Which is safer?

Zappa · Feb 5, 2010

Which of these is safer? I know neither is ideal, but sometimes circumstances are what they are.

An 18 month old in a bucket infant seat that is under the weight limit but whose head is slightly above the top of the shell

OR

That same 18 month old in a properly fitted FF 5pt harness seat?

rachelandtyke · Feb 5, 2010

The child has outgrown the infant bucket seat (since there is not at least one inch of shell above the baby's head), so that is not really even an option. That leaves ff in a 5 point harness as being safer (although not ideal) if the child meets the minimum requirements to be ff in the seat.

noahsmom24 · Feb 5, 2010

Definitely the ff harnessed seat, but Buying a new car seat that properly fits him/her Rfing is the best choice!
Maybe you could even find one on Swap for a good deal if money is tight?
I got my car seat from swap for ds.

carseatcoach · Feb 5, 2010

Of those two, FF harnessed. If the child's head is actually above the shell of the RFing seat, it's not a little outgrown, it's a LOT outgrown. Proper use trumps best practice.

emandbri · Feb 5, 2010

Cosco Scenera on sale for $35 at K-mart this week, I'd go with that.

Zappa · Feb 5, 2010

The child in question is not mine. I pointed out that she was too big for the bucket seat and her mother insisted she was safer anyway because the only other seat they had was a FF only 5pt harness booster. I did suggest a cheap convertible, but that fell on deaf ears. It is frustrating to me because I know the mother is trying to do the right thing, but failing. In fact, the child is still RF at all because I have shared the benefits of it to this women when she saw my own DD RF past 12 months. I posted here just to make sure that I was indeed right in this case and was not giving incorrect information.

Pixels · Feb 5, 2010

Best practice starts with proper use. A child of proper weight, height, and age, in a properly used seat, is safer than a child who has outgrown their seat.

Kat_Momof3 · Feb 5, 2010

sadly, ff in the combo seat would be safer... assuming it's not used/expired.

I'd point out that the safest thing is a properly fitted, installed, and used carseat... and that if she can't/won't buy him another one that can rearface him longer, then she needs to put him in the other seat.

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