Gussy the Giant Baby
I have come to the realization that my baby is extremely LARGE. Correction: Not just LARGE as in, roundy and chubby, no. My baby is pretty much a gargantuan when it comes to his height. This is nothing new to me as all my babies have been pretty tall and have always seemed to be on the upside of the growth curve at all their visits, but August is not normal tall. You know there’s something crazy going on when your 10 month old is just inches shorter than your 2 year old (who is also considered to be pretty tall himself).
The good side about this anomaly is that baby hand me downs from Isaak go straight to Gus, no waiting around in the closet or boxes getting dusty, nope! The rule of thumb around here is pretty much, “If they don’t fit Isaak, then they’ll fit Gus!” So thankfully, my shopping is limited with him and he’s never in need for new clothes.
The DOWN side with this growth craziness is he doesn’t fit in his baby bucket car seat anymore!! I’ve actually never even heard of this before. What kid can’t even FIT in his car seat? Apparently, MINE. I’ve made the buckles as loose as they can go to try to get them to wrap around my Gussy guy but alas, they don’t reach. Again, it’s not size AROUND August that is giving me trouble (those chest straps I can buckle easily) it’s more the size LONG (that crotch buckle is nowhere NEAR snapping).
This whole situation has lead me to only one answer: Switch Gus to a forward facing seat. I know, I know, he’s only 10 months and I’ve never switched my kids so far from the one year point, but this is a necessity. Thankfully he’s 23 pounds which makes him legal, it just seems and feels so weird.
He’s my last baby so I wanted to keep him small forever!!! Has anyone else ever had to switch their baby to a forward facing seat so early?!
Yes! My first two i didn’t need to, they were a tad tall but fine. Belle (my 3rd) we had to switch at 7 months, and my 4th Presley is 22lbs at 8 1/2mo and way too long for her infant car seat. We’re switching her this week actually. It’s crazy!! I think you can still turn the big car seats rear-facing, but i didn’t. why are my last two ginormicas???
I had to move Patrick out of his infant seat at about 10.5 months. I just put his carseat facing the rear until he was 1, then switched him forward. I can’t remember his weight, probably around 23 pounds, but he’s always been so long.