Napping in Toddler Booster Seat

If there is no other option, I would take a man's belt and put around him and the seat in some way to keep him from falling forward.

Hey A., what kind of car do your drive? Maybe you can tilt the seat back a bit? I drive a dodge grand caravan and i had the same problem so i just tilted the seat back a bit. it works great! Hope this helps!

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Hi A.!

My advice would be to get him a good 5 point harness seat. They are so much safer. I got a Britax Boulevard for my daughter when she turned 1 and she is almost 3 now. I really love it, and it will last for a few more years before i will move her to a bigger one. I plan to stay with this brand. They are expensive but it is so worth it. I feel good that she is safer. I saw this video a little while ago and it made me determined that she would stay in a 5 point harness for sure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azgBhZfcqaQ

Natasha

I had this same problem with mine. Try tucking a few rolled-up towels behind the bottom of the seat, so that it angles back a little more, and make sure the opening for the neck pillow you're using is to the back. My Isuzu Trooper had back seats that reclined and I got so spoiled with those. I hope this helps :}

Onestepahead.com has a pillow that wraps around the seat belt, if he's using a a belt with the booster. They might sell one at walmart or target- not sure. Otherwise, I can only suggest a trip to the store for a small thin pillow. MY daughter uses an accessory pillow that I sewed a pillowcase for and that's the best I can recommend. Unfortunately, the "falling forward" problem is almost impossible to fix!

I don't think there is anything that will keep them from falling forward. My older kids are 6 and 3 1/2 and they still fall forward when sleeping. We finally just started keeping pillows in the car. That way they could fall to the side and still keep their seat belts on the correct way. If you find a device that will help, please let me know. We have used those neck pillows and that didn't seem to help at all.

The only thing to prevent him from falling over when he falls asleep is a harnessed carseat. A 3 year old is still too small and too young to be in a booster seat as it is. They lack the ability to sit properly at that age. Plus a 5pt harness is safer (for everybody) b/c it spreads out the force in a crash more. There are many higher weight harnessed seats on the market these days and I would highly reccomend you look in to getting one. The one i would probably most reccomend is the Graco Nautilus. It has a harness that goes to 65# and then turns into a nice booster. Also there is the Britax Regent, which harnesses to 80#. I have the regent for my 6yo niece and she still has tons of room in it and loves it and she is safe when she sleeps in it.

nautilus on sale - http://store.babycenter.com/product/code/18509.do?scid=SS...

heres the regent on the britax website http://www.britaxusa.com/products/product_detail.aspx?ID=9

i hope that helps you some. i have learned so much about carseat safety in the past year and feel it is very important to pass it along. i learned a great deal of info from www.car-seat.org and i would reccomend going there and posting on the forum with any questions you have or feel free to PM me.

I give my son a pillow and blanket and he keeps the pillow on his lap so it's not quite so bad for him. This last trip we put a bucket of his toys next to him and it was tall enough for him to put his pillow on it so he could lean to the side instead of going forward so I will probably do something like that for him again here in two weeks when we have to go at it again.

Hey A.,

Just wanting to suggest a great seatbelt pillow ... it is by a company called Kalencom. I bought one for my niece with the same problem. I would suggest attaching the pillow to the seat belt, buckling your child in and then pulling the seatbelt all the way out so that as it retracts in, it locks. then your little man should not be able to fall forward and will be comfy sleeping.
hope this helps and good luck, -mb

Below is some of the info i found from next tag
Kalencom seat belt snoozer Turn a seat belt into a pillow. Sweet dreams! Our cushy pillow wraps around your vehicle's shoulder belt, supporting your sleepyhead's head and neck. Child-invented, mom-approved. Machine wash. Choose solid Blue or Pink Floral. Imported. For ages 3 and up. Part #: 1731-Navy Sellers

And then here are 3 sellers.... in order of cost..starting at $12 to $20 for same item... just compare shipping...

http://store.babycenter.com/product/code/3688.do?scid=SSE...

http://www.leapsandbounds.com/catalog/product.jsp?product...

http://www.chitchatbaby.com/Kalencom--Seat-Belt-Snoozer--...

A., we use a seatbelt snoozer for our daughter in her booster. It goes behind her head then velcros onto the seatbelt to keep it from falling and it works well. Also the idea of tilting the seat a bit helps too.
Check out this website, it gives a few good options on travel pillows that might work better:
http://www.momsminivan.com/kids_travel_pillow.html

We used the Britax. Worked great on our last 6 hour trip for my 5 year old.