Car seat for low-tone 2 year old frequent flier

Unregistered · Apr 5, 2011

I feel like a horrible mom. I just turned our 2.5yo 29pound 36" RF again after almost a year FF after reading the most recent studies.

He has low tone, but I never thought of that as a car seat safety issue - until I found this board. He seems happy enough in the RF Boulevard at the infant recline in the captain chair of my minivan, but I am wondering if there is a safer option.

Should I get one of the Swedish car seats? I'm sure our Ped would write a prescription. Should I try to order a SN seat and file it with insurance?

We flow 5-6 times a year, so would definitely need a seat that works on planes.
Thanks!!

skaterbabs · Apr 5, 2011

There are a lot of great seats on the market that will last you a long time, I don't know that you need to import a seat just yet. I'd stick with what you have until he's closer to outgrowing it. A rear facing seat is outgrown when EITHER the weight limit is reached OR there is less than an inch of seat shell above the child's head.

carseatcoach · Apr 5, 2011

It is unlikely that you would be able to use a Swedish seat on an American airplane. It's also unlikely that insurance will pay for something that is not legal to use.

If the Boulevard works for now, don't mess with it. When he's closer to outgrowing it, explore your options then -- there are lots of legal, FAA-approved seats with higher rear-facing capacity.

henrietta · Apr 15, 2011

Both of my boys were low tone--my older one still is.

Don't feel bad that you didn't now about keeping your ds rearfacing. You know now and have turned him back around, and nothing bad happened while he was forward facing.

My 2.5 yr old is 37" tall, almost 34 lbs, and so long torsoed that he outgrew the Blvd rearfacing by height months ago. So, be really glad he can still fit in it rearfacing!

At his age and size, he can probably rearface to at least 4, even if he needs a different seat, like the True Fit, Complete Air, or Radian.

My older one rearfaced till 3.5 yrs old, when he outgrew the Britax convertible rearfacing by height--he definitely preferred it!

GL!

henrietta

mylittlet · Apr 16, 2011

The myride is nice and deep. It works well for low tone. I can't remember her name, but Charlie rides in one. Hopefully her mom will see this. She tried her in lots of seats one day and posted photos.

Stefanie - CPStech in Iowa

swtgi1982 · Apr 16, 2011

Definitely use what you have got for now. The highest weight limit for RF is the radians with the 45 lb limits for RF. But who knows what will be out there when your kid outgrows his current seat. My daughter is five years old and 35lb limit seats were all I could find when she was six months and moving to a convertible. Now 40lb is pretty much the new standard with everyone mostly switching slowly to it. There is the one 45lb as I said but things are changing so fast I would wait and see what is available when you get to needing it.

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