Protecting car seats from baby sick!!

foreversomeday

Hi all,

We are expecting our first baby anytime between 3 and 8 weeks time :eek: and DF has only just managed to change the car to a more family friendly model.

I know it won't stay looking "forecourt fresh" for long with a LO but I was just wondering whether anyone had any tips for protecting it a little bit? I very much doubt the seats in the back have removable covers and we can't put the carseat in the front due to airbag. Also since I don't drive and DF works, the baby is likely to be travelling in 1 or 2 other peoples' cars occasionally and I wouldn't want to put any unnecessary stress on their upholstery :rotfl:

I had a couple of ideas and just wondered if anyone knew of or thought of anything else?

- Putting a blanket or large towel under the carseat (it just secures with a seatbelt, no base.) and pinning or velcroing it to the top of the back of the (adult) seat to protect from projectile vomit. This could then be washed after any accidents. Would this be safe or would it make the carseat slip around?
- Do they sell car seat protectors for this purpose at all? Are they suitable for use in the back of a car? Any moneysaving ways of buying them?

across

the blanket idea sounds a bit dangerous to me in the way that if it fell on the baby it would smother it, ie you could be in an accident and not be able to get to the baby to get the blanket off (stuck in front or unconscious)and it could suffocate please dont do that idea. when youve had the baby i dont think the baby sick will be a problem as you'll have enough to do! mine have never been sick all over the car you wouldnt necessarily throw them in the car straight after a feed so try not to worry it will probably never happen and when you have children your house is never the same they piddle all over,poo, vomit crayon spil food chocolate,ketchup,rip wallpaper,wet your bathroom playing with water,sandpits are lethal and even bunny poo!! etc etc last week my daughter got a biro to the ceiling of our new car hubby not happy but kids are kids and do things behind your back all the time,you never think your kids will be like that its only naughty kids you think but eventually you realise they are all up to no good!!! the vomit will be wiped off easy get some carpet /upulstory cleaner 1001 i think it is that works a treat! good luck with baby and make sure you wind it!!!:rotfl:
you may get seat covers which would be safer in argos the kind they put in taxis elasticated and fit over whole seat they would be washable and not to expensive!

sooz

Have you been watching the exorcist again

I've never known either of my kids (as babies) to projectile vomit to such an extent that I needed to cover the entire back of the car. When they are very little, its more of a constant dribble when sitting than a huge explosion of posset. They save the big lumpy burps for your shoulders.

They also saved their very occasional projectile vomiting for when they were in close proximity to someone else's cream carpets. Car seats were not enough of a challenge....

Having said that we have these to protect our car seats, mostly from the dents the baby/toddler car seats leave in them. Also helps once the children get bigger, & insist on flinging croissant around the car, & wedging it down the side of their seats (note to self, only feed them dry breadsticks or ricecakes in the car, not buttery french goods)

foreversomeday

Thanks everyone. I had not thought about the blanket falling on the baby so definitely a safety consideration there. I don't drive so I could always sit in the back with baby but I'm sure there will be times I'm not able to do that or he goes in the car with someone else alone so something safer would definitely be a priority.

Think I might get some of the covers taxi drivers use - it's more for other peoples' cars to be honest! Grandparents etc. I am probably being paranoid but my (half) brother was a projectile vomiter and managed to get it all over the seats and floor of the car, however he was a bit older and in a forward facing seat at the time.

Lizard_Lady

you can get covers to go over the seat in the car (not the one the babys in!) to protect it from thrown bottles and sick, you can pick them up quite cheap aswell.
and for the baby being sick on the actual carseat, a mussie (muslin square) over the babys front like a bib is best i found, as my baby was a really sicky baby!!! mussies were totally invaluable to me!! xx

Sagz_2

I suppose a roof racks out of the question?

Felicity

My little chap is 10 months old and he has never once been sick in the car.

I think you are worrying about nothing. I had so many concerns about baby coming but I must say that never entered my head.

Good luck with everything.

Savvy_Sue

I am sure you can get sprays to pre-treat the upholstery, but honestly, if the grandparents were going to worry about sick over the car, you wouldn't want to be seeing them that often!

Cross that bridge IF you give birth to a projectile vomiter. I think we've only had two or three really ghastly vomit-in-car accidents, and that's with three car-sick boys who are now all over 16 and have mercifully grown out of it!

alison6692

Hiya x

I have a really sicky baby - and although her actual car seat is pretty grim - the actual car has been puked on a few times - and its always come off with a wet wip / cloth so speaking from experience you should be fine and dandy.

Also I tend to use other peoples cars quite a bit with my maxi cosi car seat and it never leaves a mark.

HTH

Alison x

Good Luck with everything

beefcarrot

We've always had car seats with removable covers. That way, if things get really bad, we can bung them in the wash. Three small children down the line, we haven't had to do that many times!