Car Seat warmth for itty bitties :)

[VanIsleMommy]

My little one is due in Feb, and it's going to be a cold winter. She's too young for the car seat poncho (6m and up) so I'm looking for an alternative. Any suggestions? do those car seat canopy things work or are they a pain in the butt? with my son I used a bag that went over the whole car seat (not behind his back though) but he hated it because he couldn't see out the window hole.

 

[Pixels]

Shower cap covers work amazingly well. I took then-2mo DS to a car seat check event in April. It was freezing cold, but he was toasty warm in that for hours.

I'm working on making a larger one for this year. Now that his feet are at the edge of the seat, the old cover is too tight and it squishes his feet.

 

[VanIsleMommy]

something like this?

http://www.babbaco.com/babbacover-pink-fleece-car-seat-cover.html

 

[Emi's Mommy]

I had a Jolly Jumper shower cap cover, from BRU but I've also seen similar at Wal-Mart, for my Keyfit and it worked great. It has a fleece interior and a waterproof exterior which really helped keep the wind off her. My concern with the style you linked is that the wind and rain/snow might go right through it.

I then put a folded fleece blanket over her legs and on particularly cold days she was in a fleece snowsuit.

Here is a link:
http://www.ohbabymagazine.com/shopping-cart/Jolly_Jumper_Deluxe_Sneek-A-Peek_-_Car_seat_cover

 

[rachelandtyke]

That one's adorable!

I used this one: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/NoJo-Baby-Cover-2dUp-2d-Navy-Patch/dp/B0000A9Y9W/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t"]Amazon.com: NoJo Baby Cover-Up- Navy Patch: Baby[/ame]

It has worked great for winters in Northern Virginia, Vancouver, and Calgary. I usually put a hat on baby and if it was really cold or windy, put the canopy down to block the cold or wind on the way to the car. If the car didn't take long to warm up, I'd unzip it before we drove off so baby didn't get too hot (and usually take the hat off, too).

 

[Pixels]

Like this: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/EVC-Microfiber-Fleece-Cozy-Cover/dp/B0041LXCCW"]Amazon.com: EVC Microfiber & Fleece Cozy Cover - Royal Blue: Baby[/ame]
Warning, creepy photoshopping.

 

[VanIsleMommy]

*sigh* why couldn't the adorable car one be rain and windproof (hehehe)

I like those two, practical as well since they unzip. I don't think the one I had for my son unzipped.

 

[Pixelated]

I used one last year in Ottawa where it was *significantly* colder than it will be here on Vancouver Island this year (yay!) -- and it worked really well. It had a zip and a peep-hole and did have a wind/water resistant cover on top with fleece on the underneath. Other than that a toque, a fleece sleeper and if necessary an extra blanket tucked underneath. On windy days I'd just put the handle up and drape a heavy-weight fleece blanket over top for walking from car to house. I found the blanket needed to be heavy enough to not blow off in a wind, a smaller baby blanket just didn't cut it.

 

[cookie123]

We used this


http://www.babypolargear.com/infant_car_seat_covers.html

for Matthew. He was born in MN in December. He also wore a hat and a fleece receiving blanket folded in 4 and tucked around him over the harness. He always came out sweaty no matter how cold the weather. No snowsuit. Usually just a sleeper and a tee shirt or some other normal outfit.

 

[Jamie*]

we used the jolly jumper one too, except we got ours from WM. It worked well for us. Will be buying another one for our 5mon old soon.

 

[dingohate]

This company is based out of Calgary and makes AMAZING covers. I LOVE that the zippers come down on a bit of an angle so you can unzip and take baby out without removing the cover each time. It's easy to get to the harness adjustment strap and it's incredibly warm. Also wind and rain resistant.

://http://www.babyparka.ca/Site/for_the_car_seat.html