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LATCH and booster time
Folks,
We are getting a car that has the LATCH fasteners, etc. We would like to get a LATCH based seat for this to "house" our 35lbl 5 year old (we breed tiny little guys <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=""> . The question we keep running into is "what happens when we move from 5pt to booster seat w/ belts".
The LACH system really seams to anchor the seat in well and I like the idea of having the seat belt hold the child while the LATCH holds the seat (thus preventing those annoying seat based projectiles). However, all the seats we have seen seem to presume you will _stop_ using LATCH as soon as you go to booster use.
Does anyone know _why_ this is? It would seem safer to have the seat immobile, but I don't want to second guess an unknown safety feature. If there is something behind it, does anyone know a nice LATCH seat that allows the LATCH to be used in booster mode? Bonus points for ease of strap size adjustment (like the comet push and turn based one), but a pointer to one that works is best.
Thank you,
--stuart
Folks,
We are getting a car that has the LATCH fasteners, etc. We would like to get a LATCH based seat for this to "house" our 35lbl 5 year old (we breed tiny little guys <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=""> . The question we keep running into is "what happens when we move from 5pt to booster seat w/ belts".
The LACH system really seams to anchor the seat in well and I like the idea of having the seat belt hold the child while the LATCH holds the seat (thus preventing those annoying seat based projectiles). However, all the seats we have seen seem to presume you will _stop_ using LATCH as soon as you go to booster use.
Does anyone know _why_ this is? It would seem safer to have the seat immobile, but I don't want to second guess an unknown safety feature. If there is something behind it, does anyone know a nice LATCH seat that allows the LATCH to be used in booster mode? Bonus points for ease of strap size adjustment (like the comet push and turn based one), but a pointer to one that works is best.
Thank you,
--stuart