https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:22:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559672 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:33:36 +0000 buffalove 559672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39 weeks, the day before my scheduled c/s :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559658 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:18:29 +0000 sorrycharlie 559658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we installed going home from the hospital, lol. instead of installing and then having them check it (they won't let you leave without doing so), we just opted to wait and have them do both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559650 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:07:03 +0000 GrapeCrush 559650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>around 37 weeks i believe. just put the base in the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559581 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:02:46 +0000 Arden 559581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting nervous because I'm 35 weeks and we don't even HAVE the car seat yet. We're waiting to buy it until after the baby shower (wish it had been at like 30 weeks!).</p> <p>I keep reminding myself that the birth center is only a couple miles away from BBB and worse case scenario, DH can just go buy it before we leave! Still - if we don't get it at the shower, I'm ordering it like the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559576 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:49:55 +0000 jedeve 559576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right before we came home from the hospital! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559550 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:28:32 +0000 sera_87 559550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Thursday before I gave birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559545 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:19:18 +0000 autumnlove 559545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was about 8.5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559522 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:49:37 +0000 MrsStar 559522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We purchased it at 20 weeks, but it didn't get installed until the day before we came home from the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559479 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:01:23 +0000 hilsy85 559479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo was 2 days old :) dh installed it before we were discharged from the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559332 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:50:16 +0000 Rubies 559332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had our installed at 37 weeks or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559331 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:49:20 +0000 Running Elley 559331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38 weeks 4 days. We installed it the day before my water broke. Talk about cutting it close ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559291 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:28:40 +0000 lemondrop 559291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it freaked me out afterwards! Good idea to just leave the base in though, you definitely won't be easily climbing in and out of the back seat no too long from now! We stored the car seat in our trunk for a while, it kept out out of the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559272 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:18:25 +0000 lomom 559272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: I do plan to have it inspected! I read that up to 75% of carseats aren't installed properly! Crazy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559256 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:08:58 +0000 lemondrop 559256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had the fire department do it at 38 weeks. He arrived a week later.</p> <p>We thought we had it installed right, but it wasn't in tight enough according to the fireman. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559215 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:28:42 +0000 Penny Lane 559215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When he was a day old and we were leaving the hospital :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559205 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:20:50 +0000 LemonLong 559205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was at 36 weeks. I had my LO at 38 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559204 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:19:46 +0000 Dandelion 559204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 35 weeks as of tomorrow, and I meant to do it this weekend, but dh and I ended up with a busier weekend than we expected.</p> <p>I'll probably put it in some time this week. It's out of the box and in the front closet, so if nothing else, if I go into labor, we can grab it and put it in the car and dh can get our midwife to help him get it installed correctly (or one of the other ladies in our birth center). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559200 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:15:20 +0000 pl0508 559200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>36 wks ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559181 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:53:13 +0000 lomom 559181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: @calsmom: I will probably take the carrier out but leave the base. I won't be able climb in the back and reinstall it at 38 weeks pregnant and DH definitely won't climb back there and do it (we have a 2 door car and getting in the backseat to where I needed to be to install it wasn't very easy. Worst case scenario, I'd have to replace the base but the piece of mind knowing its in there and one less thing on my to do list makes it worth the risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559171 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:36:09 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 559171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39w - not sure if you've thought of this but I wouldn't leave it in there. It would suck to have to replace it if you got in an accident! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559168 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:32:52 +0000 matador84 559168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 37 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559144 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:58:59 +0000 Smurfette 559144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will do it between 36-37 weeks just to be safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559130 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:39:07 +0000 yellowbird 559130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On the way to get induced!</p> <p>Oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559127 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:37:16 +0000 MsMini 559127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38 weeks, we installed it on the sunday before my "likely to induce date" which was a Wednesday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559126 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:35:35 +0000 cascademom 559126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38 weeks or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559116 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:21:35 +0000 shopaholic 559116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll probably try to install it this week (by 37 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559113 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:19:17 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 559113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38 weeks and still not installed. I know pretty much how to do it though, and we live 2 minutes from the hospital so I don't have an issue waiting until labor/until DH feels like it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559108 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:14:46 +0000 AprilK 559108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The baby was 8 days old.. when he got his feeding tube out in the nicu we got on that. My mom had said she would get it for us and kept procrastinating.... when I went into labor at 34w4d, I called her and said "Don't show up at this hospital without that car seat!" haha... I think she was a little taken aback! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559105 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:10:53 +0000 littlek 559105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>34 weeks.. DH had to leave hospital when I was in labor, purchase car seat and get it installed... he didn't leave for 10 days, so in theory he could have waited.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-along-were-you-when-you-installed-the-car-seat#post-559099 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:03:00 +0000 calsmom 559099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since you installed it and are sure it fits, I would personally remove it until your due date is near (or have your husband install it after you give birth). If, heaven forbid, you get in an accident between now and then, you will need to replace the car seat. </p>