Today, I noticed that after a 10 minute drive, the straps were looser than when I buckled my son in. I was pretty sure it was snug tight with the chest clip in its proper place, but by the end of the drive there was about 1/2 inch of slack (more or less). On our way back, I made sure the strap was extra snug and that he was positioned properly (in case he somehow is retaining slack when I buckle him in), but again just a few minutes later it seemed loose again (though not as bad as the first time).
I'm not sure what the cause is - I'm thinking it could be one of the following:
1) The body pillow is somehow creating slack, so I have removed it for now and will see how he is on our next trip.
2) The harness straps are below the shoulder, and because it is a non-rethread system, when he stiffens his body it pushes the harness up, creating slack.
3) He is able to press the harness release button somehow (he is into a phase of pressing switches of all sorts, and at the end of the drive he always is holding the end of the harness adjuster strap).
4) The car seat is defective.
I like the car seat a lot for the ease of installation so we can transfer it between cars, but the fact that this happened twice in the same day worries me. I don't recall it happening the last time we used it a week ago, so it is a bit baffling. It is not our primary car seat, and if this happens again we will stop using it.
I tried to google if anyone else has had this issue and ran across this old thread on here, but since it is so old, I wasnt able to reply:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=264245
Did anyone find a reason or solution to this back then? Or does anyone have any additional thoughts or ideas? Thanks!
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I'm not sure what the cause is - I'm thinking it could be one of the following:
1) The body pillow is somehow creating slack, so I have removed it for now and will see how he is on our next trip.
2) The harness straps are below the shoulder, and because it is a non-rethread system, when he stiffens his body it pushes the harness up, creating slack.
3) He is able to press the harness release button somehow (he is into a phase of pressing switches of all sorts, and at the end of the drive he always is holding the end of the harness adjuster strap).
4) The car seat is defective.
I like the car seat a lot for the ease of installation so we can transfer it between cars, but the fact that this happened twice in the same day worries me. I don't recall it happening the last time we used it a week ago, so it is a bit baffling. It is not our primary car seat, and if this happens again we will stop using it.
I tried to google if anyone else has had this issue and ran across this old thread on here, but since it is so old, I wasnt able to reply:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=264245
Did anyone find a reason or solution to this back then? Or does anyone have any additional thoughts or ideas? Thanks!
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