LISmama810
Admin - CPS Technician
Sigh.
DS and I had wanted a Skurvy oobr for so long. I bought one from a mama on here a while back and finally got around to using it today... And it was awful!
The main problem was with the seatbelts in our truck. They're set far back toward the bight and have no buckle stalk. That makes it really hard for DS to buckle (or for us to buckle him, for that matter). He had finally gotten used to buckling the Monterey, but the oobr was impossible for him.
In fact, DH helped him with it and commented, "Well, at least we know it won't UNbuckle!" When I went to check it, the belt wasn't even clicked in all the way! It just looked/felt like it was. Hard to explain, but trust me.
Then the seat of the oobr looked really, really shallow for DS. He just turned 6 but he's tall for his age. He looked like he was sliding out of the seat. I was surprised by that because cleks are supposed to be so good for leg support. He didn't complain, but he looked like he was going to slide off the Teflon seat at any second.
The lap belt also seemed a little higher than I would have liked, and something about the belt guide on the oobr made the shoulder belt look like it was coming in at a weird angle. It fit fine, but it seemed like it was almost bending the belt.
I HAD tried the oobr in the truck once before at a store, and it seemed fine then. But that was more of a hurried, yep-seems-to-work deal. In practice, there's no way it'll work for us, in the truck at least.
I'm going to see if it works better in our Pilot. If it does, we'll keep it for a few months. I really hope it does, for DS's sake (and mine )
DS and I had wanted a Skurvy oobr for so long. I bought one from a mama on here a while back and finally got around to using it today... And it was awful!
The main problem was with the seatbelts in our truck. They're set far back toward the bight and have no buckle stalk. That makes it really hard for DS to buckle (or for us to buckle him, for that matter). He had finally gotten used to buckling the Monterey, but the oobr was impossible for him.
In fact, DH helped him with it and commented, "Well, at least we know it won't UNbuckle!" When I went to check it, the belt wasn't even clicked in all the way! It just looked/felt like it was. Hard to explain, but trust me.
Then the seat of the oobr looked really, really shallow for DS. He just turned 6 but he's tall for his age. He looked like he was sliding out of the seat. I was surprised by that because cleks are supposed to be so good for leg support. He didn't complain, but he looked like he was going to slide off the Teflon seat at any second.
The lap belt also seemed a little higher than I would have liked, and something about the belt guide on the oobr made the shoulder belt look like it was coming in at a weird angle. It fit fine, but it seemed like it was almost bending the belt.
I HAD tried the oobr in the truck once before at a store, and it seemed fine then. But that was more of a hurried, yep-seems-to-work deal. In practice, there's no way it'll work for us, in the truck at least.
I'm going to see if it works better in our Pilot. If it does, we'll keep it for a few months. I really hope it does, for DS's sake (and mine )