boneheaderss
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One of my relatives has a child that is 5 years old and weighs 26 lbs (37 inches tall if that matters). Her doctor said that she is perfectly healthy. Just tiny 
Anyhow, she has almost outgrown her 5 point harness car seat by height- her shoulders are about 1 cm below the top slot.
They have an Evenflo Big Kid booster and it does an excellent job of correcting belt fit. (They purchased it for her when she was 4 years old, but I told them to keep her in her current car seat, which is a Cosco Highback Seat with the built in harness). The problem is that the Evenflo booster has a minimum weight of 30 lbs and a minimum height of 38 inches tall. This makes her 4 lbs too light and 1 inch too short for the absolute minimum requirements for that booster. (I'm well aware that best practice dictates that kids be both 4 years old and 40 lbs to transition to a booster). She was perfectly capable of sitting still in the Evenflo booster when she was 4 years old.
I told her mom a billion times (literally) that she needs to get a car seat with a higher top slot like the Evenflo Maestro, but I have to say that she will never buy it.
The Cosco seat doesn't install very well in one of their cars- it gets a marginal fit with the seat belt (it moves side to side about 1 1/2 inches), but the top tether is always used I tried latch and it won't work- it was absolutely terrible. I put my weight into the seat like crazy and it just doesn't fit. In the other car, it fits like a dream- it was rock the car solid install.
Which do you think a child would survive a crash:
-misuse the cosco seat by having the harness below her shoulders
or
-in a booster seat that does a wonderful job of correcting belt fit, however she is very tiny- 26 lbs at 5 years old. The booster seat says that the bottom of belt guides need to be even with tops of shoulders- her shoulders are little below the belt guides (but it still corrects belt fit).
What is the danger of having a harness too far below shoulders when front facing?
Anyhow, she has almost outgrown her 5 point harness car seat by height- her shoulders are about 1 cm below the top slot.They have an Evenflo Big Kid booster and it does an excellent job of correcting belt fit. (They purchased it for her when she was 4 years old, but I told them to keep her in her current car seat, which is a Cosco Highback Seat with the built in harness). The problem is that the Evenflo booster has a minimum weight of 30 lbs and a minimum height of 38 inches tall. This makes her 4 lbs too light and 1 inch too short for the absolute minimum requirements for that booster. (I'm well aware that best practice dictates that kids be both 4 years old and 40 lbs to transition to a booster). She was perfectly capable of sitting still in the Evenflo booster when she was 4 years old.
I told her mom a billion times (literally) that she needs to get a car seat with a higher top slot like the Evenflo Maestro, but I have to say that she will never buy it.
The Cosco seat doesn't install very well in one of their cars- it gets a marginal fit with the seat belt (it moves side to side about 1 1/2 inches), but the top tether is always used
I tried latch and it won't work- it was absolutely terrible. I put my weight into the seat like crazy and it just doesn't fit. In the other car, it fits like a dream- it was rock the car solid install. Which do you think a child would survive a crash:
-misuse the cosco seat by having the harness below her shoulders
or
-in a booster seat that does a wonderful job of correcting belt fit, however she is very tiny- 26 lbs at 5 years old. The booster seat says that the bottom of belt guides need to be even with tops of shoulders- her shoulders are little below the belt guides (but it still corrects belt fit).
What is the danger of having a harness too far below shoulders when front facing?
