Along with tons of other knowledge I've gained from this wonderful site, I've learned that coats are not safe in carseats. We've just been having my five year old wear her coat out to the car and then take it off as soon as we buckle in. Then we put it on again when we get to our destination. This has not be very convenient and it's been pretty darn cold too. (we do cover her up with the coat once she's in the seat and we try to warm the car up first whenever we can.) Of course though no amount of inconvenience will keep me from keeping my kids safe.
The problem I'm having now is what to do with my four month old. He's in his snugride now but I think we will soon be moving him to his marathon. So since we'll no longer be able to just keep him in the seat with the cover on when we're walking in or out of the store or whatever, we'll need something else to keep him warm. Obviously getting a four month old in and out of a coat is not an option. I know I could just cover him up but for the times when we can't get the car warmed up ahead of time the seat itself will be cold.
So with help from this site and others I've found a few different products I'm looking over to use with my little guy. I was hoping some of you experts could check them out and let me know what you think would be the best. It would be really nice to be able to use something that he could keep on in the car but that could be unzipped or opened so he wouldn't overheat, but that he could also keep on to keep him warm when we're going from car to store or house or whatever.
So the products I'm considering are the Car Seat Poncho. The Car Seat Coat and the Hugs A Lot Car seat Blanket. Okay I just read on the car seat poncho website that it's not intended for children under twenty pounds and my guy is about sixteen pounds so I guess we cant' consider that one. I'm wondering why weight would make a difference with that?
Also if anybody has any other ideas or products I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!
The problem I'm having now is what to do with my four month old. He's in his snugride now but I think we will soon be moving him to his marathon. So since we'll no longer be able to just keep him in the seat with the cover on when we're walking in or out of the store or whatever, we'll need something else to keep him warm. Obviously getting a four month old in and out of a coat is not an option. I know I could just cover him up but for the times when we can't get the car warmed up ahead of time the seat itself will be cold.
So with help from this site and others I've found a few different products I'm looking over to use with my little guy. I was hoping some of you experts could check them out and let me know what you think would be the best. It would be really nice to be able to use something that he could keep on in the car but that could be unzipped or opened so he wouldn't overheat, but that he could also keep on to keep him warm when we're going from car to store or house or whatever.
So the products I'm considering are the Car Seat Poncho. The Car Seat Coat and the Hugs A Lot Car seat Blanket. Okay I just read on the car seat poncho website that it's not intended for children under twenty pounds and my guy is about sixteen pounds so I guess we cant' consider that one. I'm wondering why weight would make a difference with that?
Also if anybody has any other ideas or products I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!