How is this car seats head support? The head support on my 6 month old sons current convertible car seat doesnt keep his head straight while sleeping
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The Support Is Pretty Good. Our One Year Old Leans To The Side And Her Head Stays There Without The Straining. She Does Tend To Just Hang Her Neck Down The Middle. When That Happens, Theres Not Much Help
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Head support is adjustable height and great. Not sure you're going to find any car seat that will completely prevent the head bob when they fall asleep
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Great! My daughter has been in hers since 6 months and looks very comfy in it while sleeping.
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The head support is good. Make sure you lean the seat back with a pool noodle or rolled towel otherwise the seat will be straight up, causing baby's head to drop forward. My baby falls asleep and her head falls to one of the sides which has support. Hope that helps. I would recommend this seat!
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The head support is pretty good! It sticks out far enough to hold their head up and is easy to adjust!
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The Graco Nautilus is a good car seat all in all, but has bad reclining feature. I agree, the recline feature seems to be only for fitting it into your car, not for the comfort of your child. My son is 2 years, and we keep struggling with his head bobbing around with every turn or when the car slows down (momentum pulls his head forward) - poor guy... You may want to try it out in the car you're fitting it in to see if it helps to adjust the car seat while the grace is fixed into it.
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My son snoozes happily in it. The "wings" at head level really help keep his head in a comfortable position. The only issue we have is his rear end gets sore - but really, that could happen in any seat after a long ride when your legs don't touch the ground.
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My son uses a support pillow for his son. If you do not use one, the babies head can flop from side to side.
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As others said, maybe because it limits baby's ability to move freely. I noticed our little one has his head tilted down when he sleeps so its different position than a crib but it worked wonders for his acid reflux and he can sleep up 9 hrs in it. I think the important thing is to not overuse all the devices with baby on their backs like car seats, swings etc etc and that they get enough tummy time to avoid flat head.
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The recline helps a bit, but it's still pretty upright. My son's head will usually flop to right or left, but sometimes he goes forward. The straps hold him in until I go around a corner and his head falls back to the side :-) About typical for a harnessed booster. In his regular booster he would end up doubled over. So I'll take what I can get.
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Yes, my son has never complained about the seat and he really likes how comfortable it is. The sides of the head read and seat are helpful when he falls asleep. When our daughter gets old enough we're getting her one too!
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I did . But what I did noticed is that every time my baby would fall asleep in the car seat his head would totally go forward . I would literally extend my arm while driving and hold his head upright until we got to our destination . I later on figured out that it was this thing that would caused my baby to sleep with his head forward. I wanted to return it but the expiration expired . Good luck
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My son is 7 1/2 months and is very big for his age and we still use this product. We keep it in his stroller now, it's great for when he falls asleep it provides better support for his head than just laying on the stroller backrest
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I use it primarily in the car (while my child is in his carseat) as that is when he tends to need it due to sleeping and sitting, like on a long car trip. It does tilt his head forward, but we move it around to fit properly. My husband tried putting it on our son backwards so it propped his chin up while he was sleeping. Worked pretty well for us! :)
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Hard plastic to give baby support. I have read about the flat spot on the back of babies heads, but if the baby isn't in it all the time you won't have an issue. My 5 month old has been in it for about 4 months and has no issues with his head. He is only in it at night time though, because I also have read about that issue. Also you will want to keep up on washing it, I am sure you have read about the old version of this having a recall for mold growth. We wash ours once a week with the kids clothes and no issues.
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Hmm.. I'm not sure. I liked it because it just felt like it would cradle him more. I like how it supports his head. This way we can put him down with his head on either side and he still has a little pillow cushion. Now that my son is getting older, he tries to crawl off the changing pad a lot and we have to distract him with toys. The curvature keeps the toys on the pad with him and also slows him down a tiny bit. I don't think there are any drawbacks I can think of, maybe a few very small benefits in my book.
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Not really. The back part of pillow us too thick and if tilts the child's head forwards too much. For car rides you need something that is more narrow in the back.
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I got it for my son when he was four months he needs to be able to hold his head up well. the back is pretty high good support...
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we got the black and used it through one summer without problems regarding it being too hot. the black material is softer feeling and seems like it would be pleasant to lean your head against. My son had no problems with comfort in this seat. HOWEVER if your child is tall, I would highly recommend not getting a Britax seat because the headrest is not reinforced, meaning that when your child's head is 1" from the top of the SHELL of the seat (NOT including the headrest), he/she is too tall to ride rear-facing. This typically happens when the child is wearing size 3T. Just wanted to mention that in case it saves you the trouble we went through. we got the black and used it through one summer without problems regarding it being too hot. the black material is softer feeling and seems like it would be pleasant to lean your head against. My son had no problems with comfort in this seat. HOWEVER if your child is tall, I would highly recommend not getting a Britax seat because the headrest is not reinforced, meaning that when your child's head is 1" from the top of the SHELL of the seat (NOT including the headrest), he/she is too tall to ride rear-facing. This typically happens when the child is wearing size 3T. Just wanted to... » Read More we got the black and used it through one summer without problems regarding it being too hot. the black material is softer feeling and seems like it would be pleasant to lean your head against. My son had no problems with comfort in this seat. HOWEVER if your child is tall, I would highly recommend not getting a Britax seat because the headrest is not reinforced, meaning that when your child's head is 1" from the top of the SHELL of the seat (NOT including the headrest), he/she is too tall to ride rear-facing. This typically happens when the child is wearing size 3T. Just wanted to mention that in case it saves you the trouble we went through. « Show Less
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Our little one was born 6 lbs 18 inches and we have used this car seat from the day we left the hospital. She is now 6 months and we still use this car seat and have even used this car seat to help calm her down when nothing else would work and I am not just talking about the 2:00 a.m. car rides, we just strap her in and carry it around....she just feels comfortable in the car seat I guess....but as I have quickly learned some things will work for you and your little one and others might not...so if you think it has to acute of an angle, don't buy it b/c if your little one is upset in the car seat all your going to think about is "its that stinking acute angle and that darn car seat making him/her uncomfortable", even though it might not be.
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That only happened occasionally when my daughter fell asleep. Make sure if he is rear facing that before install you have reclined the seat all the way. Another thing we did to prevent this was adjust the height so that the head piece was more level with her head/ears; this actually seems to have fixed the problem with her head flopping forward because she can rest it to the side better.