zactayaus
Well-known member
Ok, go easy on me.
My original goal was for ds3 to make it to 2yo RF and then I'd flip him FF but when he turned 2 I just couldn't bring myself to do it and he was happy so we just left well enough alone. I changed my goal to 3yo or if he outgrew his seats before then of course but then I thought well maybe we'll go even longer. He will be 3yo on the 20th. He has outgrown every single convertible seat out there by either height or weight except for the RN's which we have in both of our vehicles (therefore if we hadn't purchased those seats he'd already be FF). He has maybe an inch of torso growth to go and he'll have maxed out those too. Lately he has been begging to sit like Austin (ds2). He will quickly get in his seat backwards with his back against the vehicle seat and his feet into the back of his car seat and refuse to sit the right way. I always manage to wrestle him in the right way and explain to him why he needs to sit that way as best I can with an almost 3yo and he will usually calm down once the car is moving. The main thing is that I guess I'm kind of feeling done with RF too now. I'm not sure exactly what changed to make me feel that way but I do. I'm ready to turn him but I will definitely wait till his 3rd b-day so I can say he made it to 3 RF and who knows maybe I'll change my mind in the next couple of weeks.
Not sure why I felt the need to write this all out. Maybe I needed to get it off my chest. Maybe I need to hear that other people on here turned their kids before they outgrew their seats. Maybe I need somebody to tell me I'm doing the wrong thing and he really should stay RF and maybe I will or won't listen to them but at least I got it all out in the open.
Whew, I feel better already.
My original goal was for ds3 to make it to 2yo RF and then I'd flip him FF but when he turned 2 I just couldn't bring myself to do it and he was happy so we just left well enough alone. I changed my goal to 3yo or if he outgrew his seats before then of course but then I thought well maybe we'll go even longer. He will be 3yo on the 20th. He has outgrown every single convertible seat out there by either height or weight except for the RN's which we have in both of our vehicles (therefore if we hadn't purchased those seats he'd already be FF). He has maybe an inch of torso growth to go and he'll have maxed out those too. Lately he has been begging to sit like Austin (ds2). He will quickly get in his seat backwards with his back against the vehicle seat and his feet into the back of his car seat and refuse to sit the right way. I always manage to wrestle him in the right way and explain to him why he needs to sit that way as best I can with an almost 3yo and he will usually calm down once the car is moving. The main thing is that I guess I'm kind of feeling done with RF too now. I'm not sure exactly what changed to make me feel that way but I do. I'm ready to turn him but I will definitely wait till his 3rd b-day so I can say he made it to 3 RF and who knows maybe I'll change my mind in the next couple of weeks. Not sure why I felt the need to write this all out. Maybe I needed to get it off my chest. Maybe I need to hear that other people on here turned their kids before they outgrew their seats. Maybe I need somebody to tell me I'm doing the wrong thing and he really should stay RF and maybe I will or won't listen to them but at least I got it all out in the open.
Whew, I feel better already.
