XP: carseats & preemies
Hey ladies - posted this on the preemie board too
My twins were born last week at 36 wks weighing roughly 4.5 lbs each. Leo is still in the NICU, but Lucy has been home with us since Friday.
We have Graco Snugrides, and they are installed with the latch system. The balance thingamabobber says they are at the right angle, however, when I put Lucy in her carseat, it seems like it's too "upright." When we drove home from the hospital, I sat in the back and held Lucy's head up the whole time. Otherwise it just drops straight to her chest.
I've called two fire stations & a child safety advocacy group and nobody can get us an appt for car seat checks for two WEEKS! Obviously, that won't work.
Anybody else run into this problem? Is it a preemie thing, or a car seat thing? Any tips? TIA
twins born at 36 wks
Re: XP: carseats & preemies
Cut the Crap - Weight loss journey of a Few Fat Chicks
BFP Nov 09 - c/p Dec 09
BFP Dec 09 - A&J born in August 2010 at 37w, 6d
BFP Sept 11 - ectopic pregnancy/left tube removed
BFP April 12 - E born December 2012 at 39w, 1d
Ditto the rolled up towels - I'm still using this for my boys at 8 weeks old.
My boys were born at 35 weeks and were under 5 lbs when we brought them home from the hospital. The hospital we were at actually did a "car seat" test where the boys had to sit in the cars seats & be monitored to make sure none of their "vitals" dropped for 1 hour - they didn't do well and we actually ended up using (borrowed from hospital) car beds for the first couple weeks. Although they were a pain (only fit in our larger vehicle and they don't use a "base" system, so you always have to take the child in & out of the seat itself) they worked out very well for us and I didn't worry about the boys being able to breath or not.