Hello again,
I recently posted about a problem I was having with not being able to tighten/loosen the harness on our Britax Boulevard (which -- if you are so inclined -- you can read here: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=259866 ).
I got such great input from that thread, and I thought I had solved the problem by removing the Boulevard from the car, turning our Britax Advocate rear facing for my younger son, and buying a Frontier 90 for my older son. But now I have a new problem I'm hoping y'all can help me with....
(Side note: I was not thrilled to be buying another Britax, but they won me over with the promise of being able to install the seat myself, in less than 5 minutes. Which was entirely true -- easiest carseat install I have ever experienced. So far we really like the Frontier 90.)
The new problem is with the Advocate turned backwards. Wow. It is extremely difficult to get my son buckled in now -- even when he is being cooperative it takes forever -- and it seems he somehow has less leg room than when he was in the Boulevard.
It is such a struggle each day that I have had thoughts of turning him FF (he is 3+ years old, ~27#, ~36"), but I'd really prefer not to. In theory he can stay in this seat RF for another 13 pounds (though he's likely to outgrow by height first), but the thought of doing this for another year+ makes me want to cry. So now I'm considering replacing the Advocate with something that is easier to deal with RF.
Does anyone have suggestions for me? I'm hoping to find something that might cost roughly about $100-$150 (which I'm hoping to offset with the sale of the Advocate), though I would definitely consider spending more if the seat had some special feature/would last a really long time.
Any and all input is welcome! Thanks!
I recently posted about a problem I was having with not being able to tighten/loosen the harness on our Britax Boulevard (which -- if you are so inclined -- you can read here: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=259866 ).
I got such great input from that thread, and I thought I had solved the problem by removing the Boulevard from the car, turning our Britax Advocate rear facing for my younger son, and buying a Frontier 90 for my older son. But now I have a new problem I'm hoping y'all can help me with....
(Side note: I was not thrilled to be buying another Britax, but they won me over with the promise of being able to install the seat myself, in less than 5 minutes. Which was entirely true -- easiest carseat install I have ever experienced. So far we really like the Frontier 90.)
The new problem is with the Advocate turned backwards. Wow. It is extremely difficult to get my son buckled in now -- even when he is being cooperative it takes forever -- and it seems he somehow has less leg room than when he was in the Boulevard.
It is such a struggle each day that I have had thoughts of turning him FF (he is 3+ years old, ~27#, ~36"), but I'd really prefer not to. In theory he can stay in this seat RF for another 13 pounds (though he's likely to outgrow by height first), but the thought of doing this for another year+ makes me want to cry. So now I'm considering replacing the Advocate with something that is easier to deal with RF.
Does anyone have suggestions for me? I'm hoping to find something that might cost roughly about $100-$150 (which I'm hoping to offset with the sale of the Advocate), though I would definitely consider spending more if the seat had some special feature/would last a really long time.
Any and all input is welcome! Thanks!