Cosco High Back Booster Cover?

theconstantreader

New member
I'm looking for a cute cover for the Cosco High Back Booster. I have the seat, but the cover got yucky and I need a new one. How safe is a handmade one? DD really likes the seat, but the cover just looks gross.
 
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carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants
Is she using the seat as a harnessed seat or as a booster? She is close to the weight limit for the harness, and it's very likely she's outgrown the harness by height -- where are her shoulders in relation to the top shoulder straps?

That seat makes a very poorly fitting booster. For the cost of an unsafe custom cover, you could easily get a Graco Turbobooster, which is a much better booster. Or, preferably, you could spend a little more and get a Maestro to keep her harnessed. The Maestro does convert to a booster, but it is a very short booster (taller than the Cosco HBB, though) and you will need another booster down the road.
 

theconstantreader

New member
Is she using the seat as a harnessed seat or as a booster? She is close to the weight limit for the harness, and it's very likely she's outgrown the harness by height -- where are her shoulders in relation to the top shoulder straps?

That seat makes a very poorly fitting booster. For the cost of an unsafe custom cover, you could easily get a Graco Turbobooster, which is a much better booster. Or, preferably, you could spend a little more and get a Maestro to keep her harnessed. The Maestro does convert to a booster, but it is a very short booster (taller than the Cosco HBB, though) and you will need another booster down the road.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Graco-Highback-Turbobooster-Car-Seat-Kallie/15642053?findingMethod=rr
This is what she rides in in my suburban.
 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter
Ok, so you already have a Graco turbo booster. You did put the screws in the arm rests? They often get tossed.
 

theconstantreader

New member
So its a graco high back booster not a cosco high back booster? Have you taken the cover off and ran it through the wash?

The Cosco is the one my mom and dad have at their house for her.

The link I posted is the one we just got her for our suburban.

And yes, I've washed it a TON of times. The seat is faded and has turned a weird color. :sick:
 

Jessica61624

New member
I would get another graco hbb. They're just as much as a new cover. Like others have stated its a dangerous booster as it incorrectly places the lap belt.
 

theconstantreader

New member
I would get another graco hbb. They're just as much as a new cover. Like others have stated its a dangerous booster as it incorrectly places the lap belt.

Okay, I think that's what we've just decided to do. It's going in the trash on Wednesday. They're not that expensive anyway.

Thanks so much for all of your help!
 

hrice

New member
How does your daughter behave in the booster? Does she stay in position 100% of the time? Even when sleeping?

The reason I ask is very few 4 year olds are mature enough to be out of a 5 point harness.
 
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Kac

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How does your daughter behave in the booster? Does she stay in position 100% of the time? Even when sleeping?

The reason I ask is very few 4 year olds are mature enough to be out of a 5 point harness.

:yeahthatlove:

I would (almost) never put a 4 year old in a booster full time.
 

theconstantreader

New member
How does your daughter behave in the booster? Does she stay in position 100% of the time? Even when sleeping?

The reason I ask is very few 4 year olds are mature enough to be out of a 5 point harness.

She sits in it really well. Stays straight up, knows where the belt is supposed to be and doesn't sleep in the car, even on long rides. We don't travel very far and if she slept a lot in it (or at all) I'd put her in something different.
 

monica-m

CPST Instructor
The Babies R Us trade in event starts on the 27th. You could trade in that seat for a discount on a new one.
 

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