Comments on: The Big Boy Carseat http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jenna http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Jenna Thu, 07 May 2009 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-3201 I know you guys made this transitions awhile back, but I'm currently in the middle of this overwhelming, stressful search. A couple of questions...1) Are you still happy with the Marathon? 2) Just out of curiosity, did you consider the Boulevard? If so, how did you finally decide on the Marathon, other than the fact that the Boulevard is more expensive? I can't decide between these two! I know you guys made this transitions awhile back, but I’m currently in the middle of this overwhelming, stressful search. A couple of questions…1) Are you still happy with the Marathon? 2) Just out of curiosity, did you consider the Boulevard? If so, how did you finally decide on the Marathon, other than the fact that the Boulevard is more expensive?

I can’t decide between these two!

]]> By: Cat http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 Cat Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:08:22 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-3101 Your son is beautiful, and that's a great seat choice. Please remember that the chest clip needs to go at armpit level, not on the belly, to properly position the harness. Also, the harness seems very loose. You should not be able to pinch any slack at the collar bone, as shown here: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=49030. If his coat is either too thick or too stiff to allow a tight harness, it needs to come off. Try putting him and tightening, then leave the harness tight, take off his jacket, and put him back in to see how much slack the jacket is causing. If it's enough to fail the pinch test, it is too big/stiff for the carseat. Try these coat tricks: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=29772 Hope you get many good years with the Marathon! Your son is beautiful, and that’s a great seat choice.

Please remember that the chest clip needs to go at armpit level, not on the belly, to properly position the harness. Also, the harness seems very loose. You should not be able to pinch any slack at the collar bone, as shown here: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=49030.

If his coat is either too thick or too stiff to allow a tight harness, it needs to come off. Try putting him and tightening, then leave the harness tight, take off his jacket, and put him back in to see how much slack the jacket is causing. If it’s enough to fail the pinch test, it is too big/stiff for the carseat. Try these coat tricks:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=29772

Hope you get many good years with the Marathon!

]]> By: Sara http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Sara Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:18:05 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2575 The Britax is a great deal in the long run! Lucy has been using hers for over 4 years and we are going to upgrade this summer. She won't reach the weight restriction (60 lbs.) until she's 12, but she's almost too long in the torso. We are going to get a Britax Frontier because it becomes a booster once she's 40 lbs. What a sweet big boy you have! I too am sentimental about those little shifts. The don't stop coming... The Britax is a great deal in the long run! Lucy has been using hers for over 4 years and we are going to upgrade this summer. She won’t reach the weight restriction (60 lbs.) until she’s 12, but she’s almost too long in the torso. We are going to get a Britax Frontier because it becomes a booster once she’s 40 lbs.
What a sweet big boy you have! I too am sentimental about those little shifts. The don’t stop coming…

]]> By: Kath http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Kath Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:37:02 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2574 Thank you for reminding me to check the height limit on my own Graco seat. Yep, 2.5 inches to go here, too! I wonder how long it will take for our babies to grow that "tall"?? Thank you for reminding me to check the height limit on my own Graco seat. Yep, 2.5 inches to go here, too! I wonder how long it will take for our babies to grow that “tall”??

]]> By: Sarah http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2564 Sarah Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:31:59 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2564 Awwwwww!! I know how you feel about all this seating arrangement happenings in our lives. Who would of thought we would get sentimental about riding in a different seat? Kaity took her first trip sitting in a shopping cart the other day. It was really sad for me because we aren't having any more children. It was the LAST time for the "first time in a shopping cart". That stage in their lives is huge for me. Now she is making her way around the house by scooting! My little girly is growing up too fast! Is there some way to stop it?? :~) Hope your week is blessed! Awwwwww!! I know how you feel about all this seating arrangement happenings in our lives. Who would of thought we would get sentimental about riding in a different seat? Kaity took her first trip sitting in a shopping cart the other day. It was really sad for me because we aren’t having any more children. It was the LAST time for the “first time in a shopping cart”. That stage in their lives is huge for me. Now she is making her way around the house by scooting! My little girly is growing up too fast! Is there some way to stop it?? :~) Hope your week is blessed!

]]> By: Jen http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2562 Jen Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:26:48 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2562 He looks like such a little boy! Love the pics. My little guy is not so little and I'm afraid we are going to have to bust out the Marathon sooner rather than later. I don't even have a winter coat for him - didn't even think about that since we, too, have the Bundle Me! Thanks for all the Photoshop tips, too. I print everything out and play around every chance I get! He looks like such a little boy! Love the pics. My little guy is not so little and I’m afraid we are going to have to bust out the Marathon sooner rather than later. I don’t even have a winter coat for him – didn’t even think about that since we, too, have the Bundle Me!

Thanks for all the Photoshop tips, too. I print everything out and play around every chance I get!

]]> By: Jill http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 Jill Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:14:22 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2561 OMG, he's just a darling little boy! I can't believe how big he's getting! He's looking so mature!!! OMG, he’s just a darling little boy! I can’t believe how big he’s getting! He’s looking so mature!!!

]]> By: ariana http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2560 ariana Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:11:28 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2560 TheRightWife, Jasper cried the entire time he was in the snugride from months 2-5. It was torture riding to daycare and back everyday with Jasper screaming in the backseat. Boy was I glad when that stage ended.. it will for Mikey too I hope! Jbhat, lucky indeed :) So yes, funny story about the Ikea highchair.. we bought it this weekend ($19.99!) and the damn thing came without the seatbelt restraint thingy it's supposed to have. They are mailing it to me so at least I don't have to go back. Things like that drive me nuts about Ikea (though it doesn't seem to keep me from buying most of my furniture there!) vtjill, exactly! A hat was all we used to need too. Poor Jasper was a little stunned by the minus degree windchill factor.. he's used to the little plastic hood that shielded him from such things in the past. It also makes me have to be religious about starting the car a while in advance. I can't wait until spring!!! Rox, I don't know when you will get to see him next but you won't BELIEVE how much he's changed since Xmas, let alone by then - he'll for sure be crawling and god knows what else :) TheRightWife, Jasper cried the entire time he was in the snugride from months 2-5. It was torture riding to daycare and back everyday with Jasper screaming in the backseat. Boy was I glad when that stage ended.. it will for Mikey too I hope!

Jbhat, lucky indeed :) So yes, funny story about the Ikea highchair.. we bought it this weekend ($19.99!) and the damn thing came without the seatbelt restraint thingy it’s supposed to have. They are mailing it to me so at least I don’t have to go back. Things like that drive me nuts about Ikea (though it doesn’t seem to keep me from buying most of my furniture there!)

vtjill, exactly! A hat was all we used to need too. Poor Jasper was a little stunned by the minus degree windchill factor.. he’s used to the little plastic hood that shielded him from such things in the past. It also makes me have to be religious about starting the car a while in advance.

I can’t wait until spring!!!

Rox, I don’t know when you will get to see him next but you won’t BELIEVE how much he’s changed since Xmas, let alone by then – he’ll for sure be crawling and god knows what else :)

]]> By: auntie Rox http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2558 auntie Rox Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:40:03 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2558 so cute! I love those pics. He's starting to look like a little boy! Awwwww! so cute! I love those pics. He’s starting to look like a little boy! Awwwww!

]]> By: vtjill http://www.becoming-mom.net/2009/03/03/the-big-boy-carseat/comment-page-1/#comment-2557 vtjill Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:35:32 +0000 http://www.becoming-mom.net/?p=571#comment-2557 What a cutie! I'm like you in that once my daughter moves out of her Chicco Keyfit 30, I won't know how to dress her without the Bundle Me! We have even been places before where we had to carry her inside and realized she had no coat, shoes, mittens, etc because she usually only has to wear a hat. Oops. What a cutie! I’m like you in that once my daughter moves out of her Chicco Keyfit 30, I won’t know how to dress her without the Bundle Me! We have even been places before where we had to carry her inside and realized she had no coat, shoes, mittens, etc because she usually only has to wear a hat. Oops.

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