Hi all,
I have a dilemma I did not anticipate. We just hired a lovely woman to be our new babysitter, and part of her job is to pick up my son from Kindergarten and bring him home each day.
When we went to install our Britax Frontier (Click Safe) car seat in her 1999 Honda Accord Wagon, I was surprised to discover that we were unable to find any top tether anchors. We did find a loop in the floor of the cargo area that was clearly not intended for carseats (and which stated a 50 lb weight limit), which we have temporarily clipped the top tether to.
My questions:
1. Can anyone tell me whether this car has the capacity to have tether anchors? (We would be happy to pay to have one installed.) I've called two Honda dealerships and gotten two different answers. When I called the mothership, I was put on hold for 30 minutes and then had to get back to work.
2. How terrible of an idea is it to have the carseat clipped to the cargo anchor, rather than a proper carseat anchor? (The seat itself is 25 lbs, and my kid is around 32, so we clearly exceed that weight - on the other hand, that clip is not the only thing holding them in.)
3. Are there other carseat options that would not require the top tether? My kid is too small/young for a booster (he is just 5 years old with normal (read: poor) impulse control, and is wee, at 38" and 32 lbs - basically the size of an average 3 year old).
Any other solutions anyone can think of? For logistic reasons, we cannot give her one of our cars to use, nor can we buy a third car for her to use.
Thanks for any input!
I have a dilemma I did not anticipate. We just hired a lovely woman to be our new babysitter, and part of her job is to pick up my son from Kindergarten and bring him home each day.
When we went to install our Britax Frontier (Click Safe) car seat in her 1999 Honda Accord Wagon, I was surprised to discover that we were unable to find any top tether anchors. We did find a loop in the floor of the cargo area that was clearly not intended for carseats (and which stated a 50 lb weight limit), which we have temporarily clipped the top tether to.
My questions:
1. Can anyone tell me whether this car has the capacity to have tether anchors? (We would be happy to pay to have one installed.) I've called two Honda dealerships and gotten two different answers. When I called the mothership, I was put on hold for 30 minutes and then had to get back to work.
2. How terrible of an idea is it to have the carseat clipped to the cargo anchor, rather than a proper carseat anchor? (The seat itself is 25 lbs, and my kid is around 32, so we clearly exceed that weight - on the other hand, that clip is not the only thing holding them in.)
3. Are there other carseat options that would not require the top tether? My kid is too small/young for a booster (he is just 5 years old with normal (read: poor) impulse control, and is wee, at 38" and 32 lbs - basically the size of an average 3 year old).
Any other solutions anyone can think of? For logistic reasons, we cannot give her one of our cars to use, nor can we buy a third car for her to use.
Thanks for any input!