Rear-facing Convertible Car Seat Canopy/shade

HI K.,

Here are some links to shades that we've used or know people who have

http://www.protect-a-bubusa.com/carseatsunshade.shtml

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Car-Seat-Canopy-Navy/dp/B...

Our personal favorite and the one we use

http://www.elitecarseats.com/SolKool-Car-Seat-Shade.pro?s...

Do a Google Search for more options. Hope one works for you...

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Hi, I have bought (and thrown away) every sun shade they make.
I ended up using one of my son's receiving blankets in the window. It's the right shape and it's the only thing that covers every possible place for the sun to slip in.
I just put it over the entire area before I close the door and then close it with a tiny bit over the top of the door.
It may look crappy but my baby never has the sun in his face anymore.

i got a sun shade made for the back window at walmart. it does deflect the sun light but still allows you to see through the window. i really like it and it was pretty cheap. it was in the baby section in walmart...hope that works for ya!

I don't know of any canopy things. We seriously just ended up getting the back windows tinted and it's been great! Good luck to you!

We had a monster baby so we had to switch him to a convertible pretty early on (like 4 months or sooner!) and honestly the only thing that really worked was draping the blankets wherever it needed to be. Usually rolled the window down and tuck it in.

Good luck!

What about those stick on shade films for the side window? I wouldn't use the roller things.

Some other ideas...

Age appropriate sunglasses.

and give him an old recieving blanket he can pull over his face (make it a game)

http://www.snaptint.com/help.php?section=about

I have been having the same problem. I can't believe there aren't better options. The small squares don't block hardly any sun! especially not the back window! We got the Fisher Price cut to fit static cling shade and are having problems getting it to stick. So I found this website and it will be my next try. But it looks like you already have tinting-- is it not blocking the UV rays?

the sun shades are probably all you are going to find. It is actually unsafe to drive with the handle up or the sunshade up on infant carriers. If you were to get in an accident (heaven forbid!) the handle/shade can break causing harm to the child.

We switched our daughter at 4 months to a convertable car seat, and used the window shades when nessesary or if there was a passenger in the car, they would use their hand to shield the babys face. She eventually learned to turn her face away.

we used this one http://www.learningcurve.com/product/detail/Y3384A?locale... which we got at Target. We've had ours for over 6 years now and it's worked fine - it reduces the glare but doesn't reduce the driver's ability to see out the back window as much as the sun shades that have top and bottom suction cups (I think it has something to do with the angle of the sunshade). I'll add a disclaimer that many child passenger safety techs don't recommend using suction-cup devices b/c of the risk of them coming detached and becoming a projectile in a collision.

We had shades that stuck right to the window (perhaps through static -- there was no residue or anything like that. Our son is now 5.5, and unfortunately that's all I remember. I wanted to post anyway, though, to caution you about any shade that uses suction cups or other attachments. The suction cups (or other apparatus) can become a projectile in a traffic accident and harm you or your child. It's amazing to see how something as light as a tissue box can become deadly in an accident. Chances are (I hope!) that you will not be in a situation where the suction cups, etc., come into play, but I thought you should know that many professionals caution parents not to use these types of items for this reason. That's why we went with the static cling ones. It's possible that we found them at Right Start, but the only static cling shade I see on it right now has a foam roller, which could also become a projectile in an accident.