https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:53:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1468072 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:48:04 +0000 Charm54 1468072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: oh good! That makes me feel better, thanks :) glad he likes it now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1468039 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:37:29 +0000 Ra 1468039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@char54: It has! He's just been a fuss bucket as of late. I don't think it was the car seat after all :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1467967 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:08:34 +0000 Charm54 1467967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: just wondering if it has gotten any better?? My foonf just came and it honestly it doesn't look very comfy. Hoping LO doesn't hate it because she currently loves her keyfit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447909 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:27:28 +0000 heartonastring 1447909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@purrpletulips: @rahlyrah: That's a good point. I'm in Canada and the rules here for Foonf are that they have to be on recline 3 when RF, but I think in the US 2 or 3 is allowed. If you have it on 2 you might want to try 3 and see if he likes it better? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447734 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:40:33 +0000 purrpletulips 1447734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could it be an adjustment to the angle of the seat? Your convertible looks like it is pretty upright and my experience is that the infant seats were more reclined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447664 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:17:34 +0000 heartonastring 1447664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is in the Foonf in the middle and she can see out the window just fine. We also still have the mirror (I'm a stickler for car seat safety, but the mirror is very soft and I'm okay with that particular risk). I'm thinking maybe it's just an adjustment period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447652 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:12:30 +0000 purrpletulips 1447652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you reattach the mirror using the top LATCH hook? We don't have a headrest in the middle seat but were able to attach our mirror to LATCH and DD loved being able to see herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447557 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:26:31 +0000 looch 1447557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: agreed, especially on using latch while you can. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447556 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:26:27 +0000 edelweiss 1447556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i agree that tech sounds intense! i'm with you and the others that reinstalling the mirror and moving the seat to the window sides might help. sorry you're going through this! it is no fun to have a screaming baby in the car, when you can't do anything about it. oh trust me, i know. i very much know the pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447552 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:23:15 +0000 Smurfette 1447552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Gotcha! I read what you wrote wrong. Having her on the side works a lot better for us. And I personally like using LATCH (while we can) so that means side seats. If she was in the middle I couldn't hand her toys when at a stop light when she starts crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447543 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:19:31 +0000 looch 1447543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I didn't say manual, I said tech recommendation. </p> <p>You should put the seat where it works best for you, obviously. I was responding to your comment about how you choose which seats go in what position.</p> <p>In an accident the bucket closes up like a shell, the convertible doesn't. That is why the convertible is considered less safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447538 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:16:52 +0000 Smurfette 1447538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I don't remember seeing anything in the manual about what seat to put it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447534 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:14:44 +0000 looch 1447534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: you have to look at what seats you have. Techs recommend putting the least safe seat in the middle. If you have a child in a bucket and another in a convertible, the convertible is less safe, so it gets the middle position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447487 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:16:07 +0000 hilsy85 1447487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I mean, it is a car seat tech's job to be honest and to do their job, and a mirror in the car is technically a projectile in an accident. But I think it's one of those things that's up to the parent. FWIW we also have our LO in the middle...and I am now wondering if he'd be happier if we moved him to the side! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447485 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:14:52 +0000 Adira 1447485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: Xander went through an adjustment period when we switched to a convertible. He would just cry the whole time he was in the car the first week or so! But now he's totally over it and back to being a happy guy (he was always good in the car before the switch).</p> <p>Also, we had a mirror in the middle seat. The one we had had a tether that we attached to the top latch hook so that it wouldn't go flying and Xander could see both himself and us in it. Could you try something like that? Or just switch the car seat to the side - Xander seems to like looking out the window now that he sits on the side (his infant car seat was in the middle) and we have the mirror on the headrest so he can see himself and me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447474 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:58:10 +0000 loveisstrange 1447474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: Honestly, the tech sounds like a nut.</p> <p>I agree with putting the seat back on the side and reinstalling the mirror. C loves her convertible, but doesn't like being in the middle of the car unless someone is sitting back with her. She's fine on the side.</p> <p>We have a shatterproof light plastic and fabric mirror that is tethered to the seat headrest. I ran it over once and it didn't break and it's really, really lightweight, so Im not too worried about it in an accident. Its this one <a href="http://www.target.com/p/brica-baby-in-sight-soft-touch-auto-mirror-for-in-car-safety-gray/-/A-14295268" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/brica-baby-in-sight-soft-touch-auto-mirror-for-in-car-safety-gray/-/A-14295268</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447451 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:13:51 +0000 Smurfette 1447451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: wow!! What are you supposed to do when you have two kids? Choose who gets to be safest?!?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447233 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:24:43 +0000 Mrs. M 1447233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A deadly weapon? Wow she does sounds intense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447158 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:27:12 +0000 Ra 1447158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: She said the middle was the safest. She was intense. Like really, really intense. We got yelled at for having a "deadly weapon" (the mirror) in the car. We were too scared to ask her to put it on the passenger side! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447135 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:13:50 +0000 Smurfette 1447135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I would. Why did they install in the middle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447123 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:08:01 +0000 Ra 1447123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I am definitely going to have DH move it back when he comes home on Saturday. He didn't like it in the middle anyway because he can't put the driver's seat back far enough to drive comfortably.</p> <p>I wish I could fix it sooner than then! He still has the old base in his car. I might just drive his car this week so that B doesn't get too frustrated in the new seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447119 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:07:26 +0000 blackbird 1447119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E started to dislike her infant seat but loves her convertible. She can see out the window, loves to look at herself in the mirror, and I give her a stuffed horse in the car. </p> <p>We have a foonf too and I feel like looking out the window has been the kicker for us. Every time I go to peek on her, she's staring outside.</p> <p>I cannot see her in my rear view mirror though. The head on the foonf sticks out too far. I have to look over my shoulder and into her mirror to see her </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447116 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:05:33 +0000 Smurfette 1447116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: R is in the passenger side and she can see out the window in her Foonf. So maybe that would help. Def. try the mirror back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447111 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:02:20 +0000 Ra 1447111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Good point. He always used to stare out the window. The head rest on the Foonf is really deep though. I wonder if he'd still be able to see out the window if we moved him (without leaning forward). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447106 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:00:35 +0000 hilsy85 1447106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: yup he can see me! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447087 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:54:59 +0000 MamaMoose 1447087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I wonder if being in the middle is the problem. Maybe he used to be able to see out the window and now he can't? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447085 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:54:31 +0000 Ra 1447085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@emg86: They didn't seem like they were too tight. It's a Clek Foonf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447083 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:54:00 +0000 Ra 1447083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I will try that! Can he see you in the mirror?</p> <p>I'm sorry I'm asking so many questions. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447081 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:53:54 +0000 emg86 1447081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm...could straps be too tight? I was over tightening straps on ours cause the pads made it feel like it wasn't tight enough. What seat is it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-like-convertible-seat#post-1447066 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:48:38 +0000 hilsy85 1447066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: hmm we also have lO in the middle but have the mirror on the drivers side headrest, but angled...can you not do that?</p> <p>He never really liked the careseat, unfortunately...I thought switching to the convertible would make it better, but it didn't really help! He has gotten better as he gets older though. </p>