So, the dream is over.

bobandjess99 · Dec 16, 2009

I was hoping I could get a new radian sl and re-RF dd, but member SPAM was awesome enough to let me try her radian, and I was able to verify that her head is about even with the top of the shell.

She also, as of today, is tipping about 44 lbs anyway.

So...that's it. No more pondering and thinking and wondering. She is officially too big to RF in any legal US seat.

It's ok, she's 5.25 yo, and a big sturdy girl, but I had these cute visions in my head of both kids RFing. lol.

Of course, she is now saying she hates her nauti and only wants to sit in her HBTB anyway, so it seems i have other battles than potential RFing to fight.....

It's not a big deal, just a tiny little glint of hope has been squashed.

Maedze · Dec 16, 2009

I will light a candle tonight in memory of your squashed glimmer of hope.

What do you think you'll do about the Nauti/Turbo debate? Is she ready for full-time boostering?

BookMama · Dec 16, 2009

Awww, too bad you didn't buy the seat a little sooner so you could have had her RF for at least a little while.

bobandjess99 · Dec 16, 2009

Maedze said:
I will light a candle tonight in memory of your squashed glimmer of hope.

What do you think you'll do about the Nauti/Turbo debate? Is she ready for full-time boostering?

i knew you would understand, thanks for the candle, lol.

Actually...ya, pretty close....size-wise, definitely, she fits like a glove in the turbo and even in the frontier and nauti in booster mode (although right now she claims she hates the frontier and nauti

) and maturity-wise she's right there....the only issue I have right now is sleeping. She still falls asleep in the car a few times a month, and when she does, she literally folds over in half, as in her head is resting in her own lap (she's pretty flexible, lol)....I suppose locking the belt on her could help prevent that, but so would...say...the harness in her nauti.

I think i'm going to insist on a harness for the duration of the winter, but in a few months, we'll see.

bobandjess99 · Dec 16, 2009

BookMama said:
Awww, too bad you didn't buy the seat a little sooner so you could have had her RF for at least a little while.

I comtemplated and had a nauti pre ordered, but realistically, she would have been too tall even a couple months ago. Her torso hasn't changed in the last couple months, so too tall now means she would have been too tall then. She was a little lighter a couple months ago, only about 41-42(she's gained a coulpe pounds of legs in the last month or so

), but that would have been moot given the height issue.
And now, i'm glad I didn't get one, since the install wasn't great and she couldn't have used it anyway, and ds still has 3 fricken inches of shell over his head in a titan, LOL, so he doesn't need one!

So, the dream is over.

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