petite 4yr old

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My 4 yr old son is 40.5 inches and 32lbs. We use the graco turbobooster for our daughter currently(5yrs,38lbs,44in.) and don't know if our son is appropriate for this booster seat. If he isn't ready for this booster seat, are there any 5pt. seats out there to accomodate his height?
 
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bazanna

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I am not current on the Turbobooster stats...I know with the highback version he is fine for weight and I *think* he's ok for height.

Harnessed seats with taller slots would be the Nania Airway or the Britax Marathon or Britax Wizard.
 

joolsplus3

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I'm pretty sure the minimum height listed for the Turbo with back is 38 inches...but you could check your manual.
Since he weighs so little, you could get a standard combo seat that would keep him harnessed for quite awhile longer. Seats such as the Graco Ultra Cargo, Evenflo Express or Chase, and Century NextStep and Evenflo Comet are all fine choices http://www.car-safety.org/carseats.html

My DS was 33 pounds and 38 inches at his 3 year check, and has *just* hit 40 pounds now at almost age 6 and 46 inches, and he's just now getting almost too tall for all those seats, so you should get plenty of harnessed time if you buy one of those. I prefer to keep my kids harnessed in our main car...it's safer, they sleep better, and sometimes it's nice they can't reach each other.

HTH,
 

bazanna

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*banging head*

My apologies. I misread the OP and thought he was 42 lbs instead of 32!! :eek:

I'd definitely look into combination seats as Julie mentioned. The seats I originally posted about would be fine for your ds but they are higher weight seats that parents of 40+ lb kids are looking for.
 

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