https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 06:18:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252872 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 02:28:48 +0000 wonderstruck 1252872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I'm sure the correct way does look more uncomfortable, but imagine if you were in an accident...with her legs out like that, almost all of her body weight would be brought to a stop by her neck/chest! Ouch! </p> <p>I have totally done the thing where I forgot to strap LO into his infant car seat. Twice, actually - obviously I felt way more stupid and horrified with myself the second time! Same situation many people mentioned - had him strapped in but we were out somewhere so I undid the buckles so he'd be more comfy and covered him with a blanket, then forgot to re-do the buckles/straps when we put the carseat back in the base!</p> <p>And like @rachiecakes and @Bookish, my DH thought it was more secure to use latch and the seatbelt, when it's actually worse and makes the seat not as effective. I was clueless at the time, was dealing with enough and told him that the car seat install was up to him. Luckily for us our hospital had a certified technician who helped DH re-install the seat properly and went over everything with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252854 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 01:21:51 +0000 bunnylove08 1252854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I just got back from the in laws which is a 3 hour drive. When we got home I went to unbuckle dd's chest strap and noticed I buckled it wrong. I felt so bad that I endangered my kid. Total mon fail </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252837 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:47:04 +0000 Purpledaisy 1252837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: @wheres_c: @MamaJ: @MaisyMay: @littlecasita1122: @lemondrop: It makes me feel way better knowing that so many others have forgotten to buckle in their baby! It's such an easy mistake to make! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252826 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:28:33 +0000 lemondrop 1252826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Purpledaisy: Yup, I've done that twice and I know my husband has too. </p> <p>@shopaholic: Even with our best intentions and trying to be as careful as possible, we still mess up sometimes, we are human after all. Glad you got it sorted out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252803 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:58:16 +0000 Kimberlybee 1252803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Awww she is so cute! Look at the sweet outfit. That does look comfier than the corrected way. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252801 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:55:15 +0000 shopaholic 1252801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: omg I think our base is like that. Latch plus a strap, but we read the instructions? Better double check!</p> <p>@JessKas: @scg00387: hmmm! Maybe that's how the nurse told us to do it too?! I think she was teaching DH and it's kind if a haze to me since it was raining that day too... </p> <p>@MrsScottish: here's a pic of how I was doing it wrong. It still seemed secure like she wouldn't go anywhere. I still think the correct way looks uncomfortable for her now. But it sure is easier to put her in now! </p> [attach=2730/13/mx5xo4.404x324.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252763 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:07:42 +0000 Kimberlybee 1252763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only reason I know how to do it is because I have babysat so many nieces and nephews. Even then, I am super anal about reading and re-reading installation manuals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252640 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:31:25 +0000 MrsScottish 1252640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic- weird question, can you post a pic of how you did it? I don`t have a lo yet, but have buckled many of babies. I am now second guessing how I have done it, and cant figure it out from your diagram?!?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252630 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:25:12 +0000 littlecasita1122 1252630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading this thread has made me feel a little better as we also made the mistake of not remembering to check LO's buckles when putting him back in the car. We drove home 45 minutes and didn't realize we never buckled him back in until we were literally down our street. Major mom guilt after that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252585 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:57:55 +0000 rachiecakes 1252585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessKas: @scg00387: that's funny! The nurses at the hospital wouldn't touch or look at our carseat, she told us that they can't be responsible, by law. I hadn't read the manual and had to learn pretty fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252508 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:22:03 +0000 immabeetoo 1252508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessKas: same! @shopaholic that is how the nurse told DH to do it at the hospital, and then he was in charge of the car seat for a few weeks while I was still really out of it. I said "gee that looks funny" but he reassured me.. until LO was a month and I looked at the manual. You're not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252459 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:01:44 +0000 singingbee 1252459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just realized that LO needs to have her straps moved up. I didn't realize how long she has gotten since she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1252399 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:48:47 +0000 JessKas 1252399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: we put the straps on like that for the first 2+ months. That's how the nurse had us do it at the hospital! As LO got bigger it got so much harder getting her legs through the straps and I googled it...whoops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251947 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 10:35:20 +0000 QueensBee 1251947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: You're definitely not alone! I read a scary statistic that 9 out 10 carseats in the US are installed or being used incorrectly! I agree, why can't they make them simpler or more user-friendly?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251907 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 09:15:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 1251907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why aren't car seats easier?? We are all smart, careful people and we still screw up. Seems like it shouldn't take half an hour if reading a manual to get it right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251875 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:28:45 +0000 jmarionsmith 1251875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: i did the same exact thing until we switched lo to a convertible at 7 months... i felt so bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251868 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:19:38 +0000 rachiecakes 1251868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: I know! With just the LATCH I feels like it's going to tip up and with just the belt it just doesn't feel secure at all. I chose the LATCH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251863 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:05:00 +0000 Bookish 1251863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: you aren't supposed to use both??? Um. Oops. I thought it was more secure that way... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251860 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 07:55:56 +0000 pl0508 1251860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the first 6 months we latched J's car seat in the middle of my car. When we got his convertible seat I checked the manual and found that my car doesn't allow sharing with the latch handles and you can only latch on the sides. WHOOPS </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251851 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 07:36:23 +0000 rachiecakes 1251851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I secured the seat with both the LATCH and the seatbelt threaded through the base. It just didn't seem secure with one or the other? I even had it checked at a station! (I don't think they saw the belt underneath) but you're supposed to only use one method to install it. I didn't know for a long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251819 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:10:45 +0000 MaisyMay 1251819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done the driving while she's unbuckled thing, for the same reasons listed above (blanket over sleeping baby). For me the most horrific was when we were driving the 7 hours to LA and switched LO back into her bucket seat for the trip. At the beginning of the trip, DH had buckled LO into her seat, but forgot to strap the carseat in. He'd become so used to the convertible seat. When we stopped, I saw it and reminded him that it wasn't right and wasn't safe. Later he wasn't thinking and put LO in her carseat and put the seatbelt over the carseat, forgetting to buckle her in. In his defense it was super late, but I double checked him the rest of that trip because I was so paranoid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251799 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:16:32 +0000 MamaJ 1251799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @Purpledaisy: same thing happened to us. DS fell asleep at my grandparents in his infant seat. He had a blanket on and we left. Luckily we stopped for gas less than a mile away when I realized he was unbuckled! Thank goodness nothing happened. I think we started buckling him in no matter what after that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251759 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:10:51 +0000 shopaholic 1251759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251563 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:09:56 +0000 wheres_c 1251563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Purpledaisy: I've also done that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251513 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 19:12:57 +0000 NurseMommy 1251513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Purpledaisy: I've done this TWICE. So now I'm extra-vigilant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251504 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 19:00:23 +0000 sunny 1251504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I had a friend who made the same mistake so you are not alone! Glad that you figured it out now! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251494 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:50:37 +0000 Purpledaisy 1251494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: pretty much the same thing happened to us. We were at a wedding and she finalllly fell asleep in her infant seat and we put a blanket over her since it was a little chilly and we were outside. Well we got distracted saying goodbyes and working our way out of there and just popped her in the car UNBUCKLED. We drove the 45 mins home, mostly on the freeway, and realized it when we were about a block away from home. It's hard not to beat yourself up about stuff like that but everyone makes mistakes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251485 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:37:04 +0000 pinkb 1251485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yep I did that once. Thankfully I saw it since I was sitting next to her, just as we got to the first stop sign at the end of the road. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251477 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:21:23 +0000 googly-eyes 1251477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: something like that happened to me except I can't even blame sleep deprivation. I had undone the bottom part and totally forgot about it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/momfail#post-1251474 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:15:49 +0000 Corduroy 1251474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I got my car seat as a hand me down from my SIL. She showed me how to assemble/dissemble it when she washed it. That way I learned all the adjustments and everything. Otherwise I'd probably have LO still in the newborn settings. I've helped so many FTM friends adjust carseats now. I'm glad your SIL tipped you off. </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I have a coworker that put her son in the car seat and put the car seat in grandma's car, only she forgot to belt the seat in. At one of the turns the car seat rolled. Baby was fine but mom still feels bad about it years later. </p>