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M&P Car Seat- help help help purlease?!

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Elf1981 · 25/02/2006 22:24

My DD is 20 weeks old. We've been using a Mamas & Papas Primo Viaggio car seat with the car seat base.
The problem I have is - how do I stop DD from leaning forward in it? When she's asleep, she has her head leaning forward so much, not resting against the back / side of the seat. I'm worried in case I have an accident as her head would be forced back. I've pulled the straps as tightly as possible without hurting her, but she still seems to lean forwards.
Any ideas??

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Elf1981 · 25/02/2006 22:41

anybody?

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RedTartanLass · 25/02/2006 23:35

Sory elf - none

My car seat has a blo8dy spirit level thingy, which I'd never noticed before. DP pointed it out to me, so I now waste hours getting it "in-line"

kbaby · 26/02/2006 10:45

toys r us do a neck cushion that you put at the front of the head which stops the head rolling forward. Have a look on line and see if its what your after.

spacecadet · 26/02/2006 10:53

apparently at one point there were complaints regarding the primo viaggio car seat as babies heads did seem to sit forward a little, mamas and papas investigated and said they were happy with the car seat.

NannyL · 26/02/2006 16:33

Are you aware at the M&P first stage car seat did very poorly in the which independant crash tests?

vickiyumyum · 26/02/2006 16:52

m&p have just changed thier primo viaggio car seat and i think this had a lot to do with the which report and customer feedback, when i went in looking at prams , the woman asked me about car seatsa nd i said i ddin't want an m&p one, and she said they had sold hardly any since the report came out and they had had quite a few returned because of customer complaints about not being suitable for new borns, becaus eof how upright they are.

the new one now has an adjustable base, so that you can recline the seat, adjustable head rest and you can use it without the base as well. the only drawback is the price has gone up to £130!!!! i think that is shocking, its not even isofix compatible. oh and its huge!

NannyL · 26/02/2006 17:09

£130

one of the which best buys was the mothercare own brand one at £40!

Also M&P car seats are generally SOOO poor in the ehich crash tests (with the one exception of 1 of their group 1 car seats) i would not use ANY M&P seat!

Have the same principle for motehrcare brand seats.... except that one which RECOMMEND!

Original poster
Elf1981 · 26/02/2006 19:06

NannyL I read a recent report on car seats and it did quite well in that

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vickiyumyum · 27/02/2006 19:39

i think it does quite well in the reports for magazines such as mother and baby, practical parenting etc, but when it comes to the which tests i think they are stricter and they are actually crash tested, wheras the other tests are on what it looks like how heavy it is, what colours it comes in.

muma3 · 27/02/2006 19:48

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i have the primo viaggio and i find that it is too upright , i have the eeyore neck cushion from babies r us but that just makes dd3 hot and i doesnt fit in seat around neck there just isnt enough room . dd3 is older now and i dont have the same problems.

muma3 · 27/02/2006 19:48

well that didnt work Blush

muma3 · 27/02/2006 19:49

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