Favourite winter gear for car seats?

K's Mama · Sep 30, 2010

I need something new for my 17 month old for the winter. He has outgrown his 18 month Colombia fleece suit, so I think he will be too big for the MEC Ursus which was what I was hoping I could get. What are some other favourites? I'd really prefer a one piece for him for this winter. I need something really warm as we are in Saskatchewan.
Thanks!

Dillipop · Sep 30, 2010

The LLBean Fleece suits are awesome for the car and I believe they go up to at least 3T, possibly 4T.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/6131...&cat4=3160&shop_method=pp&feat=3160-sub2&np=Y

K's Mama · Sep 30, 2010

Dillipop said:
The LLBean Fleece suits are awesome for the car and I believe they go up to at least 3T, possibly 4T.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/6131...&cat4=3160&shop_method=pp&feat=3160-sub2&np=Y

Thanks - they seem to have free shipping to Canada right now :thumbsup: DO you know how they ship? USPS or courier? If courier will I get dinged with ridiculous fees for brokerage?

featherhead · Sep 30, 2010

K's Mama said:
I need something new for my 17 month old for the winter. He has outgrown his 18 month Colombia fleece suit, so I think he will be too big for the MEC Ursus which was what I was hoping I could get. What are some other favourites? I'd really prefer a one piece for him for this winter. I need something really warm as we are in Saskatchewan.
Thanks!

The Ursus suits are actually quite on the large size. My 18 month old is on the bigger side and she still fits the 12 month. My 3 year old is on the small side (though still above 50% for height) and still fits the 18 month! If you want to measure him from shoulder to crotch or something I could tell you if either size would fit.

amyd · Sep 30, 2010

K's Mama said:
Thanks - they seem to have free shipping to Canada right now :thumbsup: DO you know how they ship? USPS or courier? If courier will I get dinged with ridiculous fees for brokerage?

You won't get dinged for fees with LL Bean. Canadians pay all duty, etc in the order. DS has the Bean fleece suit in 3T.

K's Mama · Sep 30, 2010

featherhead said:
The Ursus suits are actually quite on the large size. My 18 month old is on the bigger side and she still fits the 12 month. My 3 year old is on the small side (though still above 50% for height) and still fits the 18 month! If you want to measure him from shoulder to crotch or something I could tell you if either size would fit.

Hmmm - I was just going by the sizing on the MEC and Columbia websites. I have an 18 month Columbia suit that is just a little too small for him and the sizing charts made it look like the Columbia stuff is more generous that MEC... He's napping now, but I can get his measurement later. He'spretty average size for his age.

featherhead · Sep 30, 2010

K's Mama said:
Hmmm - I was just going by the sizing on the MEC and Columbia websites. I have an 18 month Columbia suit that is just a little too small for him and the sizing charts made it look like the Columbia stuff is more generous that MEC... He's napping now, but I can get his measurement later. He'spretty average size for his age.

Here is my 3 year old wearing the 18 month size. She is about 37ish inches tall, torso would be 14 inches maybe (almost even with 4th slot up on Radian). Obviously she is too big to fold over the hands and feet, but it still fits. There is a tiny bit of room left in the torso. My 18 month old is sleeping, otherwise I'd get a pic of her in it too

K's Mama · Sep 30, 2010

featherhead said:
Here is my 3 year old wearing the 18 month size. She is about 37ish inches tall, torso would be 14 inches maybe (almost even with 4th slot up on Radian). Obviously she is too big to fold over the hands and feet, but it still fits. There is a tiny bit of room left in the torso. My 18 month old is sleeping, otherwise I'd get a pic of her in it too

Thanks! He's nowhere near 37 inches yet. Heck, his 4 1/2 year old sister isn't much taller than that - lol!

PEIMommyof2 · Sep 30, 2010

I used a travel trench (like a car seat poncho) for my little guy when he was just over 2 years. I got the 2 layer one and it kept him very warm and so easy to use.
Here is the link http://www.cjsewingroom.com/?p=2182, I got the truck one in the size 1-3 year size. It is looking for a new home somewhere. I also got one custom made for my taller 5 year old, (at the time) so pretty, she loved it.

canadiangie · Sep 30, 2010

featherhead said:
Here is my 3 year old wearing the 18 month size. She is about 37ish inches tall, torso would be 14 inches maybe (almost even with 4th slot up on Radian). Obviously she is too big to fold over the hands and feet, but it still fits. There is a tiny bit of room left in the torso. My 18 month old is sleeping, otherwise I'd get a pic of her in it too

I agree. The other day my 3 year old went and put the 12mos Ursus on for fun. It still fit in the torso. She wears a 4T top and 4T pants. I'm pretty sure that if I put my 4.5y/o in the 18mos Ursus it would still be big enough in a pinch.. no feeties and mitties of course, but it would fit in the body. She wears 5T pants and a 4T shirt.

amyd · Sep 30, 2010

Yeah, the Ursus suits are pretty big. My DS is 2.5 and doesn't fit them anymore, but he's really tall, both in the torso (he's over the 4th slots on the Radian RFing) and in the legs.

MarathonMama · Oct 1, 2010

Do you think he'd be too big for the 24m Columbia stuff?

We got DS this one - Columbia Bugababy Interchange Bunting. It's like a 3-in-1 and the fleece is removable so I can use that in the car and then put the top layer on if we go out in the snow. I haven't used it yet so I can't comment on how I like it but thought I would add it to the list!

K's Mama · Oct 1, 2010

MarathonMama said:
Do you think he'd be too big for the 24m Columbia stuff?

We got DS this one - Columbia Bugababy Interchange Bunting. It's like a 3-in-1 and the fleece is removable so I can use that in the car and then put the top layer on if we go out in the snow. I haven't used it yet so I can't comment on how I like it but thought I would add it to the list!

No- he'd probably fit that. It'd be handy too with the two layers - I'd only have to buy one suit. I don't think any of the stores here carry them though (I've looked in the past), and Columbia doesn't ship to Canada...

MarathonMama · Oct 1, 2010

Not sure where in Canada you are, but I ordered mine online from West End Kids (Ottawa). It was $80 and the local shop was selling them for the same price, but they were sold out and I didn't want to wait. However, when I checked on WEK they only have 6m and 12m listed so maybe they're out of stock of the larger sizes ... maybe email or call them to see if they have/will get any bigger ones.

I'll check some other places too ...

amyd · Oct 1, 2010

When we used the Ursus suit, I'd throw a MEC Newt suit over top for playing in the snow. Worked great.

K's Mama · Oct 1, 2010

amyd said:
When we used the Ursus suit, I'd throw a MEC Newt suit over top for playing in the snow. Worked great.

I'm not sure if that would be warm enough...

amyd · Oct 1, 2010

K's Mama said:
I'm not sure if that would be warm enough...

Yeah, probably not for really cold weather or very long at a time. DS wasn't walking his first winter though so it was mostly for when he was in a sled or just outside for a few minutes at a time. We didn't stay out very long when it was really cold that year.

K's Mama · Oct 1, 2010

featherhead said:
Here is my 3 year old wearing the 18 month size. She is about 37ish inches tall, torso would be 14 inches maybe (almost even with 4th slot up on Radian). Obviously she is too big to fold over the hands and feet, but it still fits. There is a tiny bit of room left in the torso. My 18 month old is sleeping, otherwise I'd get a pic of her in it too

Would it be a bother to take a measurement for me? I'm interested in how long it is from shoulder to crotch.

I just retried out Columbia fleece suit on him and without the hand/foot covers it does still *just* fit - but it would be handy to have the covers this year. From the shoulder to the crotch it measures 18 inches.

(we cloth diaper too, so that makes him bum a bit bigger).

If the 18 month Ursus suit is longer than that, then it is probably worth buying. If not I'd rather just try and get a hold of a 24 month Columbia suit or just use what I already have...

Thanks!

featherhead · Oct 1, 2010

I get about 21.5 inches, measuring the same way as you.

K's Mama · Oct 1, 2010

featherhead said:
I get about 21.5 inches, measuring the same way as you.

Perfect! Thank you so much for your help

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