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I'm very careful with this, I'm always scared that if I slack just one time it will be the one time something awful happens. (Confession, one time I forgot to tighten all the way and started bawling when I noticed, so I'm extra anal about maknig sure she's buckled correctly!)

I usually tighten it with the chest strap a little lower than her armpits, then I move the strap up and tighten one final time to make sure it's just right. I am very careful about this. Safety first!!!

We do it correctly every time, but I feel so bad because I feel like she is so uncomfortable! But better safe than sorry, of course.

Yup, we are always very particular.

@bree72: I've taken pictures of my daughter in her carseat with the straps not done correctly and sent them to people/posted them on facebook but the pictures were all taken with the carseat sitting on the kitchen table or snapped in the stroller, etc. so it wasn't when we were actually in the moving car. Hopefully that's the case with the girl you're friends with.

I am very careful about making them snug. I also take off anything bulky like a sweater that I think might interfere with the correct functioning of the safety belts.

@eeh: Its a convertible carseat and its in the car. It looks like you could literally pick him up out of them if you wanted. She's just someone I went to HS with, but man does it make me want to say something.

I didn't really know about this until DS was a couple months old! The nurse told us that we should have it tightened but I didn't know about the clip being up so high. I make sure every time now and scold DH if he does it incorrectly.
I recently pointed it out to a coworker who just had a baby. I hope she wasn't offended! I didn't know until someone pointed it out to me.

DD-always
DS-not by these pictures; I was told at the place that checked our carseat installation that as long as it wasn't looser than the with of 1 finger we were OK. I often have to fix the chest strap when DH clips him in.

I don't go nuts each time with tightness, but I'm certainly careful. I'd never fail this pinch test, certainly. But I do buckle her in wearing a winter coat.

@Thehistoryofus: I would just point it out, because something like safety, I think you can't really "step on anyone's toes"...I would want someone to tell me if I were doing it incorrectly. You could just say something like "oh my gosh I just saw this thing online about how to correctly buckle in a baby" you could fib and say you thought it was great you saw it because you weren't 100% sure about the correct way (even if you were), so that she doesn't feel attacked or stupid for not doing it right in the first place.