kangato2roos
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My almost 6 year old dd just hit a growth spurt and finally reached 40 pounds and 42 inches (3 inches in only 6 months... that's a lot for her). She has a 15 inch torso height. We had to take her out of the Graco CarGo harness and pulled out the hb TurboBooster for her. We had it as a spare in my father's car as he would once every month or so pick her up from school. I won't use the CarGo as a booster, I just don't feel she's safe enough in it since the belt guides are on the fabric and don't seem to hold the belt well on her.
I'd really like to keep her harnessed if I can, especially since she's just so small. I'm not so worried about her outgrowing something by height before weight. I know most kids outgrow by height first, but she's just that small (and all leg) I'm sure she'll hit weight first. She does sit well in the booster. She doesn't wiggle around, doesn't bend over, and does not fall asleep in the car even on long trips. She keeps the belt positioned properly and will alert me when something isn't right with the seatbelt (twisted, too loose, etc). She actually cried when I took the harness out of her seat. I know she's techincally mature enough for a booster, but I'd like her harnessed if possible.
I know about the Britax seats, but we've got enough money saved to buy one for my son, but not two. Ds is 16 months old, 19 pounds, 29 inches with a 13 inch torso height. We've saved enough that I can buy him a Britax Marathon next month. He's using a ComfortSport right now, but he's going to outgrow it soon (he has about 1 inch before he hits the '1 inch below the top of the plastic shell' mark). I won't turn him ff even if he was big enough and even if I did, he's almost level with the top slots anyway (I'm not using them rf, but I did take a quick look yesterday to show my dh that yes, he needs a new seat too), so he'd be out of it in the next few months.
I know about the Apex seats, but we don't have adjustable headrests or high seatbacks. I drive a Saturn SL1 with no LATCH and emergency locking seatbelts only (old car, automatic locking belts were options at the time and we just couldn't afford them).
Is there a higher weight limit seat for my dd that costs less than $150-$200? I'm not sure we could even afford that much atm, but I'm willing to try to squeeze it out of the budget.
Sorry for the novel!
My almost 6 year old dd just hit a growth spurt and finally reached 40 pounds and 42 inches (3 inches in only 6 months... that's a lot for her). She has a 15 inch torso height. We had to take her out of the Graco CarGo harness and pulled out the hb TurboBooster for her. We had it as a spare in my father's car as he would once every month or so pick her up from school. I won't use the CarGo as a booster, I just don't feel she's safe enough in it since the belt guides are on the fabric and don't seem to hold the belt well on her.
I'd really like to keep her harnessed if I can, especially since she's just so small. I'm not so worried about her outgrowing something by height before weight. I know most kids outgrow by height first, but she's just that small (and all leg) I'm sure she'll hit weight first. She does sit well in the booster. She doesn't wiggle around, doesn't bend over, and does not fall asleep in the car even on long trips. She keeps the belt positioned properly and will alert me when something isn't right with the seatbelt (twisted, too loose, etc). She actually cried when I took the harness out of her seat. I know she's techincally mature enough for a booster, but I'd like her harnessed if possible.
I know about the Britax seats, but we've got enough money saved to buy one for my son, but not two. Ds is 16 months old, 19 pounds, 29 inches with a 13 inch torso height. We've saved enough that I can buy him a Britax Marathon next month. He's using a ComfortSport right now, but he's going to outgrow it soon (he has about 1 inch before he hits the '1 inch below the top of the plastic shell' mark). I won't turn him ff even if he was big enough and even if I did, he's almost level with the top slots anyway (I'm not using them rf, but I did take a quick look yesterday to show my dh that yes, he needs a new seat too), so he'd be out of it in the next few months.
I know about the Apex seats, but we don't have adjustable headrests or high seatbacks. I drive a Saturn SL1 with no LATCH and emergency locking seatbelts only (old car, automatic locking belts were options at the time and we just couldn't afford them).
Is there a higher weight limit seat for my dd that costs less than $150-$200? I'm not sure we could even afford that much atm, but I'm willing to try to squeeze it out of the budget.
Sorry for the novel!
