CDNTech
Senior Community Member
We are constantly asked about winter coats in our climate. Here is a safe way to wear a winter coat in the carseat. It's important to always test to make sure the harness is snug enough.
Put your child in the seat without a coat on and adjust the harness correctly. Now take your child out of the seat and do *not* loosen the harness. Put the coat on and put the child back in the seat. If you do not have to loosen the harness to make it fit, the coat is fine. If it is too bulky, read on to learn the coat trick. The coat trick allows you to keep your jacket on without compromising the tightness of the harness.
Okay, confession time...
The coat is an "on the thinner side" one from Walmart... I think it cost me $30. It is his winter coat that he wears outside to play in the snow with.
It is slightly too big for him, but I didn't want him to outgrow it half way through winter.
He is also wearing both inner and outer layers in that photo.
Did I mention this was confession time?
This is why the coat trick works... even with all those no-no's the harness is still the exact same snugness as it is with him just wearing a t-shirt.
You can see one side of the coat pulled through the harness...
Both sides pulled through the harness with the buckle done up...
Coat zipped up over the harness...
Put your child in the seat without a coat on and adjust the harness correctly. Now take your child out of the seat and do *not* loosen the harness. Put the coat on and put the child back in the seat. If you do not have to loosen the harness to make it fit, the coat is fine. If it is too bulky, read on to learn the coat trick. The coat trick allows you to keep your jacket on without compromising the tightness of the harness.
Okay, confession time...
The coat is an "on the thinner side" one from Walmart... I think it cost me $30. It is his winter coat that he wears outside to play in the snow with.
It is slightly too big for him, but I didn't want him to outgrow it half way through winter.
He is also wearing both inner and outer layers in that photo.
Did I mention this was confession time?
This is why the coat trick works... even with all those no-no's the harness is still the exact same snugness as it is with him just wearing a t-shirt.
You can see one side of the coat pulled through the harness...

Both sides pulled through the harness with the buckle done up...

Coat zipped up over the harness...
