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| 572.1 | I had TWO, used both | SAMDHI::TRIPP | | Tue Aug 24 1993 17:02 | 25 |
| I have a hand knitted white one, that was made for my son, by his
Godmother. Most patterns, though, don't provide for a place for the
seat belt groin strap to go through, so some fancy stitching may be
called for by someone who can sew or knit well.
I had a quilted bunting, commerically made given to me, it did have a
place for the car seat strap to go through, but it seemed a real pain
putting the child in the car seat, the strap through the bunting and
then finish buckling the car seat. For a while he was small enough I
could just put the leg (groin)strap in the middle, without bothering
with the hole provided in the bunting.
Abosolutely adorable on a baby, I smile as I recall the face in the
bunting, but MUST be gotten rid of as soon at baby discovers s/he has
feet! can't be walked in, might cause frustration in the crawling
process. More for the phase of when baby is strictly being carried.
On second though, some buntings are "convertable" they are the sack
type but have snaps which convert to make legs as baby gets older
to make more of a snowsuit.
To answer your question in a roundabout way, yes! I did use BOTH of
mine. I have put the knitted one away as a family heirloom (I hope)
Lyn
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| 572.2 | For young babies... | DSSDEV::STEGNER | | Tue Aug 24 1993 17:25 | 6 |
| I asked my sister to make one for Baby #3, and asked her to make it
extra-long. That gave me plenty of room to fasten the car seat.
I liked it because you just unzip it, pop the kid in, zip it up, and off
you go! ;-)
Pam
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| 572.3 | Great! But not really meant for a car. | GVA05::BETTELS | Cheryl, DTN 821-4022, Management Systems Research | Tue Aug 24 1993 21:30 | 12 |
| We use them extensively here. I made several, some knitted, some sewn
and quilted. I would put the kids in these and then fasten the to an
old style sledge and we would go for wintry walks in the snow. Never
tried them in a car seat but we had a different method for little
babies back then.
The idea is that you do not drive around in a CAR with the baby in one
of these. You use them in winter out of dorrs in a pram or sledge.
And the babies look really cute in them.
Cheryl
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| 572.4 | They are great | ASABET::TRUMPOLT | Liz Trumpolt - 223-7195, MSO2-2/F3 | Wed Aug 25 1993 12:28 | 10 |
| I loved the one's I had for my son, and both of mine had a slit in them
for the car seat strap. I think they keep the babies nice and warm and
since my son was born in November they got alot of use. Plus when we
had out Lamaz class reunion all the babies came in them. I don't think
any came in a snow suit.
So buy all means start working on one or even two.
Liz
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| 572.5 | we loved our bunting | QUAGGA::JACKIE | Jackie Ferguson | Wed Aug 25 1993 17:35 | 15 |
| I received one as a gift. My daughter was born in October, and I used it
probably from December through the end of the winter. I didn't use it at
the beginning because it looked so big, I thought she would get lost in it.
The one I had had three ribbons to tie up the front, and a hole in the back
for the car seat strap. This thing was a piece of cake to use, and I could
just slip her in and out when we went out. I did not envy the parents of
the squirming babies trying to put them into snow suits on the floor in the
daycare room. The bunting was easy enough to just slide her in without putting
her down on anything, it worked great in a store.
My daughter was average size and was able to use it for the whole winter.
If you have an above-average size baby, you may need a snow suit anyway.
Jackie
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| 572.6 | I'm sold! | 21854::HEALEY | M&ES, MRO4, 297-2426 | Thu Aug 26 1993 12:18 | 9 |
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Allright, you've convinced me! I'm a little confused about the car
seat strap problem. I have a pattern and I know that it doesn't have
any hole in it for the car seat. I'll look at my car seat and figure
out how to adapt the pattern for use with a car seat.
Thanks for the input!
Karen
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