How do you keep a toddler from opening seat belt latches? Any ideas beside stapling him to the seat?
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It's been at least a year since you posted this question, so I hope you've solved the problem by now. My parents had the same fight with me and my brother when we were young and solved it by slamming on the breaks when they saw our seat belts were off (obviously, they made sure the road conditions were safe for this!). I tumbled to the front of our van and my brother hit a cabinet. Then we got yelled at and (probably) spanked. We were unharmed, but very terrified by the experience and NEVER took our seatbelt off again. It's not a solution I can recommend, but it worked on me.
1065561
My son never had that problem with this car seat. The Velcro on the straps is the soft side of the Velcro, but if it's a problem, you could probably put thin shoulder straps over it.
967578
Yes, just slide your seat belt through the two slots on the bottom of the Booster seat and latch the seat belt.
1098543
How old is your son? The vest is very secure but if he is old enough to unlock the seat belt this won't work.
2011446
It is MUCH simpler to latch and unlatch than a normal harness car seat. Also, it is not absolutely necessary to use the latch system (I believe I read this in the instructions), because the latch system is just there to keep the booster in place when a child is not sitting in it with the seat belt on.
1397145
Yes, the seatbelt will still lock. The restraints on the side that click into the car seat anchors restrict the movement also though. My dog does manage to lie down anyway, but I do feel like he is much more protected than before.
684982
My little one was 3 months when I first started putting him in here to get out and get exercise for me... I put a pillow under the seat to bring him up and rolled a couple of blankets to give his head and neck support... Also, I put some of the strap sleeve covers that you can get for car seats on the shoulder straps of the trailer as well to keep them from cutting into his little tender neck... Now he is 7 months and I still put the pillow under him and have the strap covers, but he does not sleep much on the go and has great neck strength so I do not worry about the blankets so much... :)
509122
SGL just means they included the LATCH system anchors to the Parkway SG model. Since the LATCH anchors are only used to hold the seat in place... regardless of whether or not you use the latch, you would still use the vehicle seat belt to restrain the child. One perceived downside to not using the latch, is that there is nothing holding the seat in place when the child is not in it - meaning there is a chance it could shift/move in the case of an accident. But we haven't found it to be problematic in our every day driving.
516447
Our vehicle does not have a latch system either; we just put the seatbelt through the seat while applying downward pressure to the seat itself. It installs very easily. We are very pleased - it is really light and simple to take in and out of the car.
1756476
You can use the seatbelt. Most cars LATCH systems are only supported until 40 pounds. Love this carseat!
512725
You use the seat belt. Booster seats do not need the latch capability as the weigjr of the child keeps it secure. Make sure your child has the approppriate weight.
2051576
technically, there are seatbelts, but they don't provide any true protection as they are one inch nylon strips with Velcro to attach them. Since the ride on toy truck doesn't have opening doors, my kids have never accidentally fallen out. Another ride on we have has no doors and the kids fell out when they were less than than 3 years old.
1756474
Latch not required. We use seat belts a lot as it gets moved around between vehicles.
548523
We bought another seat so we have one in each car. We had to do it this way with our daycare drop offs; daddy does am, mommy does pm. Good luck!
9864
Where the singl strap comes out on the lower front of the seat. There is a tab in the hole you push down on while pulling on the straps at the top, or over the child's chest. Make sure when you release the tab the straps secure in place. Good Luck
2096761
Too hard to unlatch in accident is impossible take out the kid if you don't have a knife to cut the belts, that seat is a nightmare I am mother of 3 lot experience in seat car for kids
390465
When you say seat belt, I'm assuming you're referring to the harness straps that secure the child in the seat. On the back of the carseat, you will find two black levers with straps secured through them. Hold down the two levers with one hand and then pull the harness straps on the front of the seat to loosen the belt. To tighten the belt, just pull the strap hanging from the back of the black levers. If you're looking to adjust the height of the shoulder straps, you're going to have to rethread the strap through a higher or lower slot. Go to 3:13 in this video to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pi6x90lLU