Help me squeeze a HBB in please.

toyarmy · Apr 3, 2011

I have a 2010 Honda Insight with a 3 year old and 14 month old rear facing in Radians.
Previously We had a Radian and a Signo, and just couldn't make a booster seat work, so DD1 (9) sat in the middle. Now of course I've put DD3 in the middle and there is a little more room, but it's still limited. But out board there's no way I can fool myself into thinking she is secure with no booster.

So... I need a booster that will fit in my tiny car with my 2 Radians, and also fit my just below 60 lb., 52" 9 year old.

TIA!

Dillipop · Apr 3, 2011

The harmony backless is supposed to be pretty narrow. Possibly the Britax parkway or evenflo big kid would work. Does the turbo booster that you already have not work? I find that my turbo is pretty awesome in most 3 acrosses.

Are you installing the radians with latch or seatbelt. Sometimes installing both with the seatbelt will give you even more room, since you can move the seats closer to the door.

How old is the middle child- closer to just turned 3 or closer to 4? How big? If I couldn't figure out a way to fit a booster in for the 9 yo due to space, I'd consider turning the 3 yo around and forward face her in the center. This should open up more space for the booster. I'd rather have all 3 safe (and for a 3 yo, ffing has been shown to be safe), than to have your 9 yo unsafe without a booster.

toyarmy · Apr 3, 2011

I'll have to see if I can dig out the turbo booster, and see how it fits. I think I ended up giving it to her dad because it wouldn't fit before, so she just went in the middle. :\

The middle radian is seat belt, outboard is latch. That's a good idea about trying both with the seat belt. I hadn't thought of that.

Middle is just a few months past 3. Previously (our car was in an accident, so, thanks to insurance I was about to get two radians which naturally fit better than the signo + a radian) the signo, with it's sheer bulk, made things incredibly difficult as far as having both seats rf and dd1 still fitting in the back seat, so we turned dd2 just after her 3rd bday, but she wanted to turn back around when we got the radians, so now I just need to get something for dd1 since she's back out board.