Just need some opinions

MJHY27 · Oct 27, 2009

My daughter turned 3 today and had her 3 year well child checkup. We wieghed her fully clothed with regular shoes and a wool sweater that I usually use in the winter for in the car b/c it keeps them warm and isn't too bulky. Anyway she was 34.4lbs with all this on and 33.8 with the shoes removed. When it gets colder here she may even have a bit more layers and possible even her winter boots on occasionally even though I usually try and take those off for comfort when riding in the car.
My question- should I do the dreaded turn immediatly. my instinct is yes but id really like to keep her rfing as long as possible. I'd love to be able to afford the new radian but that wont be happening and the myride seems too short for her.
thanks!

Maedze · Oct 27, 2009

For a three year old, I'd turn or buy a seat with a higher limit.

Jonah Baby · Oct 27, 2009

Have you been able to place her in the MyRide in person?
The general census is that the MyRide is shorter shelled for rear facing, sadly. I was pleasantly pleased by my tall child's fit, however. He is a 95-97th percentile kid. I think he may have an average torso.
What is her torso length?

If you can try it, I would, but you did get to age 3 already!
You did what you could to keep your child safe. Don't overstress on it.

(You can find Radian XTSL's as low as $250, I didn't look at their other models. That may or may not help you afford one.)

Raegansmom4 · Oct 27, 2009

At 3 yo, I wouldn't go out to buy a new carseat to keep her rfing. Unless you had the extra money available and really, really want to buy it. Since it seems like you don't want to drop the $$ on a Radian SL, I wouldn't stress about ffing your 3 yo. The MR probably wouldn't get you too much more rfing time. Try the MR, but chances are she probably would be close to outgrowing it by height.

MJHY27 · Oct 27, 2009

her torso length is about 14" and she is 99% for hieght overall at about 40". I might be interested in the myride if I thought she could use it until she was at least 4

ceruti82 · Oct 27, 2009

Great for getting her to 3 RF!

Personally, I would go ahead and make the switch to FF. I would feel that I did great keeping her RF for as long as my seat allowed, and I would feel safe at age 3 to FF my child.

If she needed a new seat, I would get the GN in Dori (I just saw it IRL, and I LOVE it!)

My personal goal is to RF until at least 3 years old. Unless she outgrew a seat of course~see siggy for stats~ she wont outgrow the XTSL , and probably not the 33 lb MA, but in theory anything is possible!

Once she turns 3, if she is still within limits and comfortable and happy RF, I will keep her RF until seat limits, or until she no longer wants to RF..
I know that some kids love to RF, while others want to be FF.. but at 3, i would be ok if she wants to FF. :twocents:

Well, that's my opinion, HTH

Mommy2Marcus · Oct 27, 2009

MJHY27 said:
her torso length is about 14" and she is 99% for hieght overall at about 40". I might be interested in the myride if I thought she could use it until she was at least 4

My son just turned 3 as well & also has a 14 inch torso. He still fits in the My Ride (MR) with about 3-4 inches of room to grow above his head. I would deffinatly try her out in it if you really do want to try to keep her RF. However if you just absolutly can not afford it, then I would just turn her FF. Just make sure that if you do turn her that you top tether her seat. Here is a picture of my son RF in the MR about a week ago.

MJHY27 · Oct 27, 2009

Now I kinda wish I had bought a my ride instead of the TF this past spring! I really thought she would need the taller shell ht. over the higher wt. limit to make it to 4 years old! I guess I forgot to factor in winter gear

Now i'm tempted to go find a good my ride deal

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