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denny25 
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 4:58pm |
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I'm so frustrated! I'm 36 weeks pregnant and we've just tried to fit the capsule into BOTH of our cars BUT it seems like no matter what we do, it just doesnt fit! and we follow all of the instructions, but it seems like our seatbelts are too short...has anyone else had this problem??
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Kellz
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:28pm |
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Yep it can happen. Phone the shop where u got it and see if they have any ideas or can change it. When we got ours the shop assistant came to our car and showed us how to fit it so we knew how to do it!
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:33pm |
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ugh this one is one that my father brought for us off trademe :(
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mum2paris
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:35pm |
sell it on and get a new one 
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Kellz
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:37pm |
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Yeah thats probably all you can do. You could still ring a babystore ans ask them if there is anything u can do about it.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:46pm |
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id go see plunket first and ask their car seat peeps if they can try and get it to fit.
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denny25
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:47pm |
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ahh crap :( We can't get the angelcare monitor we want either because everyone is sold out - these last minute hiccups are really getting to me!!!! :(
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:12pm |
Ask your local plunket car seat team they can help you out.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:24pm |
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i will definitely go to plunket tomorrow..fingers crossed
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:42pm |
What about this monitor:
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There was a discussion about the shortage of AngelCare monitors not long ago, and someone suggested this one.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:13pm |
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Its not a phil and ted capsule by any chance is it. Friends of mine had troubles because of seatbelt length in one of their cars. Sorry dont know if they solved their problem diddnt use it in that car.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:26pm |
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We had P&T, fitted fine in our cars, but not in my parents older car(early 1990's). We ended up having to put Isla in the front seat.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:54pm |
The plunket car seat lady told me that a lot of the jap import cars have shorter seatbelts than other cars andto be careful when getting a seat, capsule or otherwise as a lot of them wont fit.
Leahs seat barely fit in our old car, we changed to a stationwagon a couple of weeks ago and I bought a seatbelt extension strap from babycity for just in case we had similar problems but the seatbelts in the new car are slightly longer than the old car, so it was fine. You could get the extension belt, they were about $50-60 and they extend the belt by 300 mls I think it was, you may even be able to get them longer.
Good luck.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:00pm |
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Thanks Nefertiti, I've rung babystuff and they have sold out but are ringing their supplier tomorrow to see if they have any tommee tippee monitors in stock.
Pip - no its not a phil and ted. I think the brand is Babywise.
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:30pm |
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angel care can be ordered at baby city and baby factory.....youd have one before the bubs arrived im sure
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Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:56pm |
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Ours was pretty tight in some of our cars others the seat just needed to be moved back or leaned back slightly. DP was just gunna get a new seatbelt for one of the cars but it sold so didnt have to worry in the end. The Subaru GTB was the tightest fitting we had tho and we could still just get it done up
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:40am |
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u need to buy one of the locking clips so u can use the seatbelt the alternate route.. instead of taking it through the back try taking it straight across the front where the lap sash goes and use the clip to secure it.
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 11:33am |
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We had this problem with my car, the belt was just not long enough to go through the capsule the way it is meant to go. Ended up swapping cars with DH as his car fits the capsule fine. Also then bought a base for our capsule and the seatbelt will work through that for most cars.
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:18pm |
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Neeks - does the locking clip come off everytime the capsule is taken out of the car or does it stay on permanently?
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:19pm |
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it can stay on if your using the capsule in that car with every ride as it keeps the seat belt at the correct length etc or you can take it off.. it's entirely up to you! What brand capsule is it??
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baby capsule doesnt fit!!!
