NanceXToo
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So I have another question! Now that I've decided which new carseat to buy my 18 month old son (going with a Britax Boulevard; should have the money together to order it within a week, should have it here and installed in about two weeks), I've decided that I would also like to upgrade my daughter to a better/safer booster seat.
She is 6.7 years old. Back in December she was 45 3/4 inches tall and she weighed 44 1/2 pounds according to the BMI sheet the school nurse sent home.
She will be sitting in the middle of the backseat of a 2003 Toyota Matrix (there is a lap and shoulder belt, there is no headrest, and she will be sitting next to the Britax Boulevard carseat, rearfacing, and so the booster seat will need to fit next to that.
So with all that said...does anyone have any recommendations for me as to which booster seat would be best for her?
Right now she is in a backless Costco booster seat. I read that is is okay to use a backless booster seat if the seat is higher than the child's ears (which it is, as of right now, although it doesn't look like it will be if she grows much more!). But it seems like the seatbelt is a little too on her neck and that she maybe needs to be a bit higher for the seatbelt to fit her entirely correctly. Do the high back ones tend to make a child sit a bit higher up? Or does it really just depend on the seat?
Also I don't know if it would have made a difference to put her in the middle...it might, it seems like there's a very slight hump to the middle seat, but until I get my son's new carseat, I can't put her in the middle, the booster seat she has now and the carseat he has now (an Evenflo Tribute OHS) won't fit to sit close enough to each other for both seats to be in the right spot and buckled. But I think the Boulevard won't be as wide as the Tribute so that should be resolved soon.
Thanks for your help!
She is 6.7 years old. Back in December she was 45 3/4 inches tall and she weighed 44 1/2 pounds according to the BMI sheet the school nurse sent home.
She will be sitting in the middle of the backseat of a 2003 Toyota Matrix (there is a lap and shoulder belt, there is no headrest, and she will be sitting next to the Britax Boulevard carseat, rearfacing, and so the booster seat will need to fit next to that.
So with all that said...does anyone have any recommendations for me as to which booster seat would be best for her?
Right now she is in a backless Costco booster seat. I read that is is okay to use a backless booster seat if the seat is higher than the child's ears (which it is, as of right now, although it doesn't look like it will be if she grows much more!). But it seems like the seatbelt is a little too on her neck and that she maybe needs to be a bit higher for the seatbelt to fit her entirely correctly. Do the high back ones tend to make a child sit a bit higher up? Or does it really just depend on the seat?
Also I don't know if it would have made a difference to put her in the middle...it might, it seems like there's a very slight hump to the middle seat, but until I get my son's new carseat, I can't put her in the middle, the booster seat she has now and the carseat he has now (an Evenflo Tribute OHS) won't fit to sit close enough to each other for both seats to be in the right spot and buckled. But I think the Boulevard won't be as wide as the Tribute so that should be resolved soon.
Thanks for your help!