christineka
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My boosters are shoved to the sides of my van. Well, the vivo moves away from the side the more dd sits in it, but when it is excessively difficult for the other two to buckle, I move the vivo back over. The shoulderbelt, however is at the wrong angle to fit in the belt guide. Or maybe, the belt guide is at the wrong angle. I switched the vivo and bodyguard around and they have the same problem. The bodyguard will be okay for awhile, but then come out again. Actually, I think it is worse as the headrest is raised.
So, what to do about it? I had taped the shoulderbelt guide closed on the bodyguard. Oh, I know that's a no no. I figured it would keep the belt in place and in an accident, things would go so fast that the belt would lock up in place. Maybe not, but I thought it was worth a shot. I had to move the seat and the tape didn't re-stick, so it is gone now.
I tried moving the boosters around. That won't solve the problem. I could switch all my big kids to backless boosters with attached belt guides. That would solve the problem, but I spent good money on high back boosters and would rather not switch out of them until outgrown, or at an older age (around 10 or so).
I can put car seats back there. There's no tether anchor on the driver's side. I'd put dd3 back there in an untethered radian- or, because there are two sides, I'd put a rfing radian on one side and a ffing radian on the other. It would be a pain in the rear, but it would work. While I'm at it, I could stick all three car seats in the back. That might be easier than making dd1 squish between car seats. Or, I could put dd1 in her backless on one side and car seats in the middle and on the other side.
The possibilities are endless!
WWYD?
Oh and ETA after reading about the sk belt guard- Once when dd1 was seated next to dd3, I later went out to find dd1 had unbuckled dd3 and didn't bother to tell me about it. Dd1 is the type of kid to not tell me things like that, so I do not want her sitting next to a car seat on the two buckle stalk side.
So, what to do about it? I had taped the shoulderbelt guide closed on the bodyguard. Oh, I know that's a no no. I figured it would keep the belt in place and in an accident, things would go so fast that the belt would lock up in place. Maybe not, but I thought it was worth a shot. I had to move the seat and the tape didn't re-stick, so it is gone now.
I tried moving the boosters around. That won't solve the problem. I could switch all my big kids to backless boosters with attached belt guides. That would solve the problem, but I spent good money on high back boosters and would rather not switch out of them until outgrown, or at an older age (around 10 or so).
I can put car seats back there. There's no tether anchor on the driver's side. I'd put dd3 back there in an untethered radian- or, because there are two sides, I'd put a rfing radian on one side and a ffing radian on the other. It would be a pain in the rear, but it would work. While I'm at it, I could stick all three car seats in the back. That might be easier than making dd1 squish between car seats. Or, I could put dd1 in her backless on one side and car seats in the middle and on the other side.
The possibilities are endless!
WWYD?
Oh and ETA after reading about the sk belt guard- Once when dd1 was seated next to dd3, I later went out to find dd1 had unbuckled dd3 and didn't bother to tell me about it. Dd1 is the type of kid to not tell me things like that, so I do not want her sitting next to a car seat on the two buckle stalk side.