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My 9 month old is about to outgrow her infant seat. I’ve been researching car seats and believe Britax is the best brand option. Which model is a better product, the Marathon or Boulevard and why?
If you would recommend another product, please let me know…specially why! Thanks!!
My daughter is 7 months old and getting heavy for me when carrying her in her car seat. She is going to outgrow it shortly. Is it too early to leave the car seat in the car and just carry her out of the car?
My LO is outgrowing her car seat. She is 3 Months and 18 lbs (yes she is HUGE!). We have a car seat carrier for her, but without the car seat, the wheels are pointless. I do a lot of "pack up and go," my mom lives 2.5 hours away and trips to her house are usually a few days. I think a lightweight stroller is best for us, and one that is compact when folded down as well. This would be our main stroller.
So far I have found the Joovy Kooper and the Baby jogger city mini that both look nice. Both seem to have good reviews. Does anyone here have experience with these models? Are there other strollers I should consider?
Thanks!
Getting my 13 month old to sit in her car seat has been a major struggle for a while now. She is tall and strong for her age. Every time she sees the car seat, her back and legs stiffen. If I do get her seated, she quickly gets to her feet, turns around, grabs the back of the seat and tries to climb over it. Eventually, after anywhere from 15 to 30 mins, I win the battle, either by persistent gentle force or bribing with a new toy. However by then, I am usually sweating, worn out and late for work.
I’m looking for new ideas on how to handle this, especially from other parents with kids around the same age. I have read many posts online, but the suggestions are usually for older kids. My daughter does not understand things like: "you’re a big girl", negotiating, telling her where we are going, etc. And I am stern with her, which sometimes gets her upset enough that she’ll just sit down. Recently though, the stern route has been leading to a meltdown and more struggling. And the new toy or sippy cup thing only works for about a day, so at this rate, I’m going to go in to debt buying bribe toys and cups.
Any other ideas out there? (BTW, I do not spank my daughter, so please don’t bother responding if that is your idea.)
Sammy C - First, I say ‘bribing’ in jest. Maybe ‘distracting’ her would have been a better description. For example, she is moving on from bottles to sippy cups, so I distract her with the new sippy cup we are trying to get her to use.
Second, I’m not sure how old the kids are that you take care of, but I am almost positive that time outs aren’t appropriate for a 13 month old. If she has a meltdown in the house, I do put her in her crib, in her room alone to calm down. However, she is certainly not at the stage of comprehension where I could sit her somewhere and formally put her on a time out. It would make no sense to her. I am definitely anything but a pushover. And while my daughter listens to me and knows when I am being serious in almost every other place, the car seat is the one area she has chosen as our battleground.
Okay, maybe this isn’t the best resource for my issue.
Sweetdaddy Rex - That’s great that you raised four kids. I am guessing that you come from a different generation of parenting than myself. As I posted earlier, I am not interested in hearing from folks who suggest spanking. I was raised in a home where I was spanked often. It did not teach me what I needed to be taught. It was a way for my parents to get out their frustration. It only taught me to be afraid of and dislike my father. I do not want that to be my daughter’s experience in life. We can agree to disagree. And before you pass judgment on anyone’s parenting skills, you may want to think back to when you were a first time parent. Remember you weren’t always the ‘pro’ you like to at least tell yourself you are. If you remember that next time you answer someone’s post, you may sound like less of a horse’s a** than you do here.
Luckily no one got hurt when the accident happened yesterday, but my sister and the husband who are both regnurses lied to the police officer saying were only 3 in the car. We hid the baby behind the front seat giving him milk bottle so that he will not get fussy. Im just wondering what will happen if the police caught the baby there and theres no car seat? Seious replies only please
But gave them an explaination of how the world was created … an impersonal god ??
i wonder if people would like him better ?
my daughter is pushing the 20 lb mark so will need to be out of the infant carseat very soon. since she is under 1years old do i need to keep the bigger car seat rear facing still? my son is 7 and never did this for him but have times changed?
i got my first car…its black and i want to put baby blue seat covers in it…i cant find the seat covers anywhere that are cheap anyone know where i can find some??
I am presently working in Kuwait but will be bringing my family from Australia for several months. I have a two year old boy and given what I have seen in Kuwait already am a bit concerned that safety really is not on most drivers minds. I want to get a child car seat for the period duing which my family will be here but have no idea where to go. Another recent question in this category gave some very disturbing examples on the risks of not restraining children with the original question relating to Kuwait but the answer did not help on how or where to get such an important piece of equipment.
Any suggestions?
She is 4mths and weighs 18lbs. I put the car a/c on high, but she is always damp with sweat when I get her out. I know she needs to face rear still. Has anyone else had this problem?
I have dark tint on my windows as well as pull-down screens.
For 4 hours a day five days a week during the day? I am planning on going back to school and am also thinking of trying for a child and am wondering how soon a newborn can go to a sitter for this amount of time and be away from me. Thanks!
This is a very well trusted family member that has three kids of her own in school during the day. I am very close to her and she lives less than a mile from where I would be while the baby would be there.
My son wil be 3 in November and he doesn’t do most of the things I ask him to. Now I know he is only a toddler and I don’t expect him to listen to every thing I tell him to do, but what concerns me is that if he has the opportunity to take off on me he does. It is usually when I have my hands full of groceries and he is getting out of the car in our driveway that he will take off up the street. He thinks it is a game. I have tried giving him a time-out after collecting him. I have told him why he can’t run off on me. It hasn’t seemed to make any differance. He just laughs while running away from me.
Any suggestions? I’m at my wits end. I would hate to have to spend the next 10 years locked in my house.
My husband and I were arguing about which one would be better. I said I would like to go with something that is around 0 to 0 and he said cheaper is much better. What id your opinion on the situation.
hi im doing chair squats without weights. 3 sets of 15 reps a day. How many days in 1 week should i do this for?
As im using no weights would it be ok to do them everyday? x
And if so which one do you own? and do you like yours? I have the Britax Boulevard for my daughter who is 2yrs and We love it. she has used it since 6 months old. I was thinking about buying the Britax Decathlon for our newborn baby and up. But I dont know of anyone with that one. So just curious if you have one and you like yours?