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    Use top tether with HBB?

    Considering converting DD7's Frontier 90 into high back booster mode. Can the top tether be used, and is it useful?
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    Help me pick a HBB?

    My 7yo has been complaining for several months that she is cramped in the Frontier 90, and I don't doubt it. She has two more clicks of harness height, but only one until the headrest might hit the roof/side of the vehicle (Audi Q5). She also has very limited leg room due to 6'4" dad in the...
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    Question HBB or Harness for nearly 7yo?

    Our nanny just got a new car that will allow us to put our 6y9m DD (48.5", 53lbs) back into a harnessed seat (Britax Frontier 90 most likely) --OR-- keep her in a HBB. Her old car had no top tethers and no rear headrests, so DD rode in a Graco High Back TurboBooster, which allowed for that...
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    WWYD? Keep RF or flip?

    Younger DD is 3, 39" and 35lbs. In my Odyssey, she RFs in a Diono RXT. There is ample room in the front passenger seat when using the angle adjuster, and I have no plans to FF her anytime soon. In DH's Audi Q5, however, she also RFs in a Diono XT. I am the 5'10" passenger in front of her...
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    Seat that installs without child feeling buckle?

    We are on one of many legs of a fly/drive/fly trip. We have a Britax Marathon 70 with us for DD 2.5. Rear facing or forward facing on aircraft, she can feel the buckle acutely! Any seats that install well on aircraft that buckle behind a hard panel? Prefer RF/convertible if possible. 37.5"...
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    How long do we have in the Coccoro?

    Trying to figure out how much longer we can use the CCO, as we're planning for international travel this summer. According to the manual, I can only find "Discontinue use of car seat if shoulders are above top shoulder harness slots when forward-facing" and a limit of 40" -- nothing about how...
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    Traveling to Europe from US - car seat questions

    Next summer we'll be traveling to Europe (London and Barcelona and then a cruise) with our two kids, who will then be 6y3mo and 2y7mo. DD1 currently rides in a Frontier harnessed and a high-back Monterey boostered. DD2 is RF in a Peg convertible and a Diono RXT. We also have a Marathon G3, a...
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    Harnessed seat or HBB for Thanksgiving road trip?

    Like so many others, we'll be taking to the roads this week to get to Grandma's house ;) My older DD (5.5, 50lbs, 47") currently splits her time between a Frontier 85 harnessed in my car and a Diono Monterey HBB in DH's car. DH really wants to drive his car for our 400-miles-each-way road trip...
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    HB TurboBooster (side surround or no) or Graco Affix?

    For a caregiver's car (no LATCH, no headrest) I will need a new HBB for my older DD, 5.5, 50lbs. I am debating among the Graco HB TurboBooster, the HBTB with Side Surround, and the new Graco Affix (it's possible that the sitter will get another car in a few months that may have LATCH)...
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    FF seat (harness or booster) with no top tether?

    Our new afternoon helper picks up my older daughter 1-2 days a week. She drives a 1995 Honda Civic with no top tethers. I can't have her retrofit the car, so I need seat options that don't require a top tether, including HBBs possibly. DD is 5.5, 47"+, ~50lbs, and doing well booster training...
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    Booster for middle seat in an Odyssey?

    I'm finally hitting the carpool stage and may have additional kids (5-6 years old) once in awhile. Our second row in the Odyssey has a Diono RXT RF behind the passenger and a Frontier behind the driver at all times. I'd like to get a booster to use between the two existing car seats rather...
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    Help with car seats for 1995 Civic

    An afternoon caregiver we're considering has a 1995 Honda Civic. It has no LATCH and those little bump-style headrests in the back seat. I'm hoping for ideas as to what car seats will work well in this car -- I haven't been able to try anything out yet. DD1 is 5.5, ~49-50lbs, 47-48", riding...
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    What seats for afterschool caregiver's car? Booster or harness question too...

    My girls are nearly 5.5 (~47", 47ish lbs) and nearly 22 months (35"+, 28lbs). We have an afterschool mother's helper starting next week, and she'll be driving one girl each day, and occasionally both of them. She is happy to keep car seats installed in her car all the time, so I'll be the one...
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    Need help writing a letter to AAA Via magazine -- awful child safety advice

    The latest issue of the California AAA magazine "Via" has this awful page of child safety "tips" -- really terrible info on what parents "should" do to keep their children safe at every age and stage -- they completely skip convertible car seats and encourage boostering way too soon: I'd like...
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    Belt fit near neck and belt guide questions (HBB - Diono Monterey)

    Is this seatbelt too close to my DD's neck, or is it okay? If it is too close, is there anything I can do about it, like not use the Monterey's belt guide or...other ideas? (Sorry about the expression on her face -- she was being so silly today) Here's what it looks like without the belt...
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    Peg Convertible - TONS of leg room!

    Received and installed our new Peg Perego Viaggio Convertible (45lb RF limit, yay!) this week. DD2 is 20 months old, ~28lbs, and just under 36" tall (yes, she has been off the top end of the height chart basically since birth). Finding the right RF seat for her has been...fun ;) We have a RXT...
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    Peg Perego Viaggio HBB 120?

    Does anyone know anything about this HBB? Any idea on release date etc? Any first-hand reviews of prototypes etc? Impressions? :cool:
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    Need to replace outgrown CCO for frequent travel - ideas please

    20-month-old DD2 has officially outgrown her CCO by the 1" rule, so we're looking for ideas for another travel seat for her. Requirements are good on airplane (prefer RF but willing to FF on the plane), lightweight, but still comfy (we often have a lot of driving after flying), and easy to...
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    Questions about Peg Perego 5-70 convertible

    First of all, what the heck do you call this thing? It's another "Primo Viaggio" I guess, but that sounds confusing! Okay, now for real questions :) Just installed this in the relatively small back seat of my husband's 2012 Audi Q5. LOVE the install -- rock solid, 30 seconds to get it in...
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    LATCH limit of 80lbs? Does that sound right?

    I called and spoke to Audi Customer Service today because I couldn't find a LATCH weight limit anywhere in the manual for our new 2012 Audi Q5. The C/S rep called me back after researching the issue and said that it's up to 80lbs. Does that sound right at all to anyone? I almost feel like she...

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