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Roberta
Guest
Coats?
So I have learned that coats and carseats are incompatible. Every discussion I have found about the safety and/or alternatives to kid's coats seems to come from from folks living in winter temperatures that never go below freezing or are only temporarily travelling to colder climates. Meanwhile, I have never noticed anyone here in New England, even among my safety-conscious friends, worrying about putting their coat-wearing kids in the car. To think that I am going to carry my coatless prescooler to the car in a blanket is laughable, while asking him to stop outside the car to take his coat off after I have just chased him across the house, wrestled him to the ground, and used all my sagest powers of persuasion to get it on him is utter insanity. Getting multiple layers in the kid is no piece of cake either. So, what is a practical solution? What are people in northern climes doing for winter gear in the car?
So I have learned that coats and carseats are incompatible. Every discussion I have found about the safety and/or alternatives to kid's coats seems to come from from folks living in winter temperatures that never go below freezing or are only temporarily travelling to colder climates. Meanwhile, I have never noticed anyone here in New England, even among my safety-conscious friends, worrying about putting their coat-wearing kids in the car. To think that I am going to carry my coatless prescooler to the car in a blanket is laughable, while asking him to stop outside the car to take his coat off after I have just chased him across the house, wrestled him to the ground, and used all my sagest powers of persuasion to get it on him is utter insanity. Getting multiple layers in the kid is no piece of cake either. So, what is a practical solution? What are people in northern climes doing for winter gear in the car?