Quote:
Originally Posted by Striper80
What life jacket do you have for a five month old? If like to get mine out in about a month when he's 5 months.
|
We have a Stern infant one for 30lbs and under currently. It's the smallest yet safest USCG approved jacket we can find. But it seems a bit big for her like she could slip out. She only weighs about 13lbs. However we did just find one made in Canada called Salus Bijoux. They have awesome reviews and have been proven to be the safest jacket produced for infants under 19lbs. Problem is it's approved by the Canadian Coast Guard but not the US.
US Coast Guards reasoning for not approving it is they don't recommend any child under 18lbs be on a vessel. Seems like a weak argument to me. We are going to order a Salus and keep her in it when we are underway. When anchored she technically doesn't have to have one on just as long as it's in the boat. However we never take them off. But if we're anchored which is 99% of the time they'll board you around here, then there's nothing they can do about it. If by chance we do get pulled and she doesn't have the approved one on then I'll just have to take the ticket. I'm not going to jeopardize my daughters safety because another country makes better life jackets and the US government is too ignorant to approve it.