew this. Other guests, even ones that were moms, didn’t know. Aunt Sarah has always been full of class. She never once faltered despite my despicable behavior.
She explained that the seat protector for under the car seat would help protect my leather backseats in my new BMW X5. At the time, I remember thinking it was such a boring gift. And useless too. I rolled my eyes and carried on with the unwrapping of gifts.

Later, as my mom showed me the list of gifts along with the names of who had given them so I could send thank you cards, she let me have it about my nasty behavior and how I’d upset Aunt Sarah. “But she gave me such a useless gift! I mean, what am I supposed to do with this lame thing?” I whined.

Becoming a mom myself made me realize all the horrible things I put my own mother through. But as she spoke to me then, it opened me up to what I was about to go through. My mom told me Aunt Sarah’s gift was one of the most thoughtful because it would help keep the baby safe and snug in the car seat without it sliding and it would protect my seats. “That seat protector for under your car seat will be something you’ll come to appreciate,” she told me.

About a month later, an old sorority sister from college found me online. We got together for lunch and as we said our goodbyes, our cars happened to be parked next to each other. As I put my daughter into the car seat, my sorority sister said, “Oh wow! You have the seat protector for under your car seat too! Isn’t Smiinky the best? Before I got one my car seat for Jessica ripped up my leather seats,” she gushed.

That was my turning point. From then on, I tried every day to work more and more about being a grateful and kind person. I’ve come a long way. Now when I talk to people who are expecting, I make sure to tell them about Smiinky’s seat protector for under the car seat so I can put good back into the universe.



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