Question kiddo unbuckled himself!

abecho · Oct 11, 2014

My 3.5 year old son, 35 pounds, 40 inches, rides RF in a Sunshine Kids Radian 80. Due to new LATCH limits we have it with a seatbelt install. (The seat weighs about 26 pounds.) When I arrived at karate class yesterday, he had unbuckled the seat from the car (not his harness, but the car seat belt holding the seat in) and pulled the belt out of the belt path and was playing with the belt, all using his feet. I think the lecture I gave was scary enough to keep this from ever happening again, but does anyone have any other suggestions o make it less possible? I wanted to keep him RF until 4, but I'd turn him if that would make a difference... I think he'd be able to do it with his hands then... Ideas?

Dillipop · Oct 11, 2014

I believe that even with the new latch limits, you can keep the radian rearfacing to 40 pounds with latch but I may be wrong? If not, then try flipping the female portion of the belt over so that the buckle is inaccessible.

abecho · Oct 11, 2014

Dillipop said:
I believe that even with the new latch limits, you can keep the radian rearfacing to 40 pounds with latch but I may be wrong? If not, then try flipping the female portion of the belt over so that the buckle is inaccessible.

Yeah, doing the math again, I should have 4 more pounds for latch. I don't know what I was thinking. But I will also see if twisting the buckle works. Thanks!

wendytthomas · Oct 12, 2014

What car do you have?

It's a Radian 80, not an 80SL?

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