How do you keep a toddler from opening seat belt latches? Any ideas beside stapling him to the seat?
111745
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.
553050
There is a strap coming out of the front bottom. Gently pull it after the harness is snatched around the child's shoulders. This will tighten the harness. It was loosening of the harness that was tricky. It took us a while to figure out. If you need to loosen the harness, find an opening slip situated on the front edge between the child's thighs. Push your index finger into it and feel for a metal plate. Push down the plate while pull up the harness with the other hand. This will loosen it.
1427634
There is an opening secured with velcro for seat belts but not the latch anchors. You could easily cut an opening for the latch anchors and just stitch around the opening so the pad doesn't fray. I bought the cover for my dogs but just last night put my grand daughters car seat in there and the pad was perfect for her wet dirty boots.
318902
You need to use a seatbelt and not the latch system after the child reaches a certain weight and can use the seatbelt before they reach the "required" weight (we never used the latch system). You do still need to use the anchor on the back of the car's seat to secure the top/back of the Pinnacle.
911168
I don't generally loosen the straps each time I take him out. It was harder when he was a newborn because I didn't want to hurt him wrestling his limbs out of the harness! But now he is a few months old and actually moves his arm to help me get him out. If I have to tighten the harness while he is in it, I try and figure out how much I need to tighten it before I buckle it since it is really difficult to pull the strap to tighten it while it is buckled.
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.
98559
Yes, I just tested it out at store and I don't have Latch either. It's a pain to initially install with the seatbelt, but seems it will stay put much better than our current base for our infant carseat. I tested a Britax as well and it was the same issue, so no difference on that based on brand.
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... :)
99326
When using this seat with the harness, we recommend using either LATCH or the seat belt. Using both methods could actually create safety concerns. If you are using this seat in booster mode, then you can certainly use the LATCH system as an anchor for the seat when the child is not in the seat.
1368983
Somewhat. You should be able to pull the straps tight and basically the seat belt will hold it tighter once child is in.
2083651
Towards the bottom of the seat in between the child's ankles, under the seat cover, there is a small lever. You pull up on the lever and you can loosen the straps.
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!
702307
I also use this seat cover for a youth booster but mine does not have the latch system it's the kind that uses the cars seat beat. My son is 8 years old. The seat protector does not have a slot to put the latch through. I do believe it will block the latch interface.
668510
My son is mobile enough he can get himself into the chair. So, I hold the hand brake and verbally guide him into the chair. "Butt first, hold on to the handle". But if I were not holding the chair, I fear it would slide out from under him.
152665
When I was deciding on a car seat, I purchased (and returned) 4 other seats, and this particular problem (being able to reach the seat-belt release) is a deficiency of all the seats I tried that have booster or shoulder belt convertibility. While my son did release it once, I came "unglued" and seem to have sufficiently scared him from ever touching the buckle again. Additionally, I found that if I have the harness tightened appropriately (making sure he only has 2 fingers of space) he can't reach it. The biggest deciding factor for me was that my son was unable to fully free himself once strapped in properly (he was able to loosen the straps on the other brands and unbuckle and then he was out!) The Frontier 90's harness strap release button is to far in for his fingers to reach it.
1427633
Yes, there are Velcro closure slits for the seat belt buckle. It's been quite a few years since I've had to use a car seat but I know the belt buckle and belts are available. Seat latch anchors.....not sure what that is
113393
Right, I've had that problem too. I think it has something to do with the smaller straps that hold those gray chest pads (forget what Britax calls them - HUGS pads?). I just pull the strap release (accessed through a slit in the seat cover near where the lower strap comes out between the child's legs), grasp the black clip that holds the 2 shoulder straps together across the child's chest, and pull that clip upwards until it moves no further. That's usually enough slack in our case to get our kid out easily. It does seem to run up against those little HUGS pad straps though.