mamabear
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lately the belt twists something awful every time she buckles (she buckles herself). Lately she has been begging to get out of her high back. She is the last 2nd grader in a booster at all, much less a highback and is getting teased. I thought she was just carelessly buckling herself to make a point about not wanting to be in the booster anymore. Today she asked me if she could do the 5 step test (yes she really knows what that is and can't wait for the day she passes)
So we go out to the car. I tell her before even doing a 5 step test we need to see if she has outgrown the HBB by height. I click the headrest up a notch, so no. She goes "AWwww man!!" then I think maybe the headrest needs to go up permanently and maybe that's why the belt has started twisting (even though the belt guide at her current position was still above her shoulder) OK, the result with the headrest in highest setting was terrible. The belt guide for the booster was actually HIGHER than where the seatbelt comes out of my car!!! it made the belt go straight out from the car, UP almost 2" into the belt guide, then back down across her body. OK, so we will not be using it that way. She technically is in the highest setting for the HBB. Next we tried the 5 step test "just for fun". It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. belt placement was pretty OK actually. Lap belt a little high but otherwise not too bad. Her knees don't bend at the seat edge though. She still has time until she passes.
But now I'm thinking a backless may not be so out of the question.Another reason being that I only have her in a HB for the headwings but she has bad sitting posture and slouches out of the headwings pretty much anyway (she has low tone/core strength and we see an OT for this).Also I don't like the shoulder belt twisting inside the belt guide every time. it is actually starting to fray the edge of the seatbelt. This is a new seatbelt that Honda replaced for me free, so needing to replace it again won't be something I wanna try to do. Her current seat is a JANE INDY and the only other booster I have is a TB which she has outgrown by height.
Her height is 4ft 3" and she weighs 64-65lbs
What should I do???
So we go out to the car. I tell her before even doing a 5 step test we need to see if she has outgrown the HBB by height. I click the headrest up a notch, so no. She goes "AWwww man!!" then I think maybe the headrest needs to go up permanently and maybe that's why the belt has started twisting (even though the belt guide at her current position was still above her shoulder) OK, the result with the headrest in highest setting was terrible. The belt guide for the booster was actually HIGHER than where the seatbelt comes out of my car!!! it made the belt go straight out from the car, UP almost 2" into the belt guide, then back down across her body. OK, so we will not be using it that way. She technically is in the highest setting for the HBB. Next we tried the 5 step test "just for fun". It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. belt placement was pretty OK actually. Lap belt a little high but otherwise not too bad. Her knees don't bend at the seat edge though. She still has time until she passes.
But now I'm thinking a backless may not be so out of the question.Another reason being that I only have her in a HB for the headwings but she has bad sitting posture and slouches out of the headwings pretty much anyway (she has low tone/core strength and we see an OT for this).Also I don't like the shoulder belt twisting inside the belt guide every time. it is actually starting to fray the edge of the seatbelt. This is a new seatbelt that Honda replaced for me free, so needing to replace it again won't be something I wanna try to do. Her current seat is a JANE INDY and the only other booster I have is a TB which she has outgrown by height.
Her height is 4ft 3" and she weighs 64-65lbs
What should I do???