How to adjust harness straps on Evenflo Sonus car seat - Buckle them the right way

When rear-facing in the car seat, the straps should be right at or just BELOW your child's shoulders. When your child is forward-facing, the straps should be right at or just ABOVE your child's shoulders.
1. Loosen the harness straps all the way by pressing the silver button at the bottom of the seat while you pull at the shoulder portion of the straps.
2. Turn the car seat around so you're looking at the back and find the metal splitter plate.
3. One at a time, release the straps from the splitter plate. It's easiest to do this by scrunching the canvas webbing in towards the center and then leading it out of the pathway with the outer edge of the strap. It is very difficult to remove these if they're folded up, so get the edge out first and the rest will follow.
4. Bring the strap all the way out through the front of the car seat and feed it through the slot you want, then reattach it to the metal plate, making sure it's secure. (For a rear-facing child, pick the slot at or just below their shoulders. For forward-facing, use the slot at or just above their shoulders.)
5. Follow the same steps to move the other strap. I recommend doing these one at a time, not together, to make it easier to see how they reattach and not accidentally get things twisted up.
You can also shorten the straps for an infant by using the slot in the middle of the straps after the large sewn in section.
If you're unsure about your child's harnessing or your car seat installation, find a car seat tech to have it checked. In Texas, visit BuckleUp.tamu.edu to find a tech near you. Nationwide, visit cert.safekids.org and click on "Find a Tech."
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Passenger Safety KidSafe Initiatives is a partnership between AgriLife and the Texas Department of Transportation, with the goal of reducing motor vehicle fatalities and injuries through increasing correct child restraint and safety belt usage. All team members are certified child passenger safety technicians and/or instructors. We provide education and resources to people throughout the state of Texas.