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I'm the mom with the long-waisted kid. I went car-seat shopping again yesterday and found that my daughter's shoulders are too high by about an inch for both the Marathon and the Decathlon. The store did not have a Regent.
Question 1: Are the top strap holes on the Regent that much higher (i.e., can she fit it and will it be good for more than six months for the high price)? I hate to mail-order something that huge and expensive if it's unlikely to work because my trunk is kinda small and I can't return them easily. (I'm going to have to ask a friend to help return the one I've been using.
I bought a Parkway for the moment, but it seems flimsy. I'd heard rumors of a Britax that has steel reinforcement, and it obviously isn't this one. Also, this one doesn't have LATCH anchors on it. I'm just concerned that when she climbs in, it'll shift all over and be out of position.
My DD is six and I'm an older single mom (overworked and tired!), so I go for anything she can do herself, and I'm afraid with the Parkway I'll have to reseat it and refix everything every time. That's an awful lot of fussing when we go out to do a string of errands.
So, Question 2: Don't the unLATCHed seats shift around too much for a kid to be able to get in and out on her own?
FYI, I have a 2007 Toyota Corolla.
Tea
Question 1: Are the top strap holes on the Regent that much higher (i.e., can she fit it and will it be good for more than six months for the high price)? I hate to mail-order something that huge and expensive if it's unlikely to work because my trunk is kinda small and I can't return them easily. (I'm going to have to ask a friend to help return the one I've been using.
I bought a Parkway for the moment, but it seems flimsy. I'd heard rumors of a Britax that has steel reinforcement, and it obviously isn't this one. Also, this one doesn't have LATCH anchors on it. I'm just concerned that when she climbs in, it'll shift all over and be out of position.
My DD is six and I'm an older single mom (overworked and tired!), so I go for anything she can do herself, and I'm afraid with the Parkway I'll have to reseat it and refix everything every time. That's an awful lot of fussing when we go out to do a string of errands.
So, Question 2: Don't the unLATCHed seats shift around too much for a kid to be able to get in and out on her own?
FYI, I have a 2007 Toyota Corolla.
Tea