Child car seats !

Like your strategy lucky girl! "That stiff limb thing" - my own and the grandchildren have all done it. I've often thought that if children had hinged middles life would be much easier all round

I can strap mine into the seat but my thumbs are not always working well enough to holding all the bits of the seat buckle together to do it up.

I bought an adjustable car seat to use in my car just before DGS2 was born. I was on granny duty when DD was in labour. Getting the car seat itself properly fixed into my car was another matter altogether.
After some total panic I discovered there was a manufacturers excellent video on how to fit it which I loaded onto my tablet. I practised getting the seat in and out of the car a few times each day for about a week before I could do it very quickly

We had enough trouble with the push chair when we first took DGS 1 out in the park with it. We got the push chair up ok but could not fathom out how to collapse it. We brought it home upside down in front passenger seat. with OH sitting next to the little one.

Is that OP Old People or Other People !!

I should say that these rules and strategies only evolved after bitter experiences very like the OP above!

I made a rule with my children that they should fix the car seat in the car and give me detailed instructions as to how to fix the child in the seat!

Little trick with my DGD, from the age of about 1, has been that she could choose a fruit pouch to take with her in the car, but it would not be opened till she was firmly strapped in. She has got the message and leaves the house clutching her chosen pouch and happily sits in her seat awaiting the opening!

In the long ago days of the egg shaped Britax baby seats, DS2 managed to do what his older brother never did - he wriggled out of his straps and the first thing we knew about it was his little face coming between the two front seats. We never saw him doing it and 42 years later he, of course, can't remember.

Can't wait for the booster seat stage... only because the 'divas' keep telling me they're too old for 'baby' seats

If only I had a Mr! Then again.......!
Eventually I 'googled it' and have been practising with a large teddy! I have now drawn little arrows which I hope will help! Grandson aged nearly 3 was trying to help, but DGD aged nearly 7 was quite scathing and has perfected the eye rolling and; Oh Granny !!!!
Iam you'll be fine x

I do hope so Ana. I remember my own doing that stiff limb thing, like putting wooden planks who could scream into the seats. This seat though does look like a feat of engineering. I feel slightly ashamed to confess, I might just leave it to Mr i am

Iam64, at 5 months he'll be fine - it's when they discovery their ability to resist with stiff limbs and determined screaming that you'll start losing the will to live...

No, we heaved a sigh of relief when all ours were old enough to go into booster seats.

We could never seem to loosen/tighten the straps on the baby car seat, used to have to ask a neighbour to help.

No you're not past it! The one my DD has is quite challenging! I had to ask her how to do it when I first strapped DGS 3 into it. The previous one they had was much easier, but the three DGC before him had worn that one out.

We are to put our 5 month old grandson in his car seat into our car for the first time tomorrow. You've made me even more anxious than I was already grannylyn!

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