Re: Maxi Cosi booster questions? Erin Kearns Souder We are moving our oldest child to a b
Yes. I am sorry. I did mean to post this here, but should have reworded it. We have been struggling with this transition to a booster and you all have been a great help the last week or so. Thank you!
My daughter is 8.5, 52-53" tall, and weighs 74 pounds. She has been riding harnessed in a Frontier, but is now too tall. It works well for her as a booster, but about this same time we have realized we really need a seat in my husband's car as well. One or the other of my daughters ride with him once a week for an hour or so. My other daughter is 5.5, 45" tall, and weighs 39.5 pounds. She rides harnessed in a Radian in our full time van. The Frontier seems to fit both of them reasonably well as a booster. In our van, we have three across which makes the Frontier hard to buckle as a booster. In my husband's car there will just be the one seat. So we have decided to move the Frontier to my husband's car as the once a week ride for both girls and get a new booster only seat for the 8 year old in our full time van.
We have 2 nights most weeks where we are at my mom's house late and both kids sleep in the van for the hour ride home. We also travel a lot so a lot of time is spent in the van. I really wanted to keep her in a hbb for sleeping ability and for a perceived side impact benefit.
She immediately fell in love with the Chicco Kidfit with the "magic" leg rest. She loves that leg rest. But the hbb portion would be outgrown very, very soon. We could use it as a nbb. We also have in our home right now and have tried in the garage a Diono Monterey (she doesn't like the non padded portion between the top and bottom sections when the top is raised for her), a Graco Turboboost (she says not comfortable), a Recaro Performance (very difficult to buckle next to the other seats and she doesn't like the feel of the fabric), and the Maxi Cosi Rodi AP (which she loves!).
I thought we had found the perfect solution in the Rodi. She loves it and I get to keep her in a hbb for a while longer. Then I saw the gap behind it. I have a 2007 Honda Odyssey. She sits outboard in the center row. If I remove the headrest, the gap is gone and the seat sits flat. Shuffling kids and car seats in the garage, I hastily sent the above message to Maxi Cosi and asked for help. In my lack of clear thinking (being bugged by younger kids to hurry up and frustration) I posted the same thing here without rereading it. I am sorry.
So I would love any thoughts or suggestions!!
I read some threads on here since about turning the vehicle headrest around. Can I do that in my van? If not, I guess this seat is out as an option and I am back to starting over.