Need to find a smaller baby for my Safeseat...

vonfirmath · Jul 2, 2007

Well... He fits by weight, easily. But I think his head is already too high.

It was good practice though. I had to change the harness to make it fit. I need to find a smaller baby doll to practice with though I think.

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DS (We think) #1 due August 5, 2007
Me (33) DH (29)

VLsMom · Jul 2, 2007

Those pics made me chuckle...so funny.

skaterbabs · Jul 2, 2007

roflol
That's cute! A Cabbage Patch Kid baby is about the size of a 4 lb preemie....

kidzndogz · Jul 2, 2007

Cute! I need a bigger baby for my Safeseat. The 9 week old I watch doesn't fit. The harness is too loose, even at the smallest setting. Grr.

Dillipop · Jul 3, 2007

That's odd that your 9 week old wouldn't fit. My newborn fit really well at just over 8 pounds and I know jennifer's little girl was much smaller and fit well, too.

kidzndogz · Jul 3, 2007

Dillipop said:
That's odd that your 9 week old wouldn't fit. My newborn fit really well at just over 8 pounds and I know jennifer's little girl was much smaller and fit well, too.

Yeah I don't know...I've googled reviews and found no one with the same problem. I have both the shoulder straps and the waist strap at the smaller setting. Still WAY too loose. I could fit my entire arm between her and the strap. She's not unusually small either.

Judi · Jul 3, 2007

kidzndogz said:
Cute! I need a bigger baby for my Safeseat. The 9 week old I watch doesn't fit. The harness is too loose, even at the smallest setting. Grr.

Did you fix both the shoulder and hip harnesses underneath?

kidzndogz · Jul 3, 2007

Judi said:
Did you fix both the shoulder and hip harnesses underneath?

Yep. Still HUGE! I could fit my whole wrist between the harness and her. I still have the seat though because i love it so much. i just haven't been using it.

Cindy&Connor · Jul 3, 2007

kidzndogz said:
Cute! I need a bigger baby for my Safeseat. The 9 week old I watch doesn't fit. The harness is too loose, even at the smallest setting. Grr.

That is strange. My niece got down to 5lbs and we could still get the straps really tight. When she wasn't in the seat and the straps were tightened they were almost flat against the carseat.

Patriot201 · Jul 3, 2007

Your pics are cute!!!!

I have a doll (which we use in theatrical productions) that is about the same size as an average 3-month-old. It is a great "carseat practice" doll!

ThreeBeans · Jul 3, 2007

You know, you really should mention that your baby is green, to your pediatrician

joolsplus3 · Jul 3, 2007

kidzndogz said:
Yep. Still HUGE! I could fit my whole wrist between the harness and her. I still have the seat though because i love it so much. i just haven't been using it.

Call Graco, that is SO not right!!!!

Ahzryn · Jul 3, 2007

I agree, that doesn't sounds right. When I played with one at a check you could pretty much tighten the straps flat against the seat it went down so small, prefect for smaller babies. There is just no way a 9 pound baby shouldn't fit. When you take pics for Graco, can you post them for us too?

Judi · Jul 3, 2007

My baby I use to train moms fits well, she is about 8 lbs., 19 1/2" long.

vonfirmath · Jul 3, 2007

ThreeBeans said:
You know, you really should mention that your baby is green, to your pediatrician

But-- I LIKE green!

Loves2sing · Jul 3, 2007

ThreeBeans said:
You know, you really should mention that your baby is green, to your pediatrician

:ROTFLMAO:

At first glance, I thought the picture was showing the colours of your new seat. I could understand in the spilt second why Graco would offer a velvet Christmas pattern for their seats! LOL! BTW, after looking closer, I love the pattern on your seat!

kidzndogz · Jul 3, 2007

Ahzryn said:
I agree, that doesn't sounds right. When I played with one at a check you could pretty much tighten the straps flat against the seat it went down so small, prefect for smaller babies. There is just no way a 9 pound baby shouldn't fit. When you take pics for Graco, can you post them for us too?

Nevermind, I figured it out. I've never really looked it too hard, as the first time I tried to use it, baby was screaming in the garage and it was hot and...yeah. So I just put it back in the box and used the snugride. I just got it back out and realized I was threading the harness OVER the harness plate instead of under. It came like that so I never thought to change it. The manual never said anything about it. So I feel stupid now that it was something so simple...although I guess I would be more stupid of I had used it anyway even though I knew something was off.

The 18 month old likes it anyway! He's watching Dragon Tales in it right now, so now his 30 minutes of TV time is even more exciting. Too bad....he fits the weight limit but is right at the height limit.

scatterbunny · Jul 3, 2007

Great pic! Glad you got it all sorted out.

vonfirmath · Jul 4, 2007

kidzndogz said:
Nevermind, I figured it out. I've never really looked it too hard, as the first time I tried to use it, baby was screaming in the garage and it was hot and...yeah. So I just put it back in the box and used the snugride. I just got it back out and realized I was threading the harness OVER the harness plate instead of under. It came like that so I never thought to change it. The manual never said anything about it.

My manual does. On p.14 it says the name of that thing is the "Owner's manual pocket"

On p.21, item D. "From behind seat, push both shoulder straps UNDER owner's manual pocket and out the bottom (4)"

kidzndogz · Jul 5, 2007

vonfirmath said:
My manual does. On p.14 it says the name of that thing is the "Owner's manual pocket"

On p.21, item D. "From behind seat, push both shoulder straps UNDER owner's manual pocket and out the bottom (4)"

Ah well there was my problem. My manual came in a plastic bag and was loose inside the box when I purchased the seat. It wasn't in any "pocket" so I didn't make the connection. I did when I flipped the seat over to check the way my harness was threaded and there was a big sticker on the bottom saying something about "Warning: be sure the harness straps are threaded UNDER the harness plate". Didn't say anything about a pocket...but the word harness plate made sense to me so I fixed it.

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