My child is 8 1/2 months and she has no leg room in the seat when I installed this car sect rear-facing. Can you let me know how I can resolve this?
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Your baby will not run out of leg room until they are past 2, which is the recommended age to keep them rear facing. My 18 month old, who is 32 inches tall, fits fine rear facing. She crosses her legs or straightens them up on the back of the seat if she wants to stretch. If you are unsure about remaining rear facing I suggest you look up youtube videos about forward facing children in car accidents.
368995
A couple of things that I thought of: Is the seat in recline position 3? Have you removed the infant body pillow? (It's not needed if your child can sit without support.) If it helps, it looks like you can adjust the angle of the car seat in position 3, the manual talks about this on page 20. Good luck!
368996
A couple of things that I thought of:Is the seat in recline position 3?Have you removed the infant body pillow? (It's not needed if your child can sit without support.)If it helps, it looks like you can adjust the angle of the car seat in position 3, the manual talks about this on page 20.Good luck!
368997
It's fine for a child that age to have very little "leg room" rear facing. It's not their legs you need to be worried about as much as their neck! It is recommended that you leave a child rear facing until the age of 2 (we did with no noticeable complaints from our son) or until the child outgrows the hileight and weight requirements for the seat in a rear facing position. For her own health and safety, leave her rear facing as long as possible! She is more comfortable than you would think!
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I don't think it would be appropriate because the seat isn't rear facing capable. (Or at least mine isn't, but I have had it over a year so that may have changed). That would be my only concern for you. Otherwise the seat is wonderful, just make sure your child is able to be front facing if the seat only goes that way.
479697
The seat is very wide, my baby is 7 months and still doesn't fill the seat in. When my baby was too short for the bottom we put a pillow under until her legs got a little longer. We didn't buy or start using it until she was at least six months and even now we limit it to 15 minutes max. I personally wouldn't put a 3 month old in it because they have a tough time controlling their body unsupported, not sure what the product recommends for age.
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Yes, we are using it for our 29 month old son in a rear facing position. He will be rear facing in it unitl he out grows the limits for it, and then we will most likely use it for our four year old daughter because it has a higher harness level than our Graco Nautilus so we will be able to harness her much longer. LOVE LOVE LOVE this car seat!
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didn't work out well for us..wife couldn't assist..couldn't get the sliding seat far enough under the butt at the chair or seat end to do any good..better bet is the "ultra slick" 37" transfer board with a slippy pillow case under butt..better option yet is if she can assist enough with legs is to use a gait belt & do stand & pivot transfers or swing pivot transfers keeping the chair as close as possible to car seat..hope that helps
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I imagine so! Wow, tall kiddo!. I still have my Kia Soul and flipped it forward facing about 9 months ago or so? My son is 2 years 2 months and 38" tall. It should be great rearfacing for quite awhile longer. My son's legs seemed to be scrunched before I was finally able to flip him forward as well but he didn't complain. It's just safer to keep them rear-facing as long as possible obviously. I don't remember off the top of my head what the weight and height requirements were for a safe forward facing flip...but I know it says so on the side of the seat. Good luck!
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I have the exactly same problem. My baby is 9 month old. I am worrying the slouching position is not good for her spine. She doesn't look bothered by that, though not very happy about it either. what can I do?
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we have ours facing forward. I dont think you can have this carseat rear facing.The reason I say that is because the seat is pretty 'straight up' and rear facing seats usually have more angle (lay position). This seat may not offer enough leg space (or space at all) if you can mount it rear facing.
699367
I have a Jetta and rear facing it fits better than the infant seat. Someone is able to comfortably sit in the front seat with the car seat behind it.
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Maybe? This has come up on car-seat.org several times. It seems Diono has said yes it is OK, but they had to draw the line somewhere. If you feel your child is OK in the more upright position, then I guess it becomes a parental decision. I will point out, though, that my 2 1/2yo often slumps in this seat when sleeping, so with an 8mo, it might be even worse. I don't think you're going to get a hard and fast yes or no. You could call diono yourself and see what they are currently saying. http://www.car-seat.org/showpost.php?p=2139611&postcount;=35
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Yeah, a child of that age is not ready to forward face. I also wouldn't take the advice of BRU employees for carseat choices. If you need help finding a seat for your child car-seat.org is a great place to get recommendations from experts!
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Agreed with previous comment that the seat needs to be at the most reclined position for such a young baby. I myself did not use it when my daughter was that young. She was/is small for her age and felt her infant car seat gave her a much "cozier" feeling. We just bought an adaptor to use with the UppaBaby frame.
666452
If your child is under a year old or under 20 lbs their carseat should be rear facing.
1443052
You have to buy a separate carseat adapter - there is a special for Chicco car seats. My son is over 37" and fits fine! I have the canopy in the lowest position, too, so my daughter can see over his seat better from the back seat (I use it as a double with two seats facing forward usually). No complaints about room, but there is still more room for him to grow since we can put the canopy higher!
477309
Depends on how long you want to keep him facing backwards, but I'm not sure what seat you have matters for that. My boy is about 34" tall right now and his legs are a little scrunched up, but he's still good for long trips. If you are going for forward facing, you'll need a Suburban to get away from the kicking in the back of your front seat, but that has more to do with the car than the car seat.Basically, your car makes a lot more difference with the legs than the car seat. I can't imagine that this seat would give a long-legged child any trouble.
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Depends on how long you want to keep him facing backwards, but I'm not sure what seat you have matters for that. My boy is about 34" tall right now and his legs are a little scrunched up, but he's still good for long trips. If you are going for forward facing, you'll need a Suburban to get away from the kicking in the back of your front seat, but that has more to do with the car than the car seat. Basically, your car makes a lot more difference with the legs than the car seat. I can't imagine that this seat would give a long-legged child any trouble.
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Oh yeah, definitely time. My baby was a year and she's very tiny, fifteenth percentile, but she fits just fine. Your baby will be a lot more comfortable in a toddler seat. Mine was anyway.