https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 12:01:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2889237 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:51:58 +0000 kiddosc 2889237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2889158 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:21:06 +0000 Hypatia 2889158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SUCCESS! We don't have a button down shirt, but we have a short sleeve dress that buttons up, so we used that to cover up the straps. She bucked her hips and whined a few times, but she seems to have accepted the fact that there's no way she can get out of the straps now. It seems to help that she can't actually see them, either--kind of out of sight, out of mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2889043 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:49:27 +0000 Hypatia 2889043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: Great idea! I’ll have to purchase a button down shirt and try that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888957 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:40:55 +0000 paigeface 2888957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 3 year old does the same. Following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888954 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:37:22 +0000 kiddosc 2888954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's a trick to try... and a product you can buy if the trick doesn't work. </p> <p><a href="https://thecarseatlady.com/houdini/" rel="nofollow">https://thecarseatlady.com/houdini/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888850 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:03:53 +0000 catgirl 2888850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Make sure the straps are above her shoulders. Unfortunately there's nothing to add to add to the seat that can prevent kids from messing with them. </p> <p>It's so hard when kids mess with the seat, when DD was 2.5 she learned how to loosen the straps. She was still rear facing so it was extra hard to catch her doing it. We planned a weekend of super fun things that she REALLY wanted to do and told her if she messed with the straps at all we would go home and try again the next day. The first day she messed with them on the way to our first activity and we went straight home. The next day she messed with it about half way through the day, and once again, we went straight home. It seemed to click after that and she stopped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888848 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:50:14 +0000 Hypatia 2888848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: Forward facing. We’ve adjusted hem so they’re loose (more than they should be really) all the way to really tight, but it doesn’t seem to matter—she just wants the freedom of having her arms out so that she can bend over the seat, etc. </p> <p>I think the straps are at the proper height, but I’ll double check that just to be sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888845 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:32:18 +0000 catgirl 2888845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Is she rear or forward facing? Are the straps at the proper height? Often over tightening the straps will cause kids to mess with them more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-two-year-old-wiggles-out-of-her-shoulder-straps#post-2888842 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:03:57 +0000 Hypatia 2888842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn’t matter how tight we make it. She manages to slide down the top buckle from chest level down to her stomach, then wrench one arm at a time out of the straps. We have a Britax Marathon. </p> <p>I can’t figure out a way to keep her from doing it. Any ideas?? </p>