A safer way to wear a winter coat in a car seat

***NO winter coat at all is the safest option. Your child can wear a thin fleece jacket which or car seat poncho, which are very warm alternatives. But for the millions of parents who are going to keep a winter coat on their child anyway, this is a safer way to put them in their car seat.

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Education

Tags:

• car
• seat
• safety
• five
• point
• harness
• winter
• coat

[Madeline410]

It's just a demonstration. Since she was in the house and not in the car, the harness isn't perfect. It was just to get an idea on how to do the "coat trick". I never thought so many people would watch this and criticize it or I would have done it flawlessly. Thanks for the concern though :)

[delanea]

This is NOT safe. The coat behind the baby can still be compressed. The coat should go on backwards AFTER putting the child in the seat. I would rather take two minutes to remove my child's outerwear instead of compromising her life. If you don't wish to remove the outerwear, then invest in a poncho that will not interfere with the straps.

[americanmommy04]

We live in Canada and have 4 children(soon to be 5). My children all wear thin fleece jackets under their seatbelts in the winter. They remove their big coats and if they are still cold can put them on over their seatbelts. But they rarely do that. They aren't going to freeze for a few seconds of buckling up. For the little ones I get a fleece full body coat and just wrap a blanket around when we are walking from the van to where we are going.

[gillian1508]

Yes make ur child cry just to demonstrate a load of old rot.

[AaronsMumchkin]

Look up "Winter Coats & Car Seats Don't Mix" here on youtube. That video shows how much compression there would be in a wreck. Would that child be safe with that much slack?!

[AaronsMumchkin]

Coats in the car seat are NOT safe. It WILL compress in a wreck and the straps will NOT be tight enough to keep the child secure in their seat.

[peaceebird]

thanks for this video

[hacky97]

@delanea

relax... a little bit of wintercoat won't hurt her in a crash. It's a lot better than keeping it completely on, like madeline says.

[BItuification]

I have the exact same car seat I would like to see you do a vid on installling It In your car so I can learn or do u know any website that might offer help? Thank you in advance.

[lorimneal]

hey, this is brilliant! so much better than putting the child in the car in cold weather without a jacket. I'm going to try this tomorrow with my son. Thanks!!

[jsrcamp]

@Aknara I know my youngest daughter who will be 1 on Saturday doesnt like to be put in to her new carseat and screams anytime we put her into it, I actually had a man look at me like I was killing her or somthing, lol I said out loud"I know Kara you dont Like your new seat, but you have to be in it to keep you safe" and boy did that make him stop looking at me. she is also still going to rear face till the weight of the seat. because it is safer for them=)

[zmommy2009]

I have to agree that this is a great video, but it seems like it would be a lot easier to take the jacket off before putting her in the car seat. I have 2 boys and didn't realize this before-I am extremely glad to have come across this and would like the thank you for posting it. Living in WI, my husband and I always put our boys in winter jackets when we go anywhere-I will be using their fleeces instead now and bringing jackets along!! Great video and adorable lil girl

[katmagicate]

Aw! What a cutie!

I actually set my kids' straps with them in just a shirt. The jacket behind doesn't make a difference since the straps are already adjusted to fit with just a plain shirt, not jacket. If done properly and straps are tightened to fit the child, not the clothing, it's not adding extra space.

I am a mom of 5. Belts/harnesses are adjusted based on child's size, not clothing. If the straps fit and aren't loosened for the back of a jacket, then there's no room for compression.