escaping the carseat belts!

[DoubleK]

our little 'houdini' (as DP calls her) manages to get her arms free from her seatbelt everytime she is in the car. no matter how tight we do them up, she gets her arms out - she wont give up till they are out, her little arms end up red from where she has forced them out! she winds down her window, reaches and pulls on the front passenger seatbelt... i dont know what to do anymore!

i have to pull over and undo the whole belt, then do it back up with her arms in... she will only do it once per trip, but still, i worry so much, what if i had an accident before i got the chance to pull over and fix her up.. id never forgive myself that she wasnt restrained properly.

arrggh does anyone have a magic solution to this problem? im thinking her belt needs an extra piece that goes across her chest, to hold the two straps together, so she cant climb out... not sure how to go about it tho...

[Shellbelle]

You can buy an extra strap that joins them at the front somewhere - have seen them at toys'r'us I think??!!! Was obviously designed by a Mum with a little houdini like yours!!! Good Luck!

[Olive]

kimbaz was also having the same problems, maybe she found a solution!

[*Ang*]

We have the same problem and no Toys R Us nearby - does anyone have any other solutions?

[Tyige]

My DS done the same thing aswell. I couldn't figure out how to stop it but after a couple of months he just got over it.. Luckily DD hasn't started sdoing it yet... although she is doing it when in the pram. Hopefully you can find an easy way to get her to stop doing it.

[shellbell3]

My DD a couple of times has actually learnt to unclip the button so the whole thing comes undone! Scared me, she always really studies what we do and picks up everything.