Question rear facing car seat that fits my chrystler grand voyager?

[Unregistered]

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me FAST! I have a chrystler grand voyager car that is a stow and go and need to fit a rear facing stage 0 car seat in the back. The problem that I am facing is that all the seats in the car are sloped downwards. Every car seat that I have tried including the isofix base ones leave my child too upright in his car seat. The seat that I use at the moment, has to be buckled in but I need to slope it upwards just to get my sons head high enough. This then makes not all of my cat seat hit the seat. I have tried all sorts of seats and am finding it difficult to solve this problem. I have car seats that can fit rearward facing and then face the other way when the child turns 1 but my seatbelt is not long enough to fit the car seat in. Please help me, I do not want to risk driving with my child not properly restrained. Cant change my car as I need a 7 seater. All replies would be apreciated. Thank you in advance!!!!!!!!!

 

[wendytthomas]

The OP has a UK IP address.

Moved to the international forum.

OP, are you allowed to use noodles or a rolled towel to achieve the proper angle? Also, do you know that a study from the British Medical Journal says kids should rear face as long as possible, and through their 23rd month there's a massive increase in safety (up to 534%) in rear facing beyond the first year?

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/13/6/398.abstract

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8094829.stm

Using a rolled towel (like this) or a noodle to achieve the proper angle:

http://www.carseatsite.com/reclinewithtowel.jpg

Wendy

 

[_juune]

Have you looked at Klippan KISS/Akta Graco Duologic? It's recline is said to fit newborns, ir doesn't need much of seatbelt lenght, it is quite compact, plus you can rearface your child for quite a while.
As for rolled towels and the like I have to say I've never heard of manufacturer explicitly permitting this with Euro seats Britax, for example, makes their own angle wedge, in case it's needed.

 

[kirsty]

Have u tried the graco logico s with the base as it has a recline foot and would likely last you long time my neice still fits with room to grow at 2