Let me start by saying we love our car seat (Chicco Key Fit 30). You can adjust the straps very easily by pulling a single strap in the middle, and it comes with a very helpful newborn insert. This insert is just some extra padding for when they're tiny, to support their bodies and head.
Last week we went to get some groceries, and as we set Evan in his car seat we realized something: he's growing so fast, the head support insert was around his shoulders. He had been in his car seat 5 days before, and he didn't look like that! We had to move the insert to the next position up, and it still hits his shoulders (but also his head). He won't need it pretty soon.
And then it hit me. Evan spends most of the day awake on regular days, but that was not the case in the previous 2 days. He had been sleeping like a champ. He nursed as always, then took a long nap. He woke up from said 3-4 hour nap, nursed again, stayed awake for half hour or so, then took another long nap! Never has he slept so much since we came home. I think our kid is different: instead of eating around the clock, he grows in his sleep. Kids do grow in their sleep, though I never heard of this for babies. But that was the only big difference in his patterns, and it makes sense to me.
This is a tricky comparison, but let's try anyways. As you can see, his head is pretty much on the same area of that insert we were talking about (the light gray padded area around his head). But pay attention to the distance between the top of that insert and the top of the car seat (does that make sense?)
He's growing so fast!!
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