Just checking in on everyone! Did everyone get all of their questions answered? Or have new questions or new pictures? 🙂

@rybugg413, ok well next time you put her in just double check :) if she isn’t quite tall enough let me know/send me a picture and I can try to see what the manufacturer might allow to help. They might have an approved solution, some companies do and some don’t.

@rybugg413, how old is she and do you know her weight and length?

It’s a baby trend flex-loc car seat and they don’t always have a great fit to newborns, unless they have a long torso, because the bottom harness slots are about an inch and a half higher than every other infant car seat on the market :/

@nerdymommyplus2, very occasionally I’ll prefer the lower anchors.. but it’s rare. Lol
I also prefer to teach caregivers seatbelt installs over lower anchor installs because if I don’t and they end up in a vehicle without lower anchor attachments then they don’t know the proper way to install.

@tegandavis16
For me it depends on whose car .
Sometimes I get a nice install with latch. Other time I get super tight with seatbelt

@nerdymommyplus2, I prefer a seatbelt install any day of the week. Lol I use lower anchors for forward facing just because it gets in my nerves when I’m trying to put my child in the seat and their gets get all tangled up in the dang shoulder belt - unless it’s a middle seat and I can put them in from the other side. Lol

@tegandavis16
Yeah top tether was attached.
I used seatbelt install anyways. In my car and carseat she hasn't reached the max. But I was with my dad and didn't want to use latch

@nerdymommyplus2, super awesome that your 2 yo is still rear facing! Way to go momma! 😄

@nerdymommyplus2, your 6yo’s harness straps look great! 😊 are you using the top tether? And if you have the seat installed with the lower anchors make sure you check the lower anchor weight limit (it will be on a sticker on the side of your seat) most car seats require a seatbelt install after the child reaches 40-45 pounds :)

@rybugg413, next time you strap her in snap a picture for me so I can help you adjust if you need to 😊 also, are her harness straps above or below her shoulders?

@tegandavis16, thank you soooo mich❣️❣️❣️ you really have been very helpful 😘

@parsley, of course! So there are multiple different types of car seat - as I’m sure you’ve figured out by now. Lol

But the basics types are:
• Infant carrier - a rear facing only seat that last from birth to approximately 12-18 months. They have a base that stay in the vehicle and you click the car seat in and out of it for convenience.
• Convertible - this car seat rear faces up to 40-50lbs depending on the brand, and then can be turned forward facing up to 40-65lbs also depending on the brand. Many of these can be used from birth and will rear face up to age 4 (the minimum recommended age to rear face is age 2, but to age 3-4 is ideal), and will typically last to at least age 6 for forward facing for most children.
• combination - this seat is a forward facing only seat that will use a 5 point harness that can be used up to 65-90lbs depending on the brand. The it will turn into a belt positioning booster for a child who meets the minimum height and weight requirements of the seat AND is mature enough to sit correctly in a lap shoulder belt at all times (this generally happens around ages 6-8, sometimes longer).
• High back booster: only used as a belt positioning booster for a lap shoulder belt, it has a back and usually headwings attached to it. Recommended minimum age for a booster is 5, ages 6-7 is ideal.
• No back booster: is just a seat that boosts the child up to position the lap portion of the lap shoulder belt at the hips instead of on their abdomen.

*any seat used in booster mode MUST be used with a lap shoulder belt. And NOT a lap only belt as that is not an approved method of use.

• all in one/multi-mode seats - these go from rear facing, to forward facing, to belt positioning high back booster, and some of them even become a no back booster. Typically they cost more in the long run (and get pretty gross after 10 years of use. Lol)

And then of course there’s about 50 different brands to choose from 😆

@rybugg413, so the easiest way is to put baby in the car seat and buckle the crotch buckle (leave the chest clip undone at first), then pull the slack up from the legs by pulling on each harness right over the crotch buckle, then hold it as you pull the adjuster to tighten. Next, buckle the chest clip but keep it below the chest (JUST FOR NOW 😬) and pull the slack up through the chest clip and tighten the adjuster again. And the position the chest clip at arm pit level and you should be good to go 😊