I am dying to check out the fit of boosters only on my son. I am wondering how different it will be from the Nauti fit.
I am hoping to get through the winter with my 6.5 yr old before boostering full time.. but I want to get it in the next month or so so we can start working on the rules and finding the right one!
I know with my daughter there was no working on rules. I just explained to her what was important and that if she didn't sit still she'd be back in a harness in the truck, and that was that. She was perfect from day 1.
I only did a quick trial of the NAutilus belt fit, but it looked pretty much identical to the way the belt fit when I tried her in the PW SG, possibly even a bit better. It was an acceptable belt fit, but not fabulous - and once you've seen a great belt fit on your kid, nothing else will do. As I'm sure you can understand. :thumbsup:
*keep in mind this is with my daughter and the seatbelt geometry in my saturn astra - the belt fit being the same or better on the nautilus vs. the PW SG won't apply across the board in all vehicles and with all kids, it was just my experience.
That's got to be a bit bittersweet!
It really is. I'm realizing I'm going to have to thin the number of car seats I have and it also means no longer using some seats that I really like. I still haven't figured out what stays and what goes, lol.
Awwww~! Welcome to the club.
DD has also been boostered full time since she turned 6 in september (and, honestly, was basically FT boostered for several months before that, just not "officially" lol ) I'm glad you found a great fitting booster.
Thanks, I'm really impressed with how good the belt fit is with the monterey. The only down side is it's difficult to reach the buckle in our car - but the stalks are right in the seat bite and are pretty short so I suspect that would be a problem with any booster. At least she can buckle herself in the truck.
My DN is six and is about to become boostered full-time. She rides in Regents and is about to outgrow them. She has been BEGGING her parents to allow her to ride in just a booster and they agreed to allow her.
As soon as they arrive, she will be in Parkway SGLs.
My dd had started asking about a booster in the car as well. Not regularly, but when she found out we had to take the car to drop her off at school one day she was immediately upset and I knew right away it was because of the booster.
I've had no good reason for the delay other than I'd been hoping to find a booster that would allow me to do center/outboard passenger with room to buckle, but I realized a bit ago that just wasn't going to be doable. Until recently though she still would choose the harness for long trips, so I hadn't worried about rushing out to get her a booster - but now that she'll choose booster for longer trips too I have no worries.
Liam is still harnessed, but I might try him out in a booster seat once he hits 40lbs. He's 5 and fairly mature.
He's about 38lbs, so I'll probably have a while yet.
Dd sat at that weight for awhile. From what I've been told kids tend to teeter around 40lbs and be a bit up and a bit down before going over and staying over. When dd went over 40 to stay she did go over by a few lbs and it was a fast growth spurt, so maybe there's truth to it? :shrug-shoulders:
Those first few booster rides are nerve wracking since you just don't know how they'll sit until you try, but they have to happen sooner or later.
It's kind of funny, I actually got a lecture from my dd on Thursday about sitting still in the seatbelt.
I forgot to take my coat off before leaving and so took it off before getting on the highway and she was concerned about me shifting sideways and that I wouldn't be safe if the shoulder belt wasn't in the right place.
What else could I do but tell her that she was right and that mommy shouldn't have wiggled to take her coat off.
