Squad secured

My son's new car seat has arrived (he's 7 months but weighs the same as a 9 month old) and I tried to break the damn thing.. just to make sure it was gonna be alright ;)

I lugged the monstrosity down three flights of stairs, out across a frozen car park and into my car where I took a look at the diagrams and installed it. But when I pulled on the seat, it kinda shifted about a bit and I wasn't happy. Trying to figure out what I had done wrong, I consulted the oracle (the instruction manual) and realised I needed to pull x whilst pushing y and make the z face.

Ta-daa, it was in and I couldn't move the thing at all. Put it this way, the entire back row of my car is more likely to come loose! I must admit, it's fair swanky with strap holders and the easiest to use adjusters although now I have to carry him in my arms up and down three flights :( Sounds like a job for the sling (which my family still don't want to see me use because it's hippy-ish). I'm also happy that I saved a fair amount of money on it considering Halfords sell it for £140 and I bought mine for £105. Then again, whilst Halfords do know their stuff and will give you "free" fitting demos, I'm pretty sure they've sneaked the cost for this in with the product ;)

After working in retail for eight years, I know everyone has an angel.. sorry, angle.