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I'm super paranoid! We park in a heated garage so leaving our home isn't an issue, but when we get places or leave I'm not sure what to do. So far I've just put a fleece over her clothes and keep a warm blanket in the car, but today I kind of wrapper her puffy coat around her while we walked to and from the car. I was worried she was cold on our way home but she didn't complain.

I just bundle him up with a few blankets tucked in around him plus a hat. If I'm driving him, he is only outside for moments at a time so I figure he will be okay.

This is the resource I followed for winter car seat safety: http://csftl.org/hello-winter-good-bye-coats/

My MIL made a fleece blanket, and I'm in the process of making a car seat poncho. We do a thin jacket, gloves, and a hat (which we remove once the car is warm).

If we lived somewhere really cold, I'd consider getting a remote car starter. They are magical!

Now we have heated underground parking. I have totally taken her bulky coat off once we reach the car and buckled her in wearing a light fleece and hat mittens and blanket over top. When it was insanely cold and she was a baby I used a patagonia down bunting. It is surprisingly thin and light but very warm.

I live in Atlantic Canada where it gets COLD (-40C today!) .... For the car we either leave through our garage or I use the car starter so it's always warm enough when we get in. She has a LL Bean winter down coat that is thin but very warm - she wears that with her hats, mitts and boots. A thick blanket goes over her legs once the straps are on.

I can't wait for winter to be over!

I live where it's COLD - tommorow morning is -30. I go out and start the car to warm it up for her. I then dress her in her 3-1 coat. It has a fleece liner that I zip up and a puffer shell that I put overtop. Plus boats and hat and mitts. We go to the car, take off the puffer shell, get in the car seat and put a blanket around her. Big PITA.

We just go to the doctor's office, so far we put her in a fleece footed sleeper, hat and then wrap tight with fleece blanket and cover car seat with the plastic rain cover to shut out wind.

Here's a good consumer reports guide on whether a jacket is too puffy to be safe: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2012/12/winter-coats-and-car-seats-keeping-your-child-safe-and-warm/index.htm

It's a pain but we bundle him up in a jacket and hat, then take it off in the car.

I struggle with this. We live in the city in a shared garage that I need to go outside to access. I can't preheat the car bc I can't leave the garage door open for fear of someone stealing stuff. There are constantly people scavenging up and down the alley. And it is literally 0 degrees F. A fleece just doesn't cut it. I try to use blankets but I have harnessed him in once or twice with his warm jacket (but only to go a short distance moving less than 20 mph in slooow city traffic)