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    9 Year old traveling

    I'm flying alone with my four children next month and then renting a car. My 6 year old has a BubbleBum, my four year old a Coccoro, and my 11 year old doesn't need a seat. My question is about my average sized 9 year old. In the third row of my Expedition, she no longer needed a booster. In...
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    Odyssey Headrests?

    We just bought a 2012 Odyssey, and I am totally in love in every possible way except... I can't figure out the 3rd row headrests. It seems like they only have two modes- all the way down and all the way up. Is that correct? Because if so, that sucks. And doesn't make sense. All the way down...
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    Safety 1st Incognito?

    My almost 9 year old has been out of a booster for about 9 months, because she had a good fit with just the seatbelt in our old vehicle, but I just bought an Odyssey, and she definitely needs one (she's in the third row with her 10 year old sister, who doesn't need one). Sorry, I honestly have...
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    Booster for center of Odyssey with Latch?

    This may not exist, but here's hoping :D I am trying to find a backless booster that will fit in the middle of the Odyssey's second row so that the outbound seat can still slide forward to allow access to the back. AND I would like said seat to have Latch so it doesn't slide so easily on the...
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    Kia Sedona 8 Passenger - 2nd row?

    We are contemplating purchasing a 2015 Kia Sedona. I think I would like the 8 passenger version, but that means I need to leave one of the 2nd row seats free so that I can slide it forward for access to the 3rd row. I would like to have my two younger kids (I have 4 total and often an extra kid)...
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    Heated seats?

    My new car has rear heated seats. Crazy. I don't think there's a way to disable them, and the control for them are on the door in the back seat, so my kids will definitely be turning them on (intentionally and probably unintentionally too - I have a two year old!). I am wondering - do you...
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    Advice for bad 2 year old?

    Okay he's not bad, just very... two. My 2 year old son is in either a True Fit or a Regent right now (he barfs RFing, and so we turned him around, and now I'm glad because...) He pulls his chest clip down and then manages to get his arms out of the straps while we're driving!! :eek: :mad: He...
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    What seat(s) should I buy?

    Well, after going around and around about what second car to buy (I posted about the Mazda5 earlier this year), I just bought a 2012 VW Jetta (should be delivered to me in 36 hours - yay!) I have four kids, who obviously won't all fit, but I don't care because we have an Expedition for that...
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    Turning two year old around

    I have a 2.5 year old who is not quite 30lbs and in a True Fit. I had planned on keeping him RF for a while longer, because he had so much room and fit beautifully RFing. But he gets car sick - bad. He is a barfer anyway and throws up from coughing too hard, being upset, etc. Even very short...
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    Please help me figure out this car seat situation

    My husband and I will be traveling to Austria this Christmas for two weeks. I'm from there, but came home from the hospital on the floorboard of a tiny VW in a moses basket (in the 1970s) :p We will be flying into Linz and renting a minivan for two weeks and staying with relatives. I am...
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    Looking for easy install small convertible seat

    I'm getting ready to buy a Mazda5 and need a couple of convertible seats that can install quickly and easily into the second row rear-facing. Our main kid-vehicle is an expedition and we keep all the kid's seats permanently installed in that. The Mazda will be my new work-commute vehicle...
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    Europe 4 Kids?

    Next year, we are planning on going to my hometown in Austria to spend the holidays with my family. The one thing I can't quite figure out, is how to handle the car seat situation. We will have 4 layovers and 4 kids with us, so lugging seats isn't really an option. Everyone's cars over there are...
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    Help! Baby doesn't fit in his carseat...

    I just had a baby last week and he doesn't fit in the Snugride 32 that we had from when our 20 month old was born. He was 6 pounds 5 ounces and 18.5 inches when we brought him home Friday. He passed the car seat test at the hospital, but he's too little for the seat to fit properly. He hasn't...
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    Swap board/give away question

    I don't qualify to post in the swap board... but I was wondering if there was a place I could give away a seat? I have an expiring (this month) Marathon and TRU is having one of their trade-in events. I just don't need any new baby gear right now (well, I did, but I found better deals...
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    Base or no base with an infant seat?

    I remember a while back some findings (Consumer Reports??) that found infant seats safer withOUT the base. I am wondering what the overall consensus is, and whether folks on here use bases or not. Like I'm sure everyone else, I would prefer the convenience of a base - especially when running a...
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    Ignorant question - HBB vs. backless?

    We are still a little ways away from full time boosters, so this is not something I know anything about... I know about RFing to FF, when it's okay to move to a booster, etc. but I have not found any information about when to move from a high back to a backless booster. Is that written out...
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    2 Maestros in 3rd Row?

    I have a 2005 Expedition with a 60/40 folding third row. I have to be able to fold the narrower seat down in order to fit our double stroller in the truck (and I have to be able to use that spot for a LBB for carpool kids). So I am trying to find two seats that will fit in the wider two-seat...
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    Bundle Me?

    I know after market "stuff" is not okay to use... does that include the Bundle Me covers? Are they different than just a blanket? I know you're not supposed to have them in heavy coats, etc. to buckle them in, so I am wondering how to safely keep a new baby warm in an infant carrier. Sorry if...
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    Graco My Ride - cover?

    I am looking at replacing a soon-to-expire Marathon, and am thinking of the Graco My Ride (because of the cup holders and good overall reviews, and it's relatively cheap for how long it lasts - we have no cup holders in our middle row and it's been a point of contention!) I have never had...
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    Ugh, not again - new seat??

    I just got done buying a Sunshine Monterey booster for my 6 year old (and two new backless boosters because we're always short one now that we have all these 6 year old friends driving around with each other), so that she will fit in the 3rd row the way I want her to with her sister, now that we...

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