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Just some dumb questions - does boostering mean no harness? So only refers to a combination seat used with a seat belt or a plain booster - not a kid sitting in a combination seat, but using a harness? Are there safety advantages to a high backed booster or combination seat vs a low back booster? Would you ever go convertible to high back booster to low back booster as kid ages or do you decide high or low back and stick with it?
For me, it's a continuum of gradually less harness and more booster use. They take their first rides before 6 but after 5 1/2, when it comes up; they go to part-time use in others' cars at around 6; they go to full-time except for sleeping when they sit properly 100% of the time except when sleeping, and when they can do it even sleeping, they go to full-time booster (unless they prefer a harness.) Somewhere around 6 1/2-7 1/2 depending on child. So it is a 1 1/2 to 2 year process of gradually more and more booster use, in our house.
My kids were able to sleep properly in position in HBBs from the start.
For me, it's a continuum of gradually less harness and more booster use. They take their first rides before 6 but after 5 1/2, when it comes up; they go to part-time use in others' cars at around 6; they go to full-time except for sleeping when they sit properly 100% of the time except when sleeping, and when they can do it even sleeping, they go to full-time booster (unless they prefer a harness.) Somewhere around 6 1/2-7 1/2 depending on child. So it is a 1 1/2 to 2 year process of gradually more and more booster use, in our house.
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