Just curious those of you who use/used a scenera rear facing for your little ones. What age/approx height did they outgrow it? My 5.5 mo old is 27"/12.5lb and I'm contemplating this as a transition seat(and then spare seat for daddy's car which will rarely be used) as we need something that sits UP like the britax seats. Right now a new britax seat probably isn't in the finances for at least 6+ months and he'll have outgrown his bucket(evenflo discovery 29") probably within the next 2 months.
I have the following children
k-11yrs 57.25" 71lb 4' 9.25" 3rd row FPSV NBB
b-9.75yr 55.25" 65.4lb 4' 7.25" 3rd row graco NBB
r-8yrs 54" 51.6lb 4' 6" 2nd row britax monarch
e-6yrs 45.5" 44lb 3' 9.5" 3rd row britax boulevard(lap only seat belt)
s-5.5mo 27" 12lb 7oz 2' 3" 2nd row evenflo discovery
Vehicle is 2001 Nissan Quest.
Currently E sits in the boulevard and it has just enough "lift" due to the base to allow the other 3rd row seaters access to buckle their seat belts. Her seat will expire in about a year. She is also approaching the max on this seat in regard to torso height(maybe 1" to go?)
Originally, I thought of getting a britax frontier85 for her and passing down her seat to S until it expires and then getting him a touriva until she outgrew the frontier OR he outgrew the touriva. The base on the frontier 85 appears flat on the seat so I'm not sure if it will fit in the middle 3rd row allowing the other 2 access to the seat belts by doing that.
So I'm contemplating putting K in the 2nd row driver side, R and B in the 3rd w/a rear facing touriva/boulevard for S, and E in the 2nd row passenger side in her britax regent. I will be killing my back doing this, but it would allow me to put his NBB on the floor and flip the seat front to get S into the van.
Now the kids have grown pretty much since I last did a seat rearrangement about 8 months ago so I am going to try to 5point test the older 2 to see if they can sit w/out their boosters. They were close to it last check,but they felt more comfortable with the boosters and the shoulder belt fit better too.
I have the following children
k-11yrs 57.25" 71lb 4' 9.25" 3rd row FPSV NBB
b-9.75yr 55.25" 65.4lb 4' 7.25" 3rd row graco NBB
r-8yrs 54" 51.6lb 4' 6" 2nd row britax monarch
e-6yrs 45.5" 44lb 3' 9.5" 3rd row britax boulevard(lap only seat belt)
s-5.5mo 27" 12lb 7oz 2' 3" 2nd row evenflo discovery
Vehicle is 2001 Nissan Quest.
Currently E sits in the boulevard and it has just enough "lift" due to the base to allow the other 3rd row seaters access to buckle their seat belts. Her seat will expire in about a year. She is also approaching the max on this seat in regard to torso height(maybe 1" to go?)
Originally, I thought of getting a britax frontier85 for her and passing down her seat to S until it expires and then getting him a touriva until she outgrew the frontier OR he outgrew the touriva. The base on the frontier 85 appears flat on the seat so I'm not sure if it will fit in the middle 3rd row allowing the other 2 access to the seat belts by doing that.
So I'm contemplating putting K in the 2nd row driver side, R and B in the 3rd w/a rear facing touriva/boulevard for S, and E in the 2nd row passenger side in her britax regent. I will be killing my back doing this, but it would allow me to put his NBB on the floor and flip the seat front to get S into the van.
Now the kids have grown pretty much since I last did a seat rearrangement about 8 months ago so I am going to try to 5point test the older 2 to see if they can sit w/out their boosters. They were close to it last check,but they felt more comfortable with the boosters and the shoulder belt fit better too.