XP: Infant helmet

Re: XP: Infant helmet

• carlab44 member

  July 2011

  Everything I have read and heard says to hold off on using a helmet (and therefore hold off on using a bike seat or trailer) until they are at LEAST a year old. Prior to that their neck and back muscles are not strong enough to support the extra weight of a helmet. So no, I don't think there are helmets that are designed for infants.

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• snoboardbabe77 member

  July 2011

  I've read articles going several directions.

  Oliver is 5 1/2 months and we bought a giro me 2 helmet. It's super light weight and we put it on him in the Croozer when biking and jogging.

  He is totally fine with it.

   Caveat - he is STRONG. Everyone says this and he's a BIG boy..big everything. Our ped said it all depends on their developmental process and size. Oliver is bigger than a few 12 months old that I've seen. The giro me 2 has an adjustment head strap. 

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• utlawgirl member

  July 2011

  Thanks! Nora is pretty small, but has excellent head and trunk control and is a great sitter. Like your LO, she's a strong girl! The pedi gave us the go-ahead, and i think she'll do fine, so im not concerned. We bought the Me 2, but unfortunately it is ridiculously huge on her. We haven't tried it with the larger pads, though, so we may have to do that and she if it helps. I think it's supposed to only go down to 46 cm, though, and her noggin is ~ 42 cm.

    

   

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• gymcoach

  July 2011

  Check out the specialized small fry toddler helmet, while they call it a toddler helmet, it is the smallest we've found.  They say it starts at 44 cm.  Our 14 month old has a small head and this is the best fit helmet we've found for him.  We also tried the little nutcase, but it was waaay to big. 
  

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