Is this alright

my2kidsSafe · Aug 16, 2008

Another mom from another site. Just gave birth and was posting pics of her son coming home in his safe seat. Something about this doesn't look right. I don't know if its because my son was born so BIG that this is ok for small/normal size baby.

HEVY · Aug 16, 2008

Looks too loose, the lap part could be tightened over his hips, then the rest.

azgirl71 · Aug 16, 2008

HArness is definately too loose over the thighs as Hevy said. Chest clip looks a little on the low side too.

snowbird25ca · Aug 17, 2008

Her baby is doing what I like to refer to as "newborn frog legging." I always tell parents at prenatal checks that they need to make sure to straighten baby's legs enough to have the hip strap sitting against them at the hip, and not across the lower end of the upper part of the leg/knee like is shown in this picture here. (Man, hard to describe in words the area I'm talking about, but I think looking at the picture that this will make sense?)

Have mom make sure that the strap is going right across the top of the leg - it's correct on the one side, just not on the other where you can see the knee is almost under the strap. Then she'll be able to tighten the harness up better. I think if the strap had been positioned properly she probably would've gotten the harness the correct tightness. As it was, it probably got snug on the one shoulder before the other and she wasn't able to tighten it further.

It actually looks like the seat fits pretty good though.

Is this alright

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