Do large headwings bother your kid?

todzwife · Feb 1, 2014

I got the pria yesterday and it installs wonderfully in my van (yay!) it seems SUPER comfortable and DD3 (6 months) seems comfortable. We had a 45 mile trip (each way) today so we were in the car for about 2 hours. She did fantastic and was happy and slept well. However, I did notice that she is trying to sit up straighter with her little head forward to see around the wings (or maybe she's just trying to sit up since she just figured out that trick). I'm hoping that the HUGE headwings aren't bothering her.

Does anyone have a child who HATES headwings?

Mysweethoneybee · Feb 1, 2014

My son is past that point, but he did hate headwings. I didn't know about the radian back then, but he screamed all the time in the car until we got a seat with very little in the way of headwings and after that he was happy. But that said I think I would try to get a soft mirror or something she can look at and see if that keeps her happier.

todzwife · Feb 1, 2014

She wasn't at all unhappy, just leaning forward as much as she could. I'm not entirely sure she was trying to look around them or if she's just practicing sitting up. LOL!

djma · Feb 2, 2014

DD has ridden regularly in a ProRide and Headwise and has never complained or leaned forward.

Lenae · Feb 2, 2014

My kids have never minded headwings, or deep seats either. But they are pretty dang easy going as far as car seats are concerned.

YinzerMama · Feb 2, 2014

I don't know how big the pria's wings are. I know back when my oldest was a little one there was a britax seat that a lot of kids hated because of the wings... I think it may have been the wizard? It may have been the old Boulevard as well but I thought it had a different name. Anyway I never tried it because of reports of the headwings.

My oldest only ever used the old roundabout and marathon which are wingless and pretty shallow. Moved up to a graco booster, never complained.

My girls went from old style marathons and moved up to frontier 85s which are deeper and winged, no complaints.

My youngest moves between an old style marathon, a radian with wings, and a nextfit with no complaints. The nextfit is by far his favorite but it is because of the orange button.

I agree with trying a mirror. Mine loves his mirror. She might be trying to see more - it might not bother her that she has to try to see more but she would probably still be happy seeing more. If it's just practicing sitting, she'll probably outgrow this, but she'll still love being able to see more.

ks227 · Feb 3, 2014

Older DD has been in Boulevards since she came out of the infant seat, so she doesn't know any different!

MommyShannon · Feb 3, 2014

DD2 is almost 4 and has a Complete Air in DH's truck (and sometimes other vehicles). They never bother her. Then again a rf kid in my house has other kids to look at. I think it's probably just from learning to sit up.

kam1011 · Feb 3, 2014

My kids all did/do hate headwings.

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