going home

lindseywade88

im due next month (jan 21st) and ive heard alot of people say that i shouldnt use a jacket or snowsuit to bring her home in because she can slip down into the suit and suffocate i have a cozy cover for the carseat but i just dont think it will be warm enough, can i use the suit i have for her? its like a sleeping sack and it has a slot for the carseat belt to go through

athena83

That or dress her in a regular outfit and then put a warm blanket or two over her after she's strapped in.

lindseywade88

ok thank you very much for the advice

 

MrsT624

You are not supposed to have anything bulky on baby in the car seat.  Babies can fly out of them in an accident because the belt doesn't get tight enough.  Just use a warm blanket or two to put over her once she is strapped in tight.

athena83

MrsT624:

You are not supposed to have anything bulky on baby in the car seat.  Babies can fly out of them in an accident because the belt doesn't get tight enough.  Just use a warm blanket or two to put over her once she is strapped in tight.

Damn, i forgot about that and i'm pg w/#2.  Thanks! 

MesmrEwe

The cover is going to be A LOT warmer than you think it's going to be!!  We had one with DD and will use it again providing it fits over the seat with LO too..  What we did was depending on the temperature out we'd use a different thickness of blanket on top of her and had more issues with her getting too warm than we ever did with her being cold... 

I would not use the suit!!  Even if there's the little notch for the carseat it doesn't mean that it'll fit in there properly for your LO. 

celiabwatson

You can also go ahead and warm up the car before bringing her out there. It's easy enough to get the car up to "room temperature" and then she'd only need a blanket for the trip from the building to the car (which probably isn't very far).

Monicagail1

Everything PPs have said, plus this-if you are using an infant carrier seat be sure to always bring it in the house, and not leave it in your car.  That way you're always putting baby in a room temp/warm carseat before going into the car.  Plus those seats hold heat very well.  They're really thick and most have a padded cover that will help keep baby warm.

Lisa9926

You should never put a baby in any type of coat or snowsuit in their carseat.  It's not safe.  What you need to do is put the baby in a sleeper with an undershirt underneath and put the baby in the carseat.  Then fold up a nice warm fleece baby blanket on top of the baby, on top of that put on one of the carseat covers (the shower cap type, nothing that goes behind the baby). 

Witht he carseat cover when you go outside just put the hood flap closed to keep out the wind and the cold.  The baby will be snuggly warm and safe!

stephaniebuzzella

we have a JJ Cole bundle me to avoid using a snow suit, I'd rather keep the straps close to him and we'll put a blanket over him to make sure he's nice and warm.