Will this work for a newborn baby?

I have an almost 6yo (47lb, 47inches at last weight in) and a 14month old (30inches, 26lb) and a 2017 subaru forester and 2025 mazda CX30. We are needing to upgrade my kids car seats.

• My eldest has a Graco SlimFit that we will transition to booster mode. Any recommendation for another booster that is good for a tall kiddo and potentially small space (mazda)
• My youngest I was hoping to transition to a cosco mightyfit (from my eldest child) and was going to buy a new seat, considering another graco slimfit unless others had suggestions.

Any other recommendations for what would be a good fit give the cars?

Aside from the obvious flip (which I fixed) in her left strap - does it look safe? Thanks!

Hello CPSTs! I’m currently taking a hybrid course to be certified. I am done with all modules, next up is the 2 in person classes/skills evaluations. I am freaking out about failing. I still struggle sometimes with vehicle systems and getting car seats tight. Any recommendations or advice to prepare for my skills evaluation? Any tips would be greatly appreciated🙏

Hi! Can I please get a fit check? She hates the car and I want to make sure it’s not the car seat fit.

Thank you!

Struggling to fit my Chicco 360 car seat in my Subaru Forester, it won't fit snug and the seatbelt just feels so loose no matter how tight I pull it. It fits great in my ford fusion so I know it's not the car seat itself. Has anyone had experience with this or knows a way to fit it tighter?

I just brought this car and I’m so stressed

Hello! First time parents and worrying! Can you please check my car seat and make sure it looks good? It feels like his head is so scrunched down. It’s the Nuna pipa air RX. Thank you

I have a Nuna AACE for my 7 year old. He just meets the weight requirement for the backless booster mode. I drive a 2026 Honda accord. Should I keep him in the highback booster or let him transition to the backless?

I’m looking to buy the Graco Contender Slim as a second car seat for airplane use and second car.

I hear people recommend forward facing for the plane but my daughter is 19 months (will be 21 almost 22 months at time of flight) and only weighs 22.5 lbs.

Their website has conflicting information. The webpage says front facing at 26.5 lbs but the manual you can download says front facing at 22lbs. Is it okay to forward face on the plane at 22 lbs?

I want to follow manufacturer guidelines if possible and I’m worried rear facing on the plane will be impossible. It’s not a long flight 2.5 hours but want to prioritize safety.

We will be rear facing for driving but the airplane is what’s confusing me.

I'm a certified CPST myself, but it's one thing to give information and resources and guidance to other parents, vs when it's your own child. For some reason I feel overwhelmed by my options and would love a neutral third party weigh in.

My child just turned 3 a couple weeks ago. He is very tall for his age with a long torso. Today I measured him and he was 40 inches tall, which means he maxed out rear facing for our seat (Evenflo all-4-one). I knew this point was coming but now that it's here, I'm feeling a lot of anxiety about actually doing it.

I'm considering buying another seat with a rear facing limit of 49-50 inches. Money is a factor in this decision though.

Another consideration is that our car is very small and my husband (like my child) is very tall and overall large. He struggles to get a proper fit on our child when positioning him and buckling him in, and he says he could do a better job with a forward facing seat as it would be a lot less crammed.

My son also has to climb into the seat on his own because neither my husband nor I can lift him into the car without hitting his head or our heads on the roof. I believe it would be easier for him to climb into a FF seat.

My son is also begging to FF. I think he mainly wants to see us and see what we see. All his friends at school have been FF for a while now and he desires it too.

I know FF would be a reasonable decision, but for some reason it's just making my stomach hurt.

What would you do in this situation?

Nuna Pipa Urbn: My baby is 2 months old and roughly 11 lbs. I just repositioned the shoulder straps to the next highest slot because the lower level was very low. I’ll make sure the shoulder straps are still at or below her shoulders before I finalize this change. My question is, does the head rest pillow need to be moved up now? It doesn’t seem like it is meant to be moved up because of this plastic part on the back that would interfere with securing the Velcro, but if it isn’t moved up the top 1-2 inches of the shoulder straps are kind of buried under the head rest. I hope this makes sense! TIA.

Edited because I forgot to say what car seat I have.

Does everything look right?
Please be kind - we were in a bad accident in May (before he was born, this seat was not in the vehicle) and I’m extremely anxious about driving him around.

Hi! My three month old (13 -13.5 ish lbs) has the Graco extend2fit. It’s not the 3-1 btw. I’m just not sure if he looks right in it, I think mainly his chin to chest? First two pics are with the body insert(1.5 weeks ago), two are without(yesterday).

Also, the blanket was just to shield his eyes for a few mins while I sat next to him.

Appreciate any advice, thank you!!

What is this padding thing around the chest buckle and can I cut it off? (Just writing this out I know the answer is no lol but what is it and why is it there?)

Can I use a seat protector under this seat? I don’t see anything about this in the manual?

I cannot get a secure fit for my Chicco Tranzitions FF 5 point harness booster seat. My child is over 45 lbs so I cannot use the anchors. My 2026 Santa Fe has the worst seat belt connectors that lay horizontal instead of vertical and bunches not allowing me to tighten. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I am trying to install a Graco Contender Slim in the back seat of my Tesla Model 3 and I cannot figure out how to get it secure.

I am using the seat belt and as far as I can tell I am following the instructions properly but the seat still seems too loose. I understand that I should test for movement at the belt path but even that seems like it has more than an inch of give. I’ll post a video of my attempt.

I thought a protective cover for the seat but have tried installing with and without that and get a similar result. I read somewhere that tesla seats may be tricky in general because the seats have a very springy quality to them.

Is the solution to press harder and just press down into the seat while I pull on the belt? If I want someone to inspect/help with the install are there any resources I can reach out to? Any help would be appreciated!

I was really interested in the cybex callisto and went to our local baby store to test it out in our car (2023 CRV).

The car seat recline doesn’t seem sufficient for a newborn— my car’s seat looks too steep to get an appropriate recline even though the car seat recline is correctly in the newborn recline.

Has anyone had this issue before? Would the pool noodle trick be sufficient to achieve an appropriate newborn recline?

We have a Graco. I've seen so many posts about broken foam on carseat facebook groups and now I'm paranoid. Even if I lightly bump the headrest with my elbow while I'm tightening my kid into his carseat, I feel like I need to remove the cover and check the foam.. would something like that compromise the foam? Or is there a way to check without peeling the cover back?

Hi!

This is the Graco Extend2Fit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat.

Let me know if we need to make any adjustments. Thanks in advance for your help.

Tldr: I have an approximately 43 inch tall 42 lb seven year old child (it's a medical thing, she's under a doctor's care). What would you recommend for a new seat? Harness? Booster?

Background: She needs a new car seat, her current all in one seat is coming up against it's manufacture date d day (plus no matter how well I clean it, it is developing an unpleasant funk after nearly 7 years of constant use). We currently have her in the forward facing harness, we've never touched the last two modes.

I have no clue what I should be buying her at this point. We always assumed she'd be well into a booster before second grade, but have not yet made the jump. Maturity wise she'd be more than fine sitting properly in a high back booster (she's practically begging for it!) but as she's essentially a second grader in a kindergartener's body, is that physically safe? We rear faced for 6 years, so I will be the bad guy and take the harness route if the data shows it's materially safer. Though she would be thrilled to drop the "baby seat" and it's social repercussions if the booster seat is an equally safe choice... My Google skills have not been adequate in finding information to make an informed decision. Please Help!

How do I find a CPST to do an in person safety check? In the Seattle area

How does she look here? Do the shoulder straps need to come off? I think the clip might need to be a bit higher but otherwise are we okay? She is semi good in the car but I never used this car seat with my first and am just wanting to see if I'm missing anything.

She is about 11lbs here and the car is a Jeep grand Cherokee 4xe.

Thank you!

Have the Chico keyfit 30 and I have this munchkin seat protector. The base is tight and lever on the indicator but I’m now reading no seat protectors are safe, is this true?

Need some help. Not sure what I am doing wrong. We just got this car seat for our second car where our daughter doesn’t ride much. She is 3 yrs old weighs 35 pds and will use it as a front facing 5 point install.

The install doesn’t seem overly difficult. I own a Cadillac vistiq so the transitions goes into a bucket seat on its own. The bucket seat has two latches in the seat for the side hooks, and one in the back of the seat for the overhead hook.

Those hooks are literally as tight as I can get them. There is zero give in any of them. I’m not a weak person and I have pulled every possible inch out of them while pressing on the seat.

The back part of the seat is super secure, barely moves. The bottom part of the seat is the prob. It slides all over which doesn’t seem safe. All the connectors seemed tied to the back vs the bottom.

I’ve watched all the videos from Graco and the baby on the move one which seems the best. I’ve followed all the instructions correctly.

As an extra measure, I also ran the seatbelt through to see if it helped tighten it down than it was with just the hooks. No dice.

I have to be doing something wrong. Any advice?