Holly
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Yeah, one of my posts a few months ago talked a little about wanting to find a booster with flip up arm rests, but I have other questions now and I don't want to bump it up. I didn't find much when trying to search.
Basically, My oldest is ok with staying in her Radian right now, but if we can make a booster fit in our car with 3 across and be easy for both of us to buckle, she'd rather do that by the time she is 6 (in July).
I think she'd do well in a booster now, so I'm not worried about her maturity.
Anyway, we have a Toyota Camry and 3 kids, not going to be able to get a van for at least another year, possibly longer.
I think she may have enough growing room in the radian to last until we get a van, but I'd like to let her switch to a booster sooner if one will work for us, because she's getting more aware of what other kids ride in.
We have a high back turbo and she fits in it well, and it fits in our car, but it's a huge pain to buckle because the arm rest gets in the way and because the radian in the middle is so close to it, and we have floppy belt stalks.
I'm thinking if we're going to make a full time booster work in this car, it will need to have flip up arm rests for easier buckling. I tried an old style parkway in the car a while back and though it has no arm rests, it is even worse off for buckling because of the deep sides, we'd still have to stick our hand inbetween a tiny area to buckle.
As I understand it, the compass boosters and the evenflo big kid are the only boosters with flip up arm rests, are there any others?
I've heard some say great things about them, and others say not so great things about them.
I want to hear from people with experience with either one, or another booster that might work if there is one. Good or bad, I want to know what you like or don't like about them. If you have pics you want to share, that would be cool too, particularly if you have used one in a 3 across situation.
I'm thinking about this now even though we're not ready to switch her just yet because I want to know what to be watching out for sales on.
I'm not worried about buying one earlier than she'll use it because I view it as a booster that we'll use just for this situation in this car, it won't matter if it expires before Hannah is out of a booster. Once we get a van and have more space, I want to get something on the higher end, for more ease of use features and comfort.
Basically, My oldest is ok with staying in her Radian right now, but if we can make a booster fit in our car with 3 across and be easy for both of us to buckle, she'd rather do that by the time she is 6 (in July).
I think she'd do well in a booster now, so I'm not worried about her maturity.
Anyway, we have a Toyota Camry and 3 kids, not going to be able to get a van for at least another year, possibly longer.
I think she may have enough growing room in the radian to last until we get a van, but I'd like to let her switch to a booster sooner if one will work for us, because she's getting more aware of what other kids ride in.
We have a high back turbo and she fits in it well, and it fits in our car, but it's a huge pain to buckle because the arm rest gets in the way and because the radian in the middle is so close to it, and we have floppy belt stalks.
I'm thinking if we're going to make a full time booster work in this car, it will need to have flip up arm rests for easier buckling. I tried an old style parkway in the car a while back and though it has no arm rests, it is even worse off for buckling because of the deep sides, we'd still have to stick our hand inbetween a tiny area to buckle.
As I understand it, the compass boosters and the evenflo big kid are the only boosters with flip up arm rests, are there any others?
I've heard some say great things about them, and others say not so great things about them.
I want to hear from people with experience with either one, or another booster that might work if there is one. Good or bad, I want to know what you like or don't like about them. If you have pics you want to share, that would be cool too, particularly if you have used one in a 3 across situation.
I'm thinking about this now even though we're not ready to switch her just yet because I want to know what to be watching out for sales on.
I'm not worried about buying one earlier than she'll use it because I view it as a booster that we'll use just for this situation in this car, it won't matter if it expires before Hannah is out of a booster. Once we get a van and have more space, I want to get something on the higher end, for more ease of use features and comfort.