Adjusting carseat straps (any carseat techs here?)

Angela814

I know rear facing straps are supposed to be at or below the shoulders.

How do you know when to move them when you have an infant or child who slumps down in the seat?

DD3 is 7 weeks old. She's long and thin - just over 9 lbs and around 23". If she's stretched out, she is clearly level with the 3rd slot. (The slot is 9", and her "seated" torso length is about 9".) Once I actually get her strapped all the way into the carseat, the straps are probably 1/4" above her shoulders. I need to move them back down, right? They're just so much lower than her shoulders now...

And semi-related... We still need the infant support pillow, but it has those leg pads that are in the way of the bottom leg straps when we move the pillow up to the correct height for her head. Here's a pic of the insert. It's the Safety 1st OnBoard 35 Air. Would you just fold them out of the way?

aboynamedbarry

I can't see the pic somehow maybe its becuz I'm on mobile so I can't help you there but if she is 1/4 inch below the slot seated then it needs to be moved down... sometimes they will fit differently than the measurements suggest. But its always at or below as you know so defitely keep it in that lower slot until she's a bit bigger :

gimmietimmies

I'm not familiar with that seat, and I've not seen Supercutebenz in a while (she's a tech). Post on FB Car Seats For the Littles, they can trouble shoot this for you. And yeah, I'd bump the straps down one.

Angela814

That's what I thought. It's so hard when they slump down so much. She's over the slot when I first put her in and under when I get her buckled. I had the same problem with DD2 for a while. Depending on how she would sit, she would need a different harness height.

gimmietimmies

Just a thought, is the crotch buckle in the most inner slot? if it is, you can use a rolled wash cloth or a prefold at the crotch buckle to prevent slumping.

Angela814

gimmietimmies:

Just a thought, is the crotch buckle in the most inner slot? if it is, you can use a rolled wash cloth or a prefold at the crotch buckle to prevent slumping.

It is. There are 3 slots for the crotch buckle, and the inner most one fits perfectly. I think it's more her shifting to one side. She'll probably be tall enough for me to move it up in a week or two.