https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 21:38:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950312 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:54:24 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1950312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For when your kid is slightly older and out of the infant seat, we got my daughter a CozyWoggle coat and it is AWESOME. I'm not usually a big product pusher but this thing is pretty great.</p> <p>You just unzip the sides and your kiddo can keep her coat on in the car seat. It turns into more of a blanket with the sides unzipped. Then when you take her out, you just zip the sides back up. It totally solved the issue for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950302 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:49:25 +0000 JerricaBenton 1950302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fleece or sweaters in the car with blankets and I take on and off her real coat. When she was an infant I just covered the seat with blankets but it gets tougher when they're walking around and really need to be bundled up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950301 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:48:43 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1950301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ellewoods84: I actually tried it with a relatively thin fleece material jacket (like a bunting thickness), thinking there is no way it wouldn't be safe. I really got him in there tight with the jacket, then once it was off, lo and behold, I could totally pinch the webbing. In a high velocity crash, it's as if the material doesn't exists at all. It actually really scared me because I'd been driving DS around like that for about a week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950295 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:45:54 +0000 Jess1483 1950295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always take LO's coat off in the car. I'll keep a super light fleece jacket on him. The firefighter who installed our car seat scared the living tar out of me. I just hop in the back seat with LO (so we're not both standing in the cold), take the jacket off, strap him in, and put the jacket over him. Same thing in reverse. A huge PITA, but I'm not willing to risk it. I keep hat and mittens on, and he seems to do fine.</p> <p>When we were in the infant seat, I bought one of those covers and altered it so there was nothing underneath him. I know they make ones that already don't go underneath them, but I didn't know the concern until I'd already bought one ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950289 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:42:52 +0000 MrsKoala 1950289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been doing a fleece blanket and sometimes a thin fleece jacket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950285 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:42:07 +0000 looch 1950285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fleece is great, it's not going to compress as a down filled jacket would, so we always went with something like that.</p> <p>Another good test is to put the coat in one of those vacuum sealing bags. If it drastically changes size, it's no good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950282 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:41:32 +0000 tinyperson 1950282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've just bought a car seat poncho for the car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950280 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:40:49 +0000 blackbird 1950280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we usually go sans jacket, if anything, just a fleece/sweatshirt, and then do a blanket! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950279 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:40:45 +0000 ellewoods84 1950279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: ah, very good! Thanks so much! I searched Google and just couldn't find as good of an explanation as that article. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950271 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:36:31 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1950271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you need to do the "pinch test" both with and without the coat. So put her in the seat with the coat and tighten her in the way you normally would. Check to see if you are able to pinch the material of the strap between your fingers (if so it's too loose). Then without altering the straps, take her out, take the coat off and put her back in. Try the pinch test again (based on the tightness of the straps with the coat). If you can pinch fabric between your fingers, the coat is too big to safely wear in the seat because in an accident it would compress.</p> <p>ETA: Here is a Consumer Reports article with picture diagrams that is clearer than my rambling. <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2012/12/winter-coats-and-car-seats-keeping-your-child-safe-and-warm/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2012/12/winter-coats-and-car-seats-keeping-your-child-safe-and-warm/index.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jackets-and-car-seats#post-1950261 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:32:11 +0000 ellewoods84 1950261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So now that winter is here (brrrr!), I am wondering about jackets/coats with the car seat. O babes is still in her infant seat (not sure if that makes a difference) and just wordering how thick/puffy is safe? </p>