Staying in carseats

Hello all, I usually post in the first year forum but need you guys advice for a friend of mine with two year old twins (Fraternal boys). Today she asked me if I know anything she can do to keep her two year old DS from getting out of his carseat....so I told her I would ask you guys! So has anyone had any experience with this? She said just one of them do it, the other sits in his seat just fine.....any advice/ideas would be greatly appreciated, she said she just has no idea what to do. TIA!

 

Wow, a 2 YO that can escape from a harness. I dont even know what I would do. Sorry she is going through this. I might have to buy a new seat.

 

Find a car seat that he can't open. I had a friend who had to try 3 or 4 different car seats since her son figured out how to open them. Each brand has slightly different harnesses, so maybe there is one he can't open.

 

Oh wow!! I'd go crazy if Katie could get out of hers! All of mine had the 5 point harnesses and the boys didn't learn to escape until they were 3. They would put their arms through the top and lean over and unbuckle the seat from the buckle. I had to pull over SO many times to plug them back in. It was SO frustrating!

 

We still use a 5 point harness and Lauren is slowly figuring it out. But they are 3.5. I don't know what I would do. Threaten, maybe? :laughing: Just kidding of course.

 

She has two different seats, a set for her car and a set for her DH's car. They are both 5 point harness seats....I will pass on teh suggestions. TAL!

 

Is he getting out because he doesn't want to be strapped in or because he's not comfortable? Maybe she could check the fit of the straps to make sure they're not digging him/rubbing his neck.
If the fit's fine and he's just doing it because it's a new trick then I think she will just have to resort to stopping the car every time he does it and strapping him back in. I'd do it in a firm way but without making a big deal about it-tell him "you must wear your seatbelt" and put him back in. If he gets the same response every time he'll probably get bored of doing it fairly quickly. Also (when they're not in the car) she can talk to them about how we need seatbelts to keep us safe and it's very important to wear them. She could even contact her local police station and see if it's possible to have a police officer talk to them about it (in a nice way).