griffinej5
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Hi
I am evaluating a 4.5 year old boy with down syndrome for behavioral intervention. One of the problems for which he was referred is escaping from his car seat. His mom says he gets out of it by pushing down the chest clip and wiggling out. She has tried a few different seats,and the current seat is the most difficult. I don't think there is an issue of the seat not being tight enough. While I have only seen it in video, it appeared tight enough, and she says she's put it so tight it cuts into his legs, he can still do it.
Currently, she is putting the seat belt over top of the harness. I think the seat is installed with LATCH (can't tell, wasn't in the car, but the other possibility is that it she is using the belt from another seat over top). I know that is not recommended, but it's probably better than him getting out of his seat while driving down the highway. If his seat is installed with LATCH though, at some point the belt will be needed for the install. I'm also not sure if NY is a proper use state, and this isn't legal.
Other than putting the seat belt over top of the seat, is there anything else I might recommend to keep him from pushing down the chest clip?
I am evaluating a 4.5 year old boy with down syndrome for behavioral intervention. One of the problems for which he was referred is escaping from his car seat. His mom says he gets out of it by pushing down the chest clip and wiggling out. She has tried a few different seats,and the current seat is the most difficult. I don't think there is an issue of the seat not being tight enough. While I have only seen it in video, it appeared tight enough, and she says she's put it so tight it cuts into his legs, he can still do it.
Currently, she is putting the seat belt over top of the harness. I think the seat is installed with LATCH (can't tell, wasn't in the car, but the other possibility is that it she is using the belt from another seat over top). I know that is not recommended, but it's probably better than him getting out of his seat while driving down the highway. If his seat is installed with LATCH though, at some point the belt will be needed for the install. I'm also not sure if NY is a proper use state, and this isn't legal.
Other than putting the seat belt over top of the seat, is there anything else I might recommend to keep him from pushing down the chest clip?