wagonlover
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This is sort of a theoretical question. I'm wondering why boosters have minimum weights. I understand the reason for minimum ages and minimum heights, and that part of the reason for a minimum weight is to deter people from putting a child who is too young in a booster (e.g. a 2 year old who would meet a lower weight minimum.) Anyone know the reason for a minimum weight from a crash force perspective? I.e. are skinny children at more risk from using a seatbelt than higher weight children? Or is the weight minimum dictated by the size of crash test dummies?
The specific issue is that DD is very skinny, 4 yo, 39.5 in., 29 lbs. She is RF with no particular plans to booster her, or even to turn her forward at this point. But I need something for very occasional taxi travel, and a BubbleBum or Boostapak would otherwise be great. (I have an RSTV2 but she may be too skinny for that now.) I'm also trying to plan for future carseat configurations, but boosters may be out as she probably won't hit 40 lbs. for a few years.
Thank you in advance for input!
The specific issue is that DD is very skinny, 4 yo, 39.5 in., 29 lbs. She is RF with no particular plans to booster her, or even to turn her forward at this point. But I need something for very occasional taxi travel, and a BubbleBum or Boostapak would otherwise be great. (I have an RSTV2 but she may be too skinny for that now.) I'm also trying to plan for future carseat configurations, but boosters may be out as she probably won't hit 40 lbs. for a few years.
Thank you in advance for input!