How old were your kids when they stopped using a HBB?

aeormsby

New member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #1

I just got the Vivo I ordered, but it has a manuf date of 8-24-10. I'm kind of bummed, but I did only pay $75 for it. And I got to thinking, but the time it expires DD will be 10.5yo & DS will be 8.5yo (in Aug 2016). So it's probably unlikely I'd need a HBB beyond that anyway, right? If by chance we still have the same truck in 4 years the kids will still need HBB for lack of headrests in it though (truck will be 13 years old by that point so likely replaced by then).

(Other boosters I have are a PWSGL that will expire the end of 2016 also, and 2 Frontiers expiring in 2018 & 2020)

 

emandbri

Well-known member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #2

I think Jacob was around 8 when he got too tall for the star riser. I started letting Daniel use a no back occasionally at 8 but he liked the high back and used the back on the monterey until he was 10 when I took pictures and folks here said he fit better in the backless.

Benjamin is 8 and wants a no back but fits fine in the monterey and pro booster so I've kept him in them, plus he still falls asleep in the van.

 

christineka

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #3

I have short kids who like high back boosters. I also believe as long as the child fits, the high back should be used. My oldest is 12 and has just switched to a backless for mostly full time.

 

Baylor

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #4

Sorry read one thread and replied to that here. Silly me.

auto correct hates me

 

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bobandjess99

Senior Community Member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #5

around 7

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #6

Piper was a few months shy of 9 in my car. In my husband's she's still in a high back. It wouldn't bother me if she was in a backless in both, but she just uses that one there and fits, so no big deal.

Wendy

 

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ginny4

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #7

i think my big guys were 9.5-9.75yo when they outgrew the Monterey HBB. they did use backless booster occasionally at about 7yo or so

 

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thepeach80

Senior Community Member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #8

I told AJ he could move this spring to a nbb when Evan moves to a hbb. AJ will be 9 in May and Evan was 7 in Dec.

 

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kater-tot82

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #9

My DD is 8.5 and has been in a backless in DH's car (secondary vehicle) since age 7. I recently had her in one in the van for awhile but she decided the leather seats were too cold and wanted her Monterey back. I am thinking she will be in a backless there this spring when she is 9.

 

carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants

• Jan 11, 2012

• #10

9.25 in the main vehicle. She still uses a highback in the secondary vehicle because there are no headrests in the center. And she used a backless on rare occasions from age 8 on.

 

VoodooChile

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #11

I bought a 10/2010 Oobr last month. It was the cover dd wanted, gender neutral so ds can use it, and with the 9 year expiration, I figure he'll be fine in a nbb by the time it expires (or we'll be on to something else by then).

 

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lorismurph

Senior Community Member

• Jan 11, 2012

• #12

My oldest was 8.5. I only took the back off his Turbo because he was too tall (shoulders were at the red guides).

My 7yo is still in a Hbb full-time (other than the rare, less than once a month ride in dhs car). She'll be in it until she's too tall.

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Jan 11, 2012

• #13

ds still is (age 7), but I expect he'll be in a backless around age 8. He doesn't need the sides to sleep. He stays in position. The few times he has ridden in a backless, the shoulder belt fit well. We have headrests in all positions... I haven't seen compelling evidence for keeping a kid in a hbb over a backless under those circumstances.

 

kirsty

Member

• Jan 12, 2012

• #14

My nearly 12 year old niece went backless at 9 when she out grew the back. Then my 10 year old niece for the last year I have let her decide and last couple months she has chosed lbb. My 8 year old niece uses hbb half the time and lbb the other half time starting to use lbb more thou as about to outgrow hbb and then there is my nephew who is 7 and he only uses lbb when that's the only way to safely get everyone in car that's usually in three across

 

Carrie_R

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Jan 12, 2012

• #15

My "big kids" at my last job were 10 & 9.5 and still used HBBs, at least on a part-time basis. The 9.5yo just about 5 stepped, so he rode in a backless/adult belt to/from school, but was in a hbb for anything longer... They still slept on longer trips and benefited from the side wings keeping them in position in general.

Current charge is almost 9.5 and has gobs of room in the Monterey. Can't see any reason to move him, plus he is a leaner.

If I didn't have car sleepers, my answer would probably be different.

 

Kac

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Jan 12, 2012

• #16

A was 7. She is so tall though.

 

Simplysomething

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• Jan 13, 2012

• #17

My oldest came out of the high back at 10, I think. Or 9(I can't remember, now). My kids have short torsos, and long legs. My youngest just went IN to the high back (from harness) fulltime, a few months ago, and he's almost 7, and I've only got it up one notch, I think. It's a Turbo (and I don't like the belt guides on the newer Turbos, as compared to 2005, 2006 versions).