help 2 1/2 year old is an escape artist

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  • kyle84niki
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 11:06 AM

• i think the sunshine is to small of a seat it would still be really restrictive but i am looking in to the apex 65. the head wings dot restrict his movement like the other car seats do he does not like the pressure that the seats puts on his body. thank you for your help.
  

  Quoting AmiJanell:
  
  

  Ok, so what I think you are saying and asking is...

  That you own the safe guardseat and would like a similar seat.... but because he has some sensory troubles you have already tried a bunch of different seats that he is able to get out of. (but this one he stays in??)

  I think all seats have a LATCH system... but not all require that it be used like with the seat you own.... which looks like you MUST use the tether strap, right?

  What are the main things that have been giving you troubles in the past? A certain kind of buckle? Or what is it that you think your son likes about this seat that he doesn't like about the other seats you have tried?

   I think you are asking for kind of an open seat... maybe one that doesn't have as much side impact because it bothers him (because you mentioned you wanted something less restrictive)  Although the seat you own has pretty large head wings... so maybe that isn't a problem.

   

  What about something like the Sunshine Radian? It's kind of an "open" seat... doesn't have the large wings many of the seats have.

  Or maybe the Apex 65? Made by the same company so the clips and such are usually the same or similar.

  
  

  I provide childcare for parents in and around Tulsa,Ok.

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  • gkm15099
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM

• This just came to me today.  Have you spoken with your therapist about doing positive reinforcement therapy with the seat?  That's how we got Alyssa to quit fighting the carseat.  We would bring the seat in the house.  After using compression therapies on her joints in the burrito wrap, we would release her and put her in the seat without the straps.  We would do brushing therapy then until she remained calm.  After a few days of getting her calm without the straps, we would add one strap at a time with the continued brushing, but did not buckle them.  Then we worked up to fully buckling her in while she remained calm.  It took about two months to get her used to the seat and not to fight it.  We ended each session with some kind of positive reinforment (for Alyssa it was a smoothie while she sat in the seat.)

  Best of luck, Kimberly

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  • kyle84niki
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM

• yes we have talked to his therapist and even early intervention services. we do brushing therapy, we do joint compresions, we use a weighted blanket, we even use a compression vest.
  

  Quoting gkm15099:
  
  

  This just came to me today.  Have you spoken with your therapist about doing positive reinforcement therapy with the seat?  That's how we got Alyssa to quit fighting the carseat.  We would bring the seat in the house.  After using compression therapies on her joints in the burrito wrap, we would release her and put her in the seat without the straps.  We would do brushing therapy then until she remained calm.  After a few days of getting her calm without the straps, we would add one strap at a time with the continued brushing, but did not buckle them.  Then we worked up to fully buckling her in while she remained calm.  It took about two months to get her used to the seat and not to fight it.  We ended each session with some kind of positive reinforment (for Alyssa it was a smoothie while she sat in the seat.)

  Best of luck, Kimberly

  
  

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  • gkm15099
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM

• My Alyssa LOVED the compression vest!  She will bring to it to me now, when she needs it.  It is so funny to see her dragging it into the living room tell me to push on her.  LOL!
  

  Quoting kyle84niki:
  
  

  yes we have talked to his therapist and even early intervention services. we do brushing therapy, we do joint compresions, we use a weighted blanket, we even use a compression vest.
  

  Quoting gkm15099:
  
  

  This just came to me today.  Have you spoken with your therapist about doing positive reinforcement therapy with the seat?  That's how we got Alyssa to quit fighting the carseat.  We would bring the seat in the house.  After using compression therapies on her joints in the burrito wrap, we would release her and put her in the seat without the straps.  We would do brushing therapy then until she remained calm.  After a few days of getting her calm without the straps, we would add one strap at a time with the continued brushing, but did not buckle them.  Then we worked up to fully buckling her in while she remained calm.  It took about two months to get her used to the seat and not to fight it.  We ended each session with some kind of positive reinforment (for Alyssa it was a smoothie while she sat in the seat.)

  Best of luck, Kimberly

  
  

  
  

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  • ATG499
  on Nov. 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM

• Lady, I can't help you. I have no children with any sensory disorders, nor do I have children who are even forward-facing (or close to it) yet. But if you are going to come into this forum and ask for help, I'm pretty sure you'll get a lot more positive answers if you aren't rude to everyone. Good luck, and I hope you get the help you need soon.

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