14 Month old trying to escape pushchair/carseat/highchair - help!

[Eve4Walle]

My 14 month old keeps wriggling to try and escape whenever he is strapped down - in his highchair, carseat and pushchair - it's so bad that I have to stop every few minutes to turn him round again in the pushchair and I've tried making the straps tighter but it doesn't work.

He's walking but not confidently more than a few steps on his own, so I can't really let him out. It's becoming a real issue because it's so dangerous, and it makes eating out and using a highchair a nightmare. Everyone else's shildren seem to be happily sitting and eating in a highchair except mine!

Any advice would be welcomed.

Sorry, I'm afraid I have no advice, but can reassure you you're not alone. Whilst driving the other day I looked through my rear view mirror only to see that my ds had taken his arms out of straps and managed to lean so far forward that he was actually dangling head on the floor with only his feet left in his car seat, and he was very tightly strapped in. Very Scary! He got a big telling off but when they're so little you can't really explain why it's dangerous, so not sure what to do either!

I little son started this to just after he started walking, it is a good thing if a child is showing independance even if it is hard going at the time. I have to say that when he started I pushed him to carry on but in a way that I wanted him to. We started with the high chair by swaping it with a small (ikea) childrens table and chair set, it took a few days of sitting with him when he ate praising him for being a 'big boy' but he sits there very happy a now (plus he loves sitting there drawing to). The pushchair was give-and-take though, some times we put him on rains (but I know some poeple dont like them) for small slow walks to the corner shop to wear him out to build up confidence and if we took the pushchair to used to let him push it along when it was clear for about 10mins or untill he ran out of steam, then put him in the pustchair.
As for the car seat that was hit and miss some times we gave in a gave him a rich tea or rassins some time we argued with him but he got better with that we move him into the bigger car seat but that was not untill my son was 18 months ish (sorry).
I dont know if this is the way you are ment to do thing but I could face forcing him into a highchair etc and I couldnt see how it hurt and it worked for my little boy.
I hope this will help to give you some ideas.
Good luck

I use this method when I have children in care, who keep on taking their arms out of straps and trying to get out of a pusher or highchair.....most pushers, highchairs etc have shoulder straps than clip onto the belt that goes around the middle. Do up the belt that goes around the middle, but then cross over the straps that go over the shoulders. The child can't get their ams out of the straps, and can't physically stand up or twist around. I haven't really had any problems since I started doing this. The child may not appreciate this, but I believe the child's safety is the most important thing.
And re reins, I have seen back pack harnesses for children - have seen them on ebay, shop websites etc. There are different animals the child could select. The backpack goes on the same as a regular one, it has a belt that secures around the waist, and then there's the reins for mum to hold onto. The child is excited with their backpack, and doesn't seem to worry so much about actually being on reins.