brooksfamily
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My dd just turned 4 in Jan. This summer (July) we will be flying to NY. I am looking into flying into JFK and taking a taxi/uber to Grand Central and taking the train to my parents. Typically, they come and pick us up but it's round trip 3+ hours in the car for them depending on traffic and now that they are pushing 70 I really hate to ask them to do this. We have a car seat that we keep in NY so we don't need a seat there.
We have a Graco Tranzitions that we can fly with, but I'm thinking that installing in an unfamiliar vehicle and transporting it on a 90 minute train ride will not be awesome. Plus aside from the taxi ride we won't need the seat while we are in NY. We also have a CARES harness which can use on the plane.
She is currently 37/38 inches and 33 ish pounds.
Options:
1. Buy a Yumi folding booster - my concern is she will only be 4.5 and under 40 lbs. So while I think she will be within the limits of the booster she isn't with in the realm of the recommendations for a booster. The plus is I can keep this in the trunk of my car for when we are driving booster riding friends and use to booster train her when she is ready.
2. Buy a Immi Go - It's perfect for the trip, but it would probably only be used a handful of times. I don't need a spare harnessed seat in my car as I've already got a Diono folded and secured in my trunk as a back up/spare harnessed seat and the Immi Go doesn't look friendly for changing modes. My big concern is $$$ vs. how much we will use it.
3. Use the Tranzitions on the plane and in the taxi/uber and deal with it on the train.
4. Something I haven't thought of.
WWYD?
We have a Graco Tranzitions that we can fly with, but I'm thinking that installing in an unfamiliar vehicle and transporting it on a 90 minute train ride will not be awesome. Plus aside from the taxi ride we won't need the seat while we are in NY. We also have a CARES harness which can use on the plane.
She is currently 37/38 inches and 33 ish pounds.
Options:
1. Buy a Yumi folding booster - my concern is she will only be 4.5 and under 40 lbs. So while I think she will be within the limits of the booster she isn't with in the realm of the recommendations for a booster. The plus is I can keep this in the trunk of my car for when we are driving booster riding friends and use to booster train her when she is ready.
2. Buy a Immi Go - It's perfect for the trip, but it would probably only be used a handful of times. I don't need a spare harnessed seat in my car as I've already got a Diono folded and secured in my trunk as a back up/spare harnessed seat and the Immi Go doesn't look friendly for changing modes. My big concern is $$$ vs. how much we will use it.
3. Use the Tranzitions on the plane and in the taxi/uber and deal with it on the train.
4. Something I haven't thought of.
WWYD?