Aw: we put together the car seat...

[IFinTN]

....and practiced with my cabbage patch preemie doll. Oh boy...how the hell am I gonna do this with a wiggly baby!!

[IFinTN]

Feb 21, 2015 10:41:03 GMT -5 @buttmonkey said:

Nice work!

And very impressive profile pic.

Thanks, my professional profile seemed boring:)

[ProfessorChaos]

You're scaring me! We have a car seat, but we haven't done anything with it yet. It sounds hard!!

Congrats on that big step!

[IFinTN]

Feb 21, 2015 12:14:52 GMT -5 ProfessorChaos said:

You're scaring me! We have a car seat, but we haven't done anything with it yet. It sounds hard!!

Congrats on that big step!

I definitely suggest trying a doll. It took us 5 minutes to figure out how to loosen/tighten things. We also practiced taking the seat in/out of stroller. We have not put the base in the car yet, that should be interesting too.

We also want to practice folding up the stroller...have you seen that commercial where the dad gets frustrated and throws the stroller? Yeah, that's us:)

[Deleted]

Ahh yes, the car seat. It seemed so hard at first (and it kinda was). The good news is it gets easier over time. And baby wont be that wiggly when he/she first arrives. Have fun w practicing!

[chicory]

Do you have a cat or small dog? Practice with them maybe...a baby should be easier! Joking of course...we don't have our seats yet but last weekend we went to BRU and tried the two models we are looking at to be sure they would fit in my extended cab pickup. I wasted 25% of my printer's ink cartridge to print the ENTIRE manual for each seat and made DH read them before we went (neurotic much?) It was way easier than we thought it would be to install the bases. We have to use the shoulder belt installation because of twins and only one LATCH spot in the truck. It wasn't anywhere near as hard as I imagined. If you can use LATCH install, it will be a piece of cake!

[jessimi06]

I'm dreading putting in the car seats. Mostly because I'm afraid both of them won't fit in the back seat (DH is 6'8" and even in my malibu, there's not much of a back seat left when he's driving) and then I'm going to be stuck with a mini van or something. And I realllyyyyyy don't want a mini van.

[purpledaisy923]

jessimi06, I have a malibu too! DH is only 5'4" and I'm 5'1", so we aren't worried if the car seats will fit in the back seat or not lol.

[runcici]

Happy Practicing IFinTN

[mrswillie]

Good idea on the practicing, but you'll be a pro by the time baby's a week old. Don't worry. You'll be just fine. ?

I'm glad DH and I are short too. No problem fitting the seat behind us.