Morganthe
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Next Monday, dd begins a 9-4 daycamp with a very animal theme. They will be going on field trips, including an all day excursion to NW Trek. I'm trying to figure out what would be best to do for her booster situation.
She'll be 10 in Sept. Around 92lbs and probably 4'10/4'10.5ish. She hasn't been measured in months. Wears 12-14 girls. She comes to just under my chin. I'm 5'8, if that helps.
We've used the nbb bottom sections from her Montereys since early April. She outgrew the backed part with shoulders and torso length. Her Harmony no longer fits her (too narrow), nor does her Graco nbb. (too low, too narrow). They're not options.
So we have 2 nbb seats that work. One is installed in the truck for when dh takes her somewhere. The other is in my car.
The transportation used will be vans. They say they'll provide boosters for those children under the law (8 or 80lbs) or I can leave hers there. If she was smaller, I'd have no problems doing that.
However, I'm concerned about headrests & how tall she'll be IN a nbb in these seats. Will there be headrests or even if she'll fit using a nbb with a headrest. I've already pulled up the headrest on my car in the last month due to her growing. She won't be 5-stepping in my car anytime soon. But that's due to how deep the back seat is.
It's a large busy daycamp run by Pacific Science center, so I doubt the vehicles will just be sitting out there where I can check them. We haven't been in a van in years, so I am utterly clueless on how well she'd fit.
My first instinct is to go ahead and send her without a booster. She's as tall as a petite woman. I suspect she'd be over the back seat using the nbb monterey. I've been more concerned about whiplash than other issues with her recently. The nbb could raise her up too much where she's more 'perched' than anything else.
Then I start second guessing and wonder if it would be better if she went with her booster bottom since they will be driving distances, especially the NW Trek day and she might be more comfortable.
Driving her is not an option and I'm not worried about road safety. It's more of best fit/best comfort than anything else. I hate this inbetween period where it's a judgement call. *sigh*
suggestions? advice?
She'll be 10 in Sept. Around 92lbs and probably 4'10/4'10.5ish. She hasn't been measured in months. Wears 12-14 girls. She comes to just under my chin. I'm 5'8, if that helps.
We've used the nbb bottom sections from her Montereys since early April. She outgrew the backed part with shoulders and torso length. Her Harmony no longer fits her (too narrow), nor does her Graco nbb. (too low, too narrow). They're not options.
So we have 2 nbb seats that work. One is installed in the truck for when dh takes her somewhere. The other is in my car.
The transportation used will be vans. They say they'll provide boosters for those children under the law (8 or 80lbs) or I can leave hers there. If she was smaller, I'd have no problems doing that.
However, I'm concerned about headrests & how tall she'll be IN a nbb in these seats. Will there be headrests or even if she'll fit using a nbb with a headrest. I've already pulled up the headrest on my car in the last month due to her growing. She won't be 5-stepping in my car anytime soon. But that's due to how deep the back seat is.
It's a large busy daycamp run by Pacific Science center, so I doubt the vehicles will just be sitting out there where I can check them. We haven't been in a van in years, so I am utterly clueless on how well she'd fit.
My first instinct is to go ahead and send her without a booster. She's as tall as a petite woman. I suspect she'd be over the back seat using the nbb monterey. I've been more concerned about whiplash than other issues with her recently. The nbb could raise her up too much where she's more 'perched' than anything else.
Then I start second guessing and wonder if it would be better if she went with her booster bottom since they will be driving distances, especially the NW Trek day and she might be more comfortable.
Driving her is not an option and I'm not worried about road safety. It's more of best fit/best comfort than anything else. I hate this inbetween period where it's a judgement call. *sigh*
suggestions? advice?