Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 12:38     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Anonymous wrote:OP- no she's a string bean! But she has no room to move from side to side. I never take it out of the car, way too heavy. So I'll start looking for convertible ones.


You don’t want a lot of room to move side to side, especially around the head. In the event of a side-on collision, you don’t want there to be a lot of sideways movement that can lead to neck injuries, you want appropriate cushioning right by the head.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 12:36     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
OP- no she's a string bean! But she has no room to move from side to side. I never take it out of the car, way too heavy. So I'll start looking for convertible ones.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 11:08     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
The mesa is one of the more narrow car seats.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 10:20     Subject: Re:Uppababy Mesa way too small already
We switched from the bucket seat to a convertible car seat at 5 months. Our kid was huge, and I couldn't easily lift the bucket seat + child, which is the whole point of the bucket seat, so we got rid of it. Kid was much more comfortable in the convertible seat, and we're still using it at age 4.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 10:08     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone. The insert is out, I will try to loosen the straps. It's the width more then the length, she just seems extremely squished in there for lack of a better word. She has a huge head so the top portion doesn't give her much room to move her head and her belly touches both sides in the abdomen part. We have to kind of jiggle her around to get her aligned and the straps in the right spot. Maybe this thisnjust how it's supposed to be. It just seems too small.


At 16 lbs this seems really weird. Is she very short and chubby?

You'll eventually need a convertible seat anyhow. So if you aren't doing much carrying her around in your infant seat, you could make the switch now. Or at least try it out. My babies were both really big, and granted I used a different seat, but the main thing that became an issue was HEIGHT waaay before width or weight.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 10:00     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Thanks everyone. The insert is out, I will try to loosen the straps. It's the width more then the length, she just seems extremely squished in there for lack of a better word. She has a huge head so the top portion doesn't give her much room to move her head and her belly touches both sides in the abdomen part. We have to kind of jiggle her around to get her aligned and the straps in the right spot. Maybe this thisnjust how it's supposed to be. It just seems too small.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 08:49     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Take out the infant insert, adjust the headrest position up, loosen the straps. If you've done all these things, call uppababy. They can help you figure out what's going wrong. Your baby should still fit comfortably in the seat at that size. We used it to just over a year and right up to the height limit with no problems.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 08:45     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Do you still have the infant insert in the seat? If so, take that out. I used that for WAY too long with my first baby because I didn't realize it was supposed to come out. Different car seat but worth a look...
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 08:40     Subject: Re:Uppababy Mesa way too small already
In what sense/dimension is it getting too tight? Your baby shouldn’t be outgrowing it yet, so you may just need to make some adjustments.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2019 08:38     Subject: Re:Uppababy Mesa way too small already
What is too tight? The seat portion? The length? The straps? If it is the straps try without her in it to fully pull them out. I have a different car seat but once the strap got “stuck” and I had to flip the seat and unstick it. Then the strap flowed freely again.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2019 23:11     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Get a convertible car seat. They're safer after your baby gets bigger anyway. Switch now.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2019 22:59     Subject: Uppababy Mesa way too small already
Baby is 5 months, about 16 lbs and 26", way under the limits for the Mesa but it's getting to be much too tight, we can barely get her in much less another 15 lbs! Has anyone else had this issue? What do we move to next? I didn't think wed have to think about this for a long time.