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I cannot seem to find a car seat to fit my 43" tall son who will turn 3 in one month. Can anyone help??? He was ERF until age 24 months and now I can't find anything for him.
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Re: Help, cannot find a seat to fit my big boy
How heavy is he? The Chicco NextFit and Graco Size4Me/Headwise/My Size 70 will likely work, but they have 40 pound rear facing weight limits.
Wendy
How heavy is he? The Chicco NextFit and Graco Size4Me/Headwise/My Size 70 will likely work, but they have 40 pound rear facing weight limits.
Wendy
LISmama810
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Hi there! Are you looking for a rear-facing or forward-facing seat? How much does he weigh? What seats have you tried, and in what way are they not working?
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Re: Help, cannot find a seat to fit my big boy
Hi, thank you! He is 41lbs and 43" tall. He has been in his Graco Myride65 until 24 months (ERF) and then FF to now.
An FF would be fine because I really don't think I can find an ERF for that size, I've never seen one, and I can't find any FF for him either now!
Hi, thank you! He is 41lbs and 43" tall. He has been in his Graco Myride65 until 24 months (ERF) and then FF to now.
An FF would be fine because I really don't think I can find an ERF for that size, I've never seen one, and I can't find any FF for him either now!
April
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Agreed. Those are pretty much the only options that are worth the money for a kid that size. (Meaning, most of the other forward facing harnessed seats on the market would be a waste of money for a kid like yours.)
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I would recommend the britax frontier 85 more than the nautilus I just bought one of each for my daughter and at 4 her shoulders are to wide for the nautilus! She sat in the nautilus for only a few seconds before starting to complain about how it was uncomfortable and she felt scrunched. The frontier had much more room!
featherhead
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Yes, for a broad child, the FrontierXT (Frontier85 in the US) would be a very good choice. Definitely my first pick.
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Thank goodness for this site! I really appreciate all the advice.
Yes, he has very wide shoulders (exceptionally wide, shoulder dystocia baby too) and so FrontierXT it is.
Any ideas of a good place to purchase this in Canada? We're in Montreal, if there are any nearby stores (or Vermont/border NY, I'm not sure if that's okay, sorry I don't know car seat regulations well).
Yes, he has very wide shoulders (exceptionally wide, shoulder dystocia baby too) and so FrontierXT it is.
Any ideas of a good place to purchase this in Canada? We're in Montreal, if there are any nearby stores (or Vermont/border NY, I'm not sure if that's okay, sorry I don't know car seat regulations well).
featherhead
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Unfortunately crossing the border for a carseat is not a good idea. In fact, it is not legal. It really is too bad, because seats are always cheaper in the US.
I'm not sure where you would find it locally, but online you could look at snugglebugz.ca amazon.ca or toysrus.ca. In Canada it seems prices are usually the same or very close everywhere.
smackeen
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If he still fits, I would look for the frontier to go on sale. There should be sales starting soon as the newer version will be released in June (I hope).
I would keep an eye on toysrus.ca, snugglebugz.ca and amazon.ca. All carry the frontier.
The nautilus is carried at the above along with walmart.
You will get more time out of the frontier in harness mode as it goes to 20in where as the nautilus goes to 18in.
I would keep an eye on toysrus.ca, snugglebugz.ca and amazon.ca. All carry the frontier.
The nautilus is carried at the above along with walmart.
You will get more time out of the frontier in harness mode as it goes to 20in where as the nautilus goes to 18in.
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