2 infant seats for 09 Santa Fe (was:H&H's Gigi)

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My daughter is having twins. She drives a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. Husband is 6'4" tall. Having a problem finding two rear facing car seats that will fit in her car. Any suggestions?
 
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Keeks64

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Which infant seats has she tried?

The Chicco keyfits are small front to back & fit tiny newborns well :)

Her DH might have to try adjusting his seat back more upright, then move the seat itself back to accommodate the leg room he needs. It might take some getting used too but it's doable :)

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Hello :)

Is she set on having infant buckets? If not, you can put the babies directly into convertibles. Convertible seats tend to take up less front-to-back space than infant seats.
 

MamanMag

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If she wants the carrier type, I would look at the Chicco Keyfit which is what we chose for our twins and it worked great for us!! It fits tiny babies really well and I have to say that being able to carry them in their seats was a life saver, especially for the first few months when babies don't have much muscle tone and then when they fell asleep in them, we would just carry them inside and let them sleep because, believe me, when they sleep, you won't want to wake them up ;).

If she really wants to skip the bucket type seat, I would look at the combi coccoro, fits tiny babies really well too!

Good luck and congratulations!!

Mag
 
If she wants the carrier type, I would look at the Chicco Keyfit which is what we chose for our twins and it worked great for us!! It fits tiny babies really well and I have to say that being able to carry them in their seats was a life saver, especially for the first few months when babies don't have much muscle tone and then when they fell asleep in them, we would just carry them inside and let them sleep because, believe me, when they sleep, you won't want to wake them up ;).

If she really wants to skip the bucket type seat, I would look at the combi coccoro, fits tiny babies really well too!

Good luck and congratulations!!

Mag

Just as a side note for readers, car seats should never be used as a place to keep sleeping children. Once home or at their destination, they need to be promptly removed from their car seat and laid flat on their back in their crib/bed. Prolonged seating in car seats can contribute to desaturation and other negative health effects.

This is an article from the AAP (the note on car beds can be ignored as that is irrelevant):

The study, “A Comparison of Respiratory Patterns in Healthy Term Infants Placed in Car Safety Seats and Beds,” compared oxygen levels in 200 newborns while in a hospital crib, car bed and car seat. The mean oxygen saturation level was significantly lower in the car seat (95.7 percent) and the car bed (96.3 percent) compared to the crib (97.9 percent). Previous studies have found similar effects on premature infants; this study confirms the respiration of full-term infants is also affected by car seats and car beds.
The study authors suggest these safety devices should be used only for protection during travel, and not as replacement for cribs.
- See more at: http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-...-Levels-of-Newborns.aspx#sthash.Zi1flkNN.dpuf


OP gave excellent advice on the KeyFit seats and the Coccoro, and I second both! I just wanted to make sure that no one thought it was acceptable to allow children to remain in their car seat longer than the time they are traveling in the car.
 

MamanMag

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Just as a side note for readers, car seats should never be used as a place to keep sleeping children. Once home or at their destination, they need to be promptly removed from their car seat and laid flat on their back in their crib/bed. Prolonged seating in car seats can contribute to desaturation and other negative health effects.

This is an article from the AAP (the note on car beds can be ignored as that is irrelevant):

The study, “A Comparison of Respiratory Patterns in Healthy Term Infants Placed in Car Safety Seats and Beds,” compared oxygen levels in 200 newborns while in a hospital crib, car bed and car seat. The mean oxygen saturation level was significantly lower in the car seat (95.7 percent) and the car bed (96.3 percent) compared to the crib (97.9 percent). Previous studies have found similar effects on premature infants; this study confirms the respiration of full-term infants is also affected by car seats and car beds.
The study authors suggest these safety devices should be used only for protection during travel, and not as replacement for cribs.
- See more at: http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/Car-Seats-Lower-Oxygen-Levels-of-Newborns.aspx#sthash.Zi1flkNN.dpuf

OP gave excellent advice on the KeyFit seats and the Coccoro, and I second both! I just wanted to make sure that no one thought it was acceptable to allow children to remain in their car seat longer than the time they are traveling in the car.

I totally agree with you and of course this is not even something that could be argued with, the AAP is very clear about it. Personally we never went far with our babies and very rarely since putting babies on the road is not safe anyway but when we went, it was for a 15 min drive max and, of course, that's when they would fall asleep... Well, as a sleep deprived mom, I would let them in their seat for an additional 10-15 minutes (when the car stopped it didn't take much for them to wake up)... It's not like they lived in it or anything, and there is a big difference between letting them take a little nap and replacing the crib with a car seat! They had to pass the "car seat test" before we left the hospital.

Thank you for mentioning this though. It is important to inform parents about this fact!! Leaving babies in car seats or in swings is not a good thing, not only for their oxygen levels but for their spine as well. Laying flat on their back is the best.
 

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