https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:15:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327912 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:14:51 +0000 SweetCaroline 2327912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. So not looking forward to this. Hope DD can make it through the winter in her infant seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327905 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:06:39 +0000 Grace 2327905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's cold where I live. -30 in the mornings in the dead of winter, so I don't like the idea of running her out with no coat. I bought a 3-1 winter coat from Children's Place. It has a fleece liner and a winter coat shell. I take her out to the car (which I always warm up before hand) in the fleece+coat. When I get her in the car, I strip he out of the coat layer, buckle her in and cover her with a blanket. When I get to where we're going, I put the coat layer back on and we walk into the building. It's annoying, but we definitely got into a groove by the end of winter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327554 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:09:19 +0000 AmandaB8 2327554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought her a north face - thin enough to use with a carseat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327537 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:57:37 +0000 Thrifty Mama 2327537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS wears a fleece Columbia jacket just to keep warm in the car and on the short walk to the car. If we're going out I have a thicker jacket for him to wear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327438 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:16:04 +0000 californiadreams 2327438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would either keep the coat on until he was in the car, then take it off and buckle him and i kept a thick blanket in the car that would cover him. the year before, i had a thin down coat that was considered suitable for the car seat, but couldn't find a similar one last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327250 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:42:40 +0000 Foodnerd81 2327250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Luckily our car is parked in a heated garage, so no concerns about getting from our condo to the car, and the car is warm enough to begin with. But when we arrive wherever we are going, this winter I got a fleece similar to the one @Adira: just posted. It wouldn't be warm enough for a long walk outside but if I'm parked pretty close it should be fine. I'll keep a warm blanket in the car for when we have to get into a cold car to go home. </p> <p>Last winter she was about a year and a half. I would have her dressed sort of warm (like a sweatshirt or thinner fleece) and carry her wrapped in a blanket to wherever we were going. Now that she's bigger and walks everywhere that wouldn't work as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327240 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:29:05 +0000 winniebee 2327240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Patagonia down sweater. It flattens to as thin as a sweater or sweatshirt....it's not that NO jackets are allowed, just within certain guidelines ; ) I also start the car 5 mins before we leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327230 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:21:21 +0000 Adira 2327230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: Nice! I like it! Just bought my third one (3T) for Xander. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327227 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:20:20 +0000 josina 2327227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Just bought the same coat in camo/black for Ethan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327145 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:34:33 +0000 Adira 2327145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just use a thicker fleece jacket (<a href="http://www.columbia.com/boys-steens-mt-ii-fleece---infant-WN6760.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.columbia.com/boys-steens-mt-ii-fleece---infant-WN6760.html</a>). My mom gives me grief and worries about my boys not being warm enough, but I know they are warm enough and SAFE, so I just ignore her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327130 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:25:18 +0000 Mamaof2 2327130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just use fleece jackets - plenty warm to go from car to building </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327123 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:21:56 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2327123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a fleece north face zip up and a blanket. </p> <p>His other coat is a warmish pea coat type. It's ok for the car seat. Neither keep him super warm, but with a blanket and the heat on in the car I assume he is ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327121 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:21:37 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2327121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have car seat coats. Not quite warm enough for playing in snow, but warm enough for house to car transfers. We use the Patagonia down sweaters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327118 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:20:01 +0000 Greentea 2327118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is REALLY cold here, and as an infant we had a Patagonia down bunting. Thin enough to use with car seat and kept her super warm!</p> <p>When she got bigger we just threw her coat on when we arrived. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327116 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:19:06 +0000 Mrs D 2327116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh...I hate this.</p> <p>Winter #1 - DD was in an infant car seat so I just used a bundleme and felt fine just running in and out of daycare (the primary place we go when its cold outside).</p> <p>Winter #2 - DD was 18mos...I dressed her in warm layers and just either wrapped a blanket around her to run her into school or put her coat on her while still sitting in the convertible carseat.</p> <p>Winter #3 (this year) - DD is 2+...she will put on her coat before getting out of the car!</p> <p>I start the engine before we get in so its warmed up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/since-you-cant-use-coats-in-car-seats#post-2327105 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:13:41 +0000 Bao 2327105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Especially for LO's that aren't in an infant seat, what do you do? Bring a coat and put it on before getting out? Wrap a blanket around them? Something else? </p> <p>Last year LO2 was still in an infant seat so I could just use the cover for her and then I would wrap a blanket around LO1 since I would still put a thin zip up of some sort on her. I constantly got questioned why in the world my kid didn't have a coat on when arriving/leaving somewhere. So now I'm rethinking how I should do it this year. Going from house out to car seems silly to put a coat on for that 5 seconds. </p> <p>What do you do? </p>