Graco Nautilus

scoutingbear

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #1

The GN was sitting in the house and Maddie wanted to play car seats. Really! She did! She kept climbing in, sitting down and yelling for me to buckle her. So I did what any good carseat nerd would do and lowered the harness to the proper height, moved the crotch strap in, and went and dug out the insert for the seat.

First picture! The headrest is just covering the harness from the highest setting and the crotch buckle isn't moved in all the way.

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Crotch buckle moved in, harness properly lowered. I don't like the fit around her hips.

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She was done playing carseat. With the padding. It was a PITA! It slid down even properly threaded and pushed her forward.

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Then I realized the adjuster strap looked like this in the back.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Feb 4, 2012

• #2

Turn it backwards. She should still be rear-facing.

 

NannyMom

Well-known member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #3

Oh no, poor seat!

 

robbertbobbert

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #4

LISmama810 said:

Turn it backwards. She should still be rear-facing.

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I've seen this done several times around my town.

 

Laurelz

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #5

LISmama810 said:

Turn it backwards. She should still be rear-facing.

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Hahahahaha!

 

Kac

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Feb 4, 2012

• #6

I've also had a GN in a check brought RFing for a tall child. They tried..

I still want to play with mine to attempt to see how she had hers in.

 

scoutingbear

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #7

Is the adjuster strap replaceable? I was going to be handing this seat off to a friend who has an expiring Apex. I tried searching the Graco site but there are no descriptions for the harness bundle that they have listed under replacement parts.

 

scoutingbear

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #8

LISmama810 said:

Turn it backwards. She should still be rear-facing.

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Awww... but she actually meets the minimums for the seat! And the top slots are still way over her shoulders.

Okay. Disclaimer. This child is 18 months old. She is still rear facing.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Feb 4, 2012

• #9

scoutingbear said:

Awww... but she actually meets the minimums for the seat! And the top slots are still way over her shoulders.

Okay. Disclaimer. This child is 18 months old. She is still rear facing.

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I was kinda hoping you'd just turn the seat toward the wall and take a picture of the back of it, and be like, "There."

 

scoutingbear

New member

• Feb 4, 2012

• #10

LISmama810 said:

I was kinda hoping you'd just turn the seat toward the wall and take a picture of the back of it, and be like, "There."

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Sorry. I was out at dinner with the boys and she is sound asleep. Maybe tomorrow I'll even put it in the car backwards, just for you.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Feb 5, 2012

• #11

scoutingbear said:

Sorry. I was out at dinner with the boys and she is sound asleep. Maybe tomorrow I'll even put it in the car backwards, just for you.

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If you turned it around and took a picture from the back, you could say she was in it even if she wasn't. But now it's kind of ruined.

 

cookie123

New member

• Feb 5, 2012

• #12

I just got a new GN harness and it didn't include the adjuster strap or the chest clip. I wish I had thought to order a new chest clip. I washed the old one, but it didn't help that much.