Comments on Newly Wed, Newly Bred!: No-Sew Fleece Car Seat Poncho

I respect your desire to keep your baby safe and h...

2012-02-02T10:26:44.421-06:00

I respect your desire to keep your baby safe and honor your creativity. Perhaps there is another way to accomplish your poncho without using a drawstring?

Drawstrings are an acknowledged strangulation hazard and it could be a tragedy for your family or any other for whom you do not responsibly warn for the following:

http://www.childinjurylaws.com/dangerous-products/cpsc-deems-drawstrings-a-substantial-product-hazard-strengthening-rules-on-their-production-and-dist/

Thank you.

If you're riding in back with him, I'm sur...

2012-01-16T21:25:53.477-06:00

If you're riding in back with him, I'm sure it's fine. But strangulation is completely silent, and can happen in only a minute or two. So for parents who are driving alone with the child (and therefore must be watching the road rather than the child at all times) it's still an important warning.

If he was non verbal, or was unattended at any poi...

2012-01-16T20:48:45.910-06:00

If he was non verbal, or was unattended at any point, I might be concerned. But since he never stops yapping, and Im 6 inches away from him, I'm ok with the ribbon. We've been using it for 2 months now with no issues. Well aside from the fact that the ribbon came out and got completely lost. We are on ribbon number 2 now. Good luck with however you do it!

That's adorable! What a great tutorial. Thanks...

2012-01-16T20:40:59.778-06:00

That's adorable! What a great tutorial. Thanks for posting!

I am very concerned about the use of a ribbon around the child's neck, however. It's important that we don't trade one hazard (coats in car seats) for another (strangulation). Keep in mind that federal regulations prohibit the sale of children's clothing with any sort of draw strings attached. For children age 1-7, strangulation/suffocation is the fifth leading cause of accidental death (after drowning, car accidents, being hit by a car, and fire).

It would be extremely easy to adapt these instructions to use a snap or a patch of velcro instead. That would eliminate the strangulation hazard.

Again, thank you for these great instructions. I look forward to making a poncho for my toddler to wear in the car (with some minor alterations, of course)!

Awesome! Totally doing this soon! I hope you don...

2011-12-27T20:14:18.527-06:00

Awesome! Totally doing this soon! I hope you don't mind if I blog mine as well, I will link back to you in the post!
Thanks,
Heather
mamamullholland.blogspot.com

Christie, thank YOU for making the video! It is a ...

2011-12-01T20:23:34.929-06:00

Christie, thank YOU for making the video! It is a GREAT video, and I share it a LOT. In my Mom's group, here on the blog, on Facebook, Twitter. It's awesome!!!!

Oh, and if you saw the poncho up close, you'd see it's pretty tragic! Luckily at 3, Carson is easy to please, and routinely tells me "I yove my poncho bwanket!"

Thanks for sharing my video! Also, great tutorial....

2011-12-01T20:08:58.806-06:00

Thanks for sharing my video!
Also, great tutorial. I tried making my son one a few years ago and the results were... abysmal. Then again, so are my sewing skills!

Cute! Adding this to my fave posts roundup for thi...

2011-11-13T01:17:39.221-06:00

Cute! Adding this to my fave posts roundup for this week. :)