Car Seat Woes

sixmaybemore

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My 5.5 yo daughter is 48 lbs, and currently in a Safeguard Child Seat. Up until recently, she was fine with it. Last week, she figured out how to loosen the harness, and will NOT leave it alone.

I'm stymmied on what to do. She seems to reach a tipping point where her common sense flies out the window, and her sensory overload takes over. I've tried talking to her about safety, that didn't work. Should I try a different seat? Put her closer to up front so I can frequently check on it?

I'm really frustrated with this, and hoping it passes FAST. It's not so easy to pull over when you're pulling 6500 lbs of trailer in order to fix a car seat!
 
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Pixels

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Can you switch seats around so she isn't in that seat any more? What about her Radian?

Are you guilty over over-tightening? (I know I am.) If it's too tight, it might just be uncomfortable for her.
 

sixmaybemore

New member
I've been having a LOT of trouble getting the Radian to tighten up. It's always got a ton of slack in it.

Hmmm on the over tightening. I haven't been doing it up, Anna has been b/c those two have been sitting in the third row. I'll climb back there and see if that's the issue.
 

sixmaybemore

New member
btw, as much as we're going to be traveling, my gut says I'd really prefer her to be in the Safeguard. Maybe Radian XT? She's too tall for the MA seats. The Regent won't fit. Or the True Fit? Doesn't that go to 65 lbs and has taller harness slots?
 

Pixels

New member
I had a problem tightening my Radian at first. Then I realized that it's a ratcheting mechanism, not one long pull. It's tug release tug release tug release.

Teach Anna the pinch test, and that she should tighten it until it JUST passes.

Is she in the Go or the Child Seat? I'm guessing the Go. Could you put a sock or similar on the harness, covering the adjusters? Perhaps out of sight, out of mind.
 

Pixels

New member
Since you don't need a RFing seat, why not get a combination? If you go that route, stay away from the Nautilus. It's really easy for kids to buckle and unbuckle themselves, and it sounds like you really don't need that.
 

sixmaybemore

New member
No, she's not in the Go, she's in the Child Seat. I'm not even sure how she's reaching or what she's doing to loosen it, but I know it's tightened up and then she loosens it (she's a tall skinny thing with long arms!).

I've tried the tug pull tug pull with the Radian, and I still have trouble with it.

What other combos are there besides the Nauti and the Frontier that have higher weights? I'm drawing a blank on that one right now.
 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob
Staff member
Yeah, there's no other combos with higher weight limits that I know of, but there are convertible options. And of course the Regent.
 

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