Question Winter car seat covers

MaggieQ · Sep 24, 2013

We live in Minnesota, it's COLD. Very, very cold. Unbelievably cold. My BFF is due Christmas Eve <3

I'm looking for the warmest car seat cover out there, rather than have to put a bunch of layers on a tiny, squishy newborn.

I know how to cut the back out of a bundle me, I'm looking at the urban and the weather resistant for the wind breaking aspect. Is the material inside the urban more or less warm than the sheerling (sp?) of the classic? Also can I cut the back out of the urban with out it falling apart?

Is there a really warm shower cap style cover as in NO gaps on a keyfit 30?

katymyers · Sep 24, 2013

I live in Idaho and what I did when my daughter was a newborn (she was born in October) was put a light receiving blanket tightly around her to 'swaddle' her, then a small, thick, plush blanket over that, a JJ Cole Car SeatCover over that and then a canopy I made myself with flannel and minkee over top. It was a lot but she stayed warm, in the car all I had to do was pull the plush blanket out so she didn't over heat either. If that feels like too much for your friend, I had a friend use a shower cap cover over a Bundle Me which seemed to work well for her.

featherhead · Sep 24, 2013

Honestly, I think a couple layers is better. That way on warmer days baby isn't overheating in the seat. I live in Manitoba, so at least as cold as Minnesota

. My last was born at the end of November and I used a JJ Cole Carseat Cover ( not the bundle me). Baby wore a hat, sweater and booties and had a blanket over top, and then the cover. On the extreme cold days (-40s with windchill) I would put a double layer fleece blanket over the cover.

Now I am due in 4 weeks with another little one. I sold my cover as at that point we weren't planning on any more babies. Of course we changed our minds. So this time I'm going to try with just the boot that came with my Keyfit, and blankets. If that doesn't seem warm enough I will get the same cover I had last time. I really liked it cause it had the zipper all the way around. I didn't have to pull the cover off and put it back on every single time.

featherhead · Sep 24, 2013

Oh, and by layers I mean blankets, etc. not on baby.

Mary_Ann · Sep 24, 2013

My friends love their "petit coulou", it's made in Canada! It's expensive and I don't know if the shipping fees would be high...a lot of people in Quebec use them during winter.

cookie123 · Sep 24, 2013

I live in MN too. And Matthew was a winter baby. He generally wore a fleece outfit in the car. Then I'd take a fleece receiving blanket and fold it in 4 and tuck it around him. Add a hat, then a Shower cap style cover over. He always came out sweaty. We had the Nuzzler, I think it was called - you can google it. While I liked it, it did leave a little hole in the corner by the handle.

I tried the cut out Bundle me. It just seems to not stay in place and was kind of a pain in there, imo. I hated it.

Oh, we had the Key FIt.

canadiangie · Sep 24, 2013

I think the JJ Cole shower cap style cover is fabulous. And it's right around 40dollars, so won't break that bank. What a nice baby gift.

Cnidaria · Sep 25, 2013

I've no personal experience with any of these, but the top-rated review on this Jolly Jumper Arctic showercap cover is quite the comparison-shopping tour de force. She likes the Jolly Jumper Arctic best.

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LuBaby16 · Sep 26, 2013

canadiangie said:
I think the JJ Cole shower cap style cover is fabulous. And it's right around 40dollars, so won't break that bank. What a nice baby gift.

Agreed. My son was in an infant carrier during a long Alaskan winter. Wr used the JJ Cole shower cap style with his KF30 and a light blanket over him. He was always very warm with that.

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