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illumini · Aug 6, 2010

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There has been much mashing of the teeth around here about a car seat. I think I finally purchased my last car seat for quite a while! :thumbsup: The ground is pretty level in these pictures. It is installed center with seat belt in a 2010 Nissan Versa.

Don't mind the grouchy son. He was none too pleased to be car seat installing in the hot Florida sun.

Front seat all the way back (Look at that room! My 6'5" DH will be quite happy.)

I tightened the harness a bit more after this photo but did not take anymore photos.

Thanks!

JerseyGirl'sMama · Aug 6, 2010

How old is your son? It's too upright for his age. And for rear-facing, the shoulder straps need to be at or below his shoulders.

Love me so cute n00b though.

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

He is almost 9 months old. How much older does he has to be until it can be upright?

Pixels · Aug 6, 2010

I agree with it being too upright. Also, roller shades are projectiles. You can get cling-on ones without the roller, that aren't a problem.

Mae · Aug 6, 2010

illumini said:
He is almost 9 months old. How much older does he has to be until it can be upright?

You can install the seat as upright as 30 degrees, and that looks pretty close to 30. Whenever he falls asleep (or is just sitting in the seat), just make sure his head doesn't flop forward -- that is the only reason that you wouldn't be able to have it that upright. If his head flops forward, just reinstall the seat with a little more recline.

Also, try to even him out. He seems to be sitting in the seat crooked, so I can't really tell how close he is to the harness slot. Can you move it down one notch? Probably not, but figured I'd ask.

He's cute!

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

Pixels said:
I agree with it being too upright. Also, roller shades are projectiles. You can get cling-on ones without the roller, that aren't a problem.

I will remove that. He doesn't need it now being in center anymore.

One other reason I wanted center install.

Knowing his age though, do you think it is more than 30 degrees? I will go out with my iphone and check later.

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

NannyMae said:
Also, try to even him out. He seems to be sitting in the seat crooked, so I can't really tell how close he is to the harness slot. Can you move it down one notch? Probably not, but figured I'd ask.

He's cute!

No I really wish I could move it down. I have a bucket seat from h*** (rear adjust P.O.C) that I need to get rid of. No one can get the harness right. I will go down and take some pictures of him in the harness. Does that padding have to be in? I checked the manual but did not see anything about it. He almost seems to fit better without it for some reason.

JerseyGirl'sMama · Aug 6, 2010

If you can't move the harness down, then maybe by putting him closer to 40 degrees will bring his shoulder even with that slot.

I would probably not put a 9 month old at a 30 degree angle, although you can. I have my 11 month old a 38 degrees.

Judi · Aug 6, 2010

Head flop on a 9 month old won't kill. Head flop on a n00b will.

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

Ok so I went out and reinstalled it. I tried a center install and it was able to recline a few degrees more. The harness was still above his shoulders.

So I tried installing outboard with seatbelt. This is what it looked like:

It just made it worse

So I'm going to go return the seat today. I may just rebuy the MyRide I had before. I'm going to annoy the BRU's people and take 40 billion car seats out to play with.

Thanks!

Judi · Aug 6, 2010

He is tiny! How much does he weigh?

Pixels · Aug 6, 2010

Try in the center again, with a pool noodle or tightly rolled towel underneath to increase the recline.

Mae · Aug 6, 2010

From a non-tech point of view and more from a parent point of view, if you've tried to recline it and it didn't fix anything, I'd leave it. Since he is on the bottom harness slot, if he "ramps up" in a crash, he has plenty of shell above his head to prevent injury. Now, if it was any other slot than the bottom, I wouldn't allow the harness to be above his shoulders (Rear facing, of course). But in this case? Meh, if I was his parent, I'd leave it. Of course, up to you, as always. If you want to return the Complete Air for the MyRide, go for it!

As for the recline? Again, it's up to you. There have been studies that show that more upright is more safe. You just don't want it more upright than 30 degrees. The only reason that you would want it more reclined is if he's uncomfortable, or his head flops forward. Like Judi said, head flop on a 9 month old will make him uncomfortable. Head flop on a newborn could be fatal.

ketchupqueen · Aug 6, 2010

I think a 30 degree angle is fine for a 9 month old who can hold his head up while awake. And he looks pretty close to at that slot to me, I wouldn't be concerned at this point about that (for the reasons posted above.) If it was way above his shoulders I'd not be comfortable with it but in this case I'd get the best recline you can and leave it at that. I think he looks like he has great head control and at 9 months is not going to suffer with a 30-35 degree angle.

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

Thank you thank you thank you! I was already on my way BRU's to return it when some of you where advising me to try reinstalling and to keep it. I went anyway and tried every other car seat they had there. For one reason or another I found I did not like the other seats. I have decided that I am ok with the way this car seat fits him. It truly is not a large difference.

I haven't weighed Declan in quite a few months but he can't be more than 20 pounds and I guess that he is closer to 17 or 18 pounds. I'm under 5 foot so he takes after me. He does have wonderful head control; He has been crawling for almost 3 months now and is almost pulling up completely to a stand.

Anyways, I went and installed it yet again. Center. Seatbelt. With a rolled up towel.

Knowing what I know now I'm looking at a photo of Ds the day he was born, he didn't fit his Snugride then either.

ketchupqueen · Aug 6, 2010

If you want to get it leaned back just a LITTLE more, try making sure you push way back at the back of the seat where his bottom goes and not at all down by where his feet go when you install. It looks like the seat is compressed more toward where the feet go; if you compress the seat more toward where the bottom goes it should recline a bit more. That should also help him fit better. If he still fits in the SnugRide, I'd probably wait for him to max that out before putting him in this one if possible, just to make sure you've done your due diligence to try to have him in a properly fitting car seat as much as possible.

icnee · Aug 6, 2010

I just wanted to say I think it looks good from what I can see and he is just so cute.

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

Hopefully last install for a while! This is with a pool noodle. How is the angle on this one?

Thanks for everyone's help! :thumbsup:

Pixels · Aug 6, 2010

Looks much better to me. Where does the seat belt buckle hit?

illumini · Aug 6, 2010

Pixels said:
Looks much better to me. Where does the seat belt buckle hit?

I have it twisted down 2 times to get it out of the way. I can take a picture if you would prefer.

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