I thought he'd have more room than that in the Radian!

zactayaus · Jan 1, 2011

Comparison pics of Gavin in the RN and MA in post #31.

We've had this seat for a few weeks now and I've tried installing it several times more upright in the seating position I want it in with both seat belt and latch (not at the same time

) and it's just not working. I decided to try Gavin out in it any way tonight on a short trip to the IL's and I was shocked at the amount of room he didn't have left. I know he'd fit RF'ing in it for a long time yet but I just thought he'd have so much more room above his head.

Here's a couple pics (he's only 20 months old

):

jjordan · Jan 1, 2011

Holy long torso, batman!!

CrabbyBunchX3 · Jan 1, 2011

jjordan said:
Holy long torso, batman!!

:yeahthat:

Patriot201 · Jan 1, 2011

Whoa!

babyherder · Jan 1, 2011

Hope you can get it to work cause I think you're going to need the room he does have!

An Aurora · Jan 1, 2011

Wow that is one long torso!

For what it's worth, my oldest had less room when we bought her Radian80 at 25m, and she fit heightwise in it until age 4.

zactayaus · Jan 1, 2011

babyherder said:
Hope you can get it to work cause I think you're going to need the room he does have!

I'm actually trading it back to Monstah on Tuesday. It was her's and she traded me for my MR. Now I'm trading her RN back for her RA55 or possibly back for the MR or I may trade for one and buy the other. Not sure yet.

I just hate how reclined the RN is in DH's truck. I seriously think if I could have gotten it more upright he'd have more room to grow (I think). He's in an MA in my truck which I absolutely love and he has maybe 3" of shell left.

Kat_Momof3 · Jan 1, 2011

jjordan said:
Holy long torso, batman!!

_Jessica_ said:
:yeahthat:

:yeahthat: :jaw:

autumnlily · Jan 1, 2011

How about a True Fit?

zactayaus · Jan 1, 2011

autumnlily said:
How about a True Fit?

I played with one when he was 5 weeks old and didn't find any love for it. I'll have to try it again though now that's he's older. Do you know how much taller the TF's shell is over the MA's?

monstah · Jan 1, 2011

Holy crap! :jaw:

Minnesota · Jan 1, 2011

Seriously? Whoa! Was he sitting on a phone book? LOL, that is a long torso. Hopefully he'll be one of those kiddos that stops growing torso and just starts growing legs.

zactayaus · Jan 1, 2011

chimpmandee said:
Seriously? Whoa! Was he sitting on a phone book? LOL, that is a long torso. Hopefully he'll be one of those kiddos that stops growing torso and just starts growing legs.

Yeah, I know he recently had a growing spurt and I thought maybe it was in his legs but apparently not! I weighed him today and he has gained a whole pound in just 2 months but I didn't measure him. I'm thinking he also grew an inch or two. He is so tall. When we were at a party last night someone asked me if he was 2 1/2yo! I was like no, he's just barely over 1 1/2yo.

ETA: The second to the top slots are just slightly above his shoulder so I had the harness on the 3rd slot down but it was so far below his shoulders I felt like the straps were going to slip off his shoulders. I believe his torso height is around 13-14".

featherhead · Jan 1, 2011

I'm curious where his shoulders were. I think Kezi's head is close to the same.

Carrie_R · Jan 1, 2011

That looks like a 50* angle, holy cow! He's longer in torso than my almost-4yo (although I have a much more upright install, which definitely helps.)

I think I smell a CA in your future...

fyrfightermomma · Jan 1, 2011

You give me great fear of trying to keep J rear facing for any decent amount of time. LOL

canadiangie · Jan 1, 2011

That's how much room my 4.5 yo has!!

zactayaus · Jan 1, 2011

featherhead said:
I'm curious where his shoulders were. I think Kezi's head is close to the same.

I had just added this to the post above yours:

ETA: The second to the top slots are just slightly above his shoulder so I had the harness on the 3rd slot down but it was so far below his shoulders I felt like the straps were going to slip off his shoulders. I believe his torso height is around 13-14".

AtTheSouthDam · Jan 1, 2011

Yeah, I definitely think he would have more room than that if it was more upright. My 4.5 year old has more room, though she's this ** close to out weighing it.

Pixels · Jan 1, 2011

He must have a long neck or tall head or something. His shoulders aren't much above DD's, but his head certainly is. DD still has an inch of growing room in the Coccoro and in the ComfortSport.

I thought he'd have more room than that in the Radian!

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