forward facing.
But we made it to 4.5 years so
She's been rfing in a Scenera for a few months since our Marathons are only rated up to 33lbs rfing. But we're going for a 7 hour drive this weekend, and the MA is more comfy. So I weighed her last night after bath. 34.2 lbs. When you add on clothes, shoes, her newest favorite accessory of 2 dozen different hair clippies ("Mom, I'm as beautiful as a rainbow!"), it's time to turn her.
We went for a test drive yesterday with her forward facing in her Marathon in our new Mazda. What did she complain long and loud about? She misses her mylar mirror. Please, please, please could she have it back? No, because the straps and plastic hook would bump Mom in the head and that could be dangerous. "But Mom, you have the hardest head of anyone I've ever been around! It's such a beautiful, hard, strong head!" (I don't know where she gets the suck-up gene, but it comes so naturally to her ) We're getting the car tinted today, and I'm hoping the rear passenger windows will be dark enough that she can enjoy her reflection that way.
We'll just have to see how her leg circulation fares. In the past when we've tried ffing, that has been the huge issue, especially on longer drives. When we test drove the car she was in the 3rd row, and with the 2nd row slid all the way back she had literally no leg room, as her car seat touched the back of the middle row seat. She loved that and called it cozy and it helped her keep her legs crossed. Now I have her in the middle row behind the driver and her legs hang down. Or she can rest her feet on either side of the driver's headrest . I'm going to experiment with pool noodles and comforters, etc., today.
I just can't believe she's finally grown so big. I don't know how you parents of bigger kids do it. She seems SO heavy to me, yet I've known lots of 18mo that weighed as much as her. Don't your arms just drop off from carrying them??? For reference, my 2y3mo dd weighs 22lbs fully dressed, and she's much "heavier" than her big sis was.
But we made it to 4.5 years so
She's been rfing in a Scenera for a few months since our Marathons are only rated up to 33lbs rfing. But we're going for a 7 hour drive this weekend, and the MA is more comfy. So I weighed her last night after bath. 34.2 lbs. When you add on clothes, shoes, her newest favorite accessory of 2 dozen different hair clippies ("Mom, I'm as beautiful as a rainbow!"), it's time to turn her.
We went for a test drive yesterday with her forward facing in her Marathon in our new Mazda. What did she complain long and loud about? She misses her mylar mirror. Please, please, please could she have it back? No, because the straps and plastic hook would bump Mom in the head and that could be dangerous. "But Mom, you have the hardest head of anyone I've ever been around! It's such a beautiful, hard, strong head!" (I don't know where she gets the suck-up gene, but it comes so naturally to her ) We're getting the car tinted today, and I'm hoping the rear passenger windows will be dark enough that she can enjoy her reflection that way.
We'll just have to see how her leg circulation fares. In the past when we've tried ffing, that has been the huge issue, especially on longer drives. When we test drove the car she was in the 3rd row, and with the 2nd row slid all the way back she had literally no leg room, as her car seat touched the back of the middle row seat. She loved that and called it cozy and it helped her keep her legs crossed. Now I have her in the middle row behind the driver and her legs hang down. Or she can rest her feet on either side of the driver's headrest . I'm going to experiment with pool noodles and comforters, etc., today.
I just can't believe she's finally grown so big. I don't know how you parents of bigger kids do it. She seems SO heavy to me, yet I've known lots of 18mo that weighed as much as her. Don't your arms just drop off from carrying them??? For reference, my 2y3mo dd weighs 22lbs fully dressed, and she's much "heavier" than her big sis was.