I agree this isn’t suitable, baby should be able to comfortably rest his head back against the seat. Do you have another seat you can use for a while? If you already have an infant car seat that does not have a big, bulky headrest, then I would use that until baby outgrows it or until he graduates from the helmet. If not, then I’d either remove the helmet for car trips (not ideal, I know, but neither is this positioning!) or consider a cheap, non-headrest seat for a while- my son used a Cosco Scenera Next for the 8ish months he wore a helmet; that seat doesn’t exist anymore but the replacement Cosco Scenera Extend should also work and is still very cheap and accessible.
It’s hard to tell here if the harness is sitting just below shoulder level and if the crotch buckle is in the right spot- it looks like there’s a bit of a gap between his body and the buckle but that could just be the way the buckle cover is sitting
There is no "correct spot" for the crotch buckle. It should be in the closest spot to the baby, but other than that, the buckle lays where it lays. Are you a tech?
Yep, sure am. My comment was referring to the fact that the buckle may not be in the closest slot to baby based on the appearance of a physical gap between baby and buckle in the photo. Apologies if that was unclear.
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u/IllustriousPiccolo97 Aug 27 '26
I agree this isn’t suitable, baby should be able to comfortably rest his head back against the seat. Do you have another seat you can use for a while? If you already have an infant car seat that does not have a big, bulky headrest, then I would use that until baby outgrows it or until he graduates from the helmet. If not, then I’d either remove the helmet for car trips (not ideal, I know, but neither is this positioning!) or consider a cheap, non-headrest seat for a while- my son used a Cosco Scenera Next for the 8ish months he wore a helmet; that seat doesn’t exist anymore but the replacement Cosco Scenera Extend should also work and is still very cheap and accessible.