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VoodooChile

New member

• Jun 18, 2013

• #1

This is my 7 year old in the 3rd row of my Pilot:


She's not at all big for her age--about 49", 50ish lbs, size 7 slim pants. Don't worry, she knows she needs a booster!

 

VoodooChile

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #2

ETA: You can't see it in the pic, but her bum is all the way back and her feet are on the floor.

 

glockchick

New member

• Jun 18, 2013

• #3

Wow. She doesn't even look that big.

 

VoodooChile

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #4

She turns 8 in October, going into 3rd grade. She's hands down the smallest kid in her class.

 

cookie123

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #5

Wow! That's great! Is there still a good fit with the booster?

 

VoodooChile

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #6

I didn't even think to try her with the Literider while it was sitting right there. I did tell her if the booster put the shoulder belt off her shoulder, it would be illegal for her to ride back there!

 

Lemonade

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #7

VoodooChile said:

She turns 8 in October, going into 3rd grade. She's hands down the smallest kid in her class.

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Wow, she must be one of the youngest too. My DS is turning 8 in December but our cut-off is 9/1 so he's only going into 2nd. He's even smaller - only 46" and 42#.

 

NannyMom

Well-known member

• Jun 18, 2013

• #8

I had 6 or 7 year olds 5 stepping in the 3rd row of my Durango. When Md law was 6, and before I came here.

 

VoodooChile

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• Jun 18, 2013

• #9

Lemonade said:

Wow, she must be one of the youngest too. My DS is turning 8 in December but our cut-off is 9/1 so he's only going into 2nd. He's even smaller - only 46" and 42#.

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She is. The cutoff where she started kindergarten was 9/30, which she missed by a few days but was allowed to start anyway after some testing. Here, the cutoff is much earlier--8/1, and no exceptions are made.

 

VoodooChile

New member

• Jun 19, 2013

• #10

Wowza. I tried her in the same spot with the Literider. The shoulder belt fit was fine but the lap belt was way out on her thighs, not even close to her hips. I wouldn't like her riding like that.

 

Brianna

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• Jun 19, 2013

• #11

Wow! Well hopefully that means that some kids out of boosters too early are safer in that 3rd row than they would be in other vehicles.

 

VoodooChile

New member

• Jun 19, 2013

• #12

Right? I know most of her friends toss their boosters right on the 8th birthday, so hopefully some are 3rd row riders with a similar by geometry!

 

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NVMBR02

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• Jun 19, 2013

• #13

Yep. My 9.5 year old fits better in the 3rd row of my pilot without a booster. Normally she rides in the second row in a booster and Ds (8 in Nov.) rides in the third row in a booster, but he is close to not having a good booster fit back there either. He still has a good booster fit in his Monterey and in his Olli so those are the boosters he uses for now.

DD is 54lbs and 55 inches and DS is 49lbs and around 52 inches so not huge for their age at all.

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jun 20, 2013

• #14

NannyMom said:

I had 6 or 7 year olds 5 stepping in the 3rd row of my Durango. When Md law was 6, and before I came here.

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Heck, my 2 yo darn near 5 stepped (uh, probably not the fifth step, rofl) in the back of a Durango.

Yeah, it gives me hope that lots of kids who are out of boosters too young are the ones using those third row seats and maybe not as bad off as they'd be in a big ol' captain's chair.

 

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Syllieann

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• Jun 20, 2013

• #15

That is crazy! My 4 yo fits the belt properly in the third row of our mkt. my head touches the ceiling in that same position.