beetlemama
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Is there a seat that is low profile (to fit in a beetle with the weird curved edges) that is a harness to booster and will accommodate a very tall 6+ year old in booster mode?
H still drives our beetle and for 2.5 years we've been unable to drive my son in it at all unless we know long enough in advance to move his seat. Until now we've kept two boosters in the car for our older kids (8 tomorrow and 6) and whoever drives DS drives the minivan. There have been a handful of times that that really created a problem because I needed to go somewhere with one or both older kid, but needed the minivan instead of the beetle (usually because a friend or two are also riding with us). As we get older and sports and other activities ramp up I suspect this will be a problem more often and with less prior notice.
We would love to replace one of the boosters with a seat that DS (2.5, 38" and 37 lbs) could ride in FF (he will remain RF in my car until he outgrows the radian) and my 6 year old could use as a booster. We want to be able to switch back and forth between the two without uninstalling it so we could switch from the 6 year old to the 2 year old at will.
This would allow H for the first time to drive any combination of our two kids. The only time the 6 year old would use the seat is when she and her sister are both in the car, but that's the most frequent combination to be likely.
Does this option exist at all? Last time I tried it a frontier did not fit in that spot, but my carseat knowledge has improved in that time, so it may fit better than I remember. I'd really prefer to spend quite a bit less than that if possible though.
H still drives our beetle and for 2.5 years we've been unable to drive my son in it at all unless we know long enough in advance to move his seat. Until now we've kept two boosters in the car for our older kids (8 tomorrow and 6) and whoever drives DS drives the minivan. There have been a handful of times that that really created a problem because I needed to go somewhere with one or both older kid, but needed the minivan instead of the beetle (usually because a friend or two are also riding with us). As we get older and sports and other activities ramp up I suspect this will be a problem more often and with less prior notice.
We would love to replace one of the boosters with a seat that DS (2.5, 38" and 37 lbs) could ride in FF (he will remain RF in my car until he outgrows the radian) and my 6 year old could use as a booster. We want to be able to switch back and forth between the two without uninstalling it so we could switch from the 6 year old to the 2 year old at will.
This would allow H for the first time to drive any combination of our two kids. The only time the 6 year old would use the seat is when she and her sister are both in the car, but that's the most frequent combination to be likely.
Does this option exist at all? Last time I tried it a frontier did not fit in that spot, but my carseat knowledge has improved in that time, so it may fit better than I remember. I'd really prefer to spend quite a bit less than that if possible though.