Patriot201
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DN is five years, two months old. She is of about average height and weight (I'm not positive how tall she is or how much she weighs... I *think* around 45-48 inches and around 45 pounds? ), but has a fairly long torso. In my car, she rides in a harnessed Nautilus.
Last night, I had her in the seat several times over the course of a few hours. I noticed that she only has about 0.5 to 0.75" of harness height left to grow, so I know she has limited time left in that harness, but that it could take her a while still to grow that much torso.
The "issue" I have is that she is complaining that the crotch strap is too tight. I can see that she actually has PLENTY of space, but she feels it is too tight. She said, "Aunt ______, I think it is time for you to buy me a new carseat. This one is too small for me now."
I am certainly not in a rush to buy her a new seat, but I do want to start thinking about what is best for her.
In her parents' cars, she rides in Britax Regents. They are considering buying her and her brother Frontier 85s so that both kids ride in a Regent in one vehicle and both ride in a Frontier 85 in the other vehicle, but they haven't bought those yet.
I own a Recaro Vivo, a Graco Turbo Booster, a Britax Parkway SG, and an Evenflo Amp and am *considering* talking to my sister about, when R truly outgrows the Nautilus, using a booster (NOT the Amp, though) in my car.
Would this be stupid? To put a child R's age and size into a booster in my car? She will probably be 5.5 (to maybe 6) by that time. She is probably in my car about once a month, but the amount of time I have her with me is WAY higher over the summer, and could increase based on where they move.
Moving R to a booster would also free up the Nautilus for her three-year-old brother. He rides in a Radian XT in my car, but I can't get the wings to go any higher than they currently are AND I can't get the harness into the top slots. I'll start another thread about that issue.
Of course this all depends on the approval of my sister and BIL, but I am curious what you all think.
Last night, I had her in the seat several times over the course of a few hours. I noticed that she only has about 0.5 to 0.75" of harness height left to grow, so I know she has limited time left in that harness, but that it could take her a while still to grow that much torso.
The "issue" I have is that she is complaining that the crotch strap is too tight. I can see that she actually has PLENTY of space, but she feels it is too tight. She said, "Aunt ______, I think it is time for you to buy me a new carseat. This one is too small for me now."
I am certainly not in a rush to buy her a new seat, but I do want to start thinking about what is best for her.
In her parents' cars, she rides in Britax Regents. They are considering buying her and her brother Frontier 85s so that both kids ride in a Regent in one vehicle and both ride in a Frontier 85 in the other vehicle, but they haven't bought those yet.
I own a Recaro Vivo, a Graco Turbo Booster, a Britax Parkway SG, and an Evenflo Amp and am *considering* talking to my sister about, when R truly outgrows the Nautilus, using a booster (NOT the Amp, though) in my car.
Would this be stupid? To put a child R's age and size into a booster in my car? She will probably be 5.5 (to maybe 6) by that time. She is probably in my car about once a month, but the amount of time I have her with me is WAY higher over the summer, and could increase based on where they move.
Moving R to a booster would also free up the Nautilus for her three-year-old brother. He rides in a Radian XT in my car, but I can't get the wings to go any higher than they currently are AND I can't get the harness into the top slots. I'll start another thread about that issue.
Of course this all depends on the approval of my sister and BIL, but I am curious what you all think.