Guest guest Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 There are many...we use the Eddie Bauer which is made in Canada which has slightly higher saftey standards than the US currently has. I have heard people rave about the Britax brand, but they are quite pricey. Any seat that is wider than 14 in. should be fine and if you are using an infant carrier seat, it dosen't even need to be that wide as you will need to get another seat when baby grows out of that, our daughter was out of her infant seat at 6 mos. HTH & Grace jdtaylor@f...> wrote: > > What kind of car seats are made wide enough for babies with the Brown > Bar on their feet? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Thank you for your response. My daughter is 10 weeks old and we are having difficult time with the car seat we currently have because it is only 11 inches wide and her feet are restrained apart at 13 1/2 inches. I think we will get a convertible seat so that she can grow with it. Thanks again, le and Halle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 my son has a db bar (his first one)...I guess they widen them as we go along to make sure that the feet stay shoulder length apart). We have a Graco car seat and he has plenty of room for his feet and his bar I would imagine though, that since the bar is supposed to be the same width as shoulder to shoulder, any type of car seat that your child can fit into, the bar should fit as well. I am not sure though if some doctors space the feet further apart. --- dcarpunky98 wrote: > What kind of car seats are made wide enough for > babies with the Brown > Bar on their feet? > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 We're in the UK so don't know if car seats are the same but we have a Maxi-Cosi carbrio. Our son is slightly older than most children, 6 months when he started the boots and bars now 9 months, and his feet actually stick out the end of the car seat so no problem but really if he was any smaller they would not fit in our car seat AT ALL. The seats may be the width of the bar but when you take into account that the feet stick out at angles and the bar is only to the heel there really isn't room for him to fit. Hope this is of some help to you Good Luck in your car seat search! Kathy and Ethan (s 23/24) ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 You can also use a rolled up receiving blanket or small towel to lift the feet up a bit so they fit better. > > What kind of car seats are made wide enough for babies with the Brown > Bar on their feet? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 We too had to switch to a convertible car seat earlier than we had planned. Aleksander's legs with the shoes on just didn't fit in the infant seat. We have two different seats (one in each car). Both are wonderful, easy to install, the straps don't get twisted, and it is easy to operate. We have the Graco Comfortsport and the Evenflo Triumph. We've been using them both for at least 9 months, and our son is now forward facing. Switching the seats around was very easy, adjusting the straps is extremely easy, and most importantly, buckling him in is very easy. Oh, yes, and he fits quite nicely in both seats, with or without the shoes on! > > Thank you for your response. My daughter is 10 weeks old and we are > having difficult time with the car seat we currently have because it > is only 11 inches wide and her feet are restrained apart at 13 1/2 > inches. I think we will get a convertible seat so that she can grow > with it. > > Thanks again, > > le and Halle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Hello, We went with the Britax brand after trying an Evenflo one that I couldn't stand and it is great! The straps are so easy to adjust, don't twist easily and the seat is rated as one of the top (was the top one when I last checked) on Consumer Reports as far as safety goes. They do cost more but they'll be using it for a while, I figure. The Evenflo one seemed to have twisted straps every time I went to use it and it was so irritating! It is nice and wide too so probably would be good for the DBB. Halley Re: Car Seats There are many...we use the Eddie Bauer which is made in Canada which has slightly higher saftey standards than the US currently has. I have heard people rave about the Britax brand, but they are quite pricey. Any seat that is wider than 14 in. should be fine and if you are using an infant carrier seat, it dosen't even need to be that wide as you will need to get another seat when baby grows out of that, our daughter was out of her infant seat at 6 mos. HTH & Grace jdtaylor@f...> wrote: > > What kind of car seats are made wide enough for babies with the Brown > Bar on their feet? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 10 weeks old and 13-1/2 " FAB??? Even if you take the shoe width off that makes for about a 10 " bar. I seriously wonder about a 10w old in a 10 " bar. Darbi was a big baby, and had a larger bar than normal at 8 " for her first bar. She didn't take a 10 " bar till much later, I'd say around a year old?? If you take the brace and hold it up to baby's shoulders with heels pointing towards baby, do the shoulders just fit inside the heels or is there room to spare? If so, the bar is too long and should be replaced with one appropriately sized (heel to heel shoulder width, or bolt to bolt... or somewhere in between... but no larger and no smaller) for your baby. You really should be able to use your infant seat at this age, even with a FAB but in all honesty... expecting much more than 6mo's out of an infant seat for any baby is a little too optimistic. Infant seats have length limits, and most now are outgrown at 26 " anyway. Check the manual with your infant seat to see what the length limit is so you know. We had to switch my firstborn to a convertible carseat at 4mo's and his seat at the time was good to 27 " . Now onto seats... I honestly cannot recommend Britax any more. I have 5 of them, and would never have anything else. They make a great seat now that is good to 65 pounds. So your precious little one can be safely and comfortably restrained in a 6 point harness well into kindergarten or 1st grade, or longer depending on body type (girls likely will be tinier than boys many times). If you like your child safe... this one seat will last you nearly till your child is tall enough to use a regular seatbelt safely. Money spent now... is money saved later when you end up having to put your 3-4yo into a booster seat with shoulder strap only because the standard weight limit for convertible seats is 40 pounds. Some children may even hit 40 pounds before the age of 3... who wants their 3yo in a shoulder strap only? I sure as heck wouldn't... (no offense to those who do this, but it scares the livin crud out of me to think of a 3yo in a booster and shoulder strap should an accident occur). No way, for me it's 5point as long as humanly possible. And the 65 pound seat is exactly what I would buy for my baby if I had to do it all over again (I have the Roundabouts and Freeway's - both are good only to 40 pounds but they didn't have the 65# model when I needed to buy seats). Alright, I typed this days ago... don't remember if I needed to finish or what but if so it'll be later today,. sending as is... Kori At 05:47 AM 12/14/2005, you wrote: >We too had to switch to a convertible car seat earlier than we had >planned. Aleksander's legs with the shoes on just didn't fit in the >infant seat. > >We have two different seats (one in each car). Both are wonderful, >easy to install, the straps don't get twisted, and it is easy to >operate. We have the Graco Comfortsport and the Evenflo Triumph. >We've been using them both for at least 9 months, and our son is now >forward facing. Switching the seats around was very easy, adjusting >the straps is extremely easy, and most importantly, buckling him in is >very easy. > >Oh, yes, and he fits quite nicely in both seats, with or without the >shoes on! > > > > > > Thank you for your response. My daughter is 10 weeks old and we are > > having difficult time with the car seat we currently have because it > > is only 11 inches wide and her feet are restrained apart at 13 1/2 > > inches. I think we will get a convertible seat so that she can grow > > with it. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > le and Halle > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Wow that 13 " bar sounds huge! Not sure about that, but with seats, most the time Everett had one leg slightly higher in the other as he got bigger cuz of the bar but it wasn't any big deal. And now days he's rarely in the car with the bar on anyway. s. Re: Re: Car Seats 10 weeks old and 13-1/2 " FAB??? Even if you take the shoe width off that makes for about a 10 " bar. I seriously wonder about a 10w old in a 10 " bar. Darbi was a big baby, and had a larger bar than normal at 8 " for her first bar. She didn't take a 10 " bar till much later, I'd say around a year old?? If you take the brace and hold it up to baby's shoulders with heels pointing towards baby, do the shoulders just fit inside the heels or is there room to spare? If so, the bar is too long and should be replaced with one appropriately sized (heel to heel shoulder width, or bolt to bolt... or somewhere in between... but no larger and no smaller) for your baby. You really should be able to use your infant seat at this age, even with a FAB but in all honesty... expecting much more than 6mo's out of an infant seat for any baby is a little too optimistic. Infant seats have length limits, and most now are outgrown at 26 " anyway. Check the manual with your infant seat to see what the length limit is so you know. We had to switch my firstborn to a convertible carseat at 4mo's and his seat at the time was good to 27 " . Now onto seats... I honestly cannot recommend Britax any more. I have 5 of them, and would never have anything else. They make a great seat now that is good to 65 pounds. So your precious little one can be safely and comfortably restrained in a 6 point harness well into kindergarten or 1st grade, or longer depending on body type (girls likely will be tinier than boys many times). If you like your child safe... this one seat will last you nearly till your child is tall enough to use a regular seatbelt safely. Money spent now... is money saved later when you end up having to put your 3-4yo into a booster seat with shoulder strap only because the standard weight limit for convertible seats is 40 pounds. Some children may even hit 40 pounds before the age of 3... who wants their 3yo in a shoulder strap only? I sure as heck wouldn't... (no offense to those who do this, but it scares the livin crud out of me to think of a 3yo in a booster and shoulder strap should an accident occur). No way, for me it's 5point as long as humanly possible. And the 65 pound seat is exactly what I would buy for my baby if I had to do it all over again (I have the Roundabouts and Freeway's - both are good only to 40 pounds but they didn't have the 65# model when I needed to buy seats). Alright, I typed this days ago... don't remember if I needed to finish or what but if so it'll be later today,. sending as is... Kori At 05:47 AM 12/14/2005, you wrote: >We too had to switch to a convertible car seat earlier than we had >planned. Aleksander's legs with the shoes on just didn't fit in the >infant seat. > >We have two different seats (one in each car). Both are wonderful, >easy to install, the straps don't get twisted, and it is easy to >operate. We have the Graco Comfortsport and the Evenflo Triumph. >We've been using them both for at least 9 months, and our son is now >forward facing. Switching the seats around was very easy, adjusting >the straps is extremely easy, and most importantly, buckling him in is >very easy. > >Oh, yes, and he fits quite nicely in both seats, with or without the >shoes on! > > > > > > Thank you for your response. My daughter is 10 weeks old and we are > > having difficult time with the car seat we currently have because it > > is only 11 inches wide and her feet are restrained apart at 13 1/2 > > inches. I think we will get a convertible seat so that she can grow > > with it. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > le and Halle > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 My son is 3 in April and is only set at 12.5 " on the large adjustable, and his seem just right. Rach Steve and Connor -- Re: Re: Car Seats Wow that 13 " bar sounds huge! Not sure about that, but with seats, most the time Everett had one leg slightly higher in the other as he got bigger cuz of the bar but it wasn't any big deal. And now days he's rarely in the car with the bar on anyway. s. Re: Re: Car Seats 10 weeks old and 13-1/2 " FAB??? Even if you take the shoe width off that makes for about a 10 " bar. I seriously wonder about a 10w old in a 10 " bar. Darbi was a big baby, and had a larger bar than normal at 8 " for her first bar. She didn't take a 10 " bar till much later, I'd say around a year old?? If you take the brace and hold it up to baby's shoulders with heels pointing towards baby, do the shoulders just fit inside the heels or is there room to spare? If so, the bar is too long and should be replaced with one appropriately sized (heel to heel shoulder width, or bolt to bolt... or somewhere in between... but no larger and no smaller) for your baby. You really should be able to use your infant seat at this age, even with a FAB but in all honesty... expecting much more than 6mo's out of an infant seat for any baby is a little too optimistic. Infant seats have length limits, and most now are outgrown at 26 " anyway. Check the manual with your infant seat to see what the length limit is so you know. We had to switch my firstborn to a convertible carseat at 4mo's and his seat at the time was good to 27 " . Now onto seats... I honestly cannot recommend Britax any more. I have 5 of them, and would never have anything else. They make a great seat now that is good to 65 pounds. So your precious little one can be safely and comfortably restrained in a 6 point harness well into kindergarten or 1st grade, or longer depending on body type (girls likely will be tinier than boys many times). If you like your child safe... this one seat will last you nearly till your child is tall enough to use a regular seatbelt safely. Money spent now... is money saved later when you end up having to put your 3-4yo into a booster seat with shoulder strap only because the standard weight limit for convertible seats is 40 pounds. Some children may even hit 40 pounds before the age of 3... who wants their 3yo in a shoulder strap only? I sure as heck wouldn't... (no offense to those who do this, but it scares the livin crud out of me to think of a 3yo in a booster and shoulder strap should an accident occur). No way, for me it's 5point as long as humanly possible. And the 65 pound seat is exactly what I would buy for my baby if I had to do it all over again (I have the Roundabouts and Freeway's - both are good only to 40 pounds but they didn't have the 65# model when I needed to buy seats). Alright, I typed this days ago... don't remember if I needed to finish or what but if so it'll be later today,. sending as is... Kori At 05:47 AM 12/14/2005, you wrote: >We too had to switch to a convertible car seat earlier than we had >planned. Aleksander's legs with the shoes on just didn't fit in the >infant seat. > >We have two different seats (one in each car). Both are wonderful, >easy to install, the straps don't get twisted, and it is easy to >operate. We have the Graco Comfortsport and the Evenflo Triumph. >We've been using them both for at least 9 months, and our son is now >forward facing. Switching the seats around was very easy, adjusting >the straps is extremely easy, and most importantly, buckling him in is >very easy. > >Oh, yes, and he fits quite nicely in both seats, with or without the >shoes on! > > > > > > Thank you for your response. My daughter is 10 weeks old and we are > > having difficult time with the car seat we currently have because it > > is only 11 inches wide and her feet are restrained apart at 13 1/2 > > inches. I think we will get a convertible seat so that she can grow > > with it. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > le and Halle > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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