car seat help!

scarletii · August 2011

Gavin has figured out how to slide down the chest buckle on his car seat. Then he slipes his arms out under the shoulder straps. Anyone know if there are any gizmo thingys that deter smart boys from undoing their car seat buckles?

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

Pull the car over and wait. Tell him that it's important to keep his seat belt on. It's more important that he's safe than you get where you're going. Sit and wait. No exceptions.

Or duct tape.

JDCSKF · August 2011

I do the same as Jill, pull over and wait. I pulled over on I-5 once, and threatened to get out of the car and fix it...... never happened again.

preston18 · August 2011

Seattle_JiLLn:

Pull the car over and wait. Tell him that it's important to keep his seat belt on. It's more important that he's safe than you get where you're going. Sit and wait. No exceptions.

Worked for us! I took the next exit the tiem we were on the freeway. It happened twice. Months ago....

scarletii · August 2011

Well, yes, of course I pulled over....TWICE! He didn't do it again the rest of the 1/2 hr drive home cause I diverterd his attention with pirate's booty, but was hoping maybe someone knew of a product that made it more difficult.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

And I guess what I"m saying is you don't need a product. You just need to put your foot down. I wouldn't reward him with booty. I'd scare the *** out of him telling him how scary it is and how you can't drive if he's like that and then make him face the consequences if you have to miss activities or play dates or whatever.

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

Found this: https://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Stop-v1-1/dp/B0044VUXGW/ref=pd_cp_ba_2

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

YOu also could wrap the strap with duct tape just below the chest clip so that he can't slide it down.

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