We're seriously considering checking out for a year and travelling the world with our two kids! We'd plan to start in October, when they will be 3y4m and 6y. We have travelled extensively with them and always taken our own seats, but that seems like a really impractical option for a year on five continents.
Current stats:
DD - 2y8m 34" 30+lbs (don't know exactly) RF in a CCO
DS - 5y4m 41" ~41lbs harnessed in SK
Short of bringing their current seats, what will be my good options? I don't know how often we'll be renting cars versus taking other forms of transit (I'm sure we'll have a car in NZ, Australia and Israel but don't know about the rest).
We already own Bubblebums, so I could bring one of those for DS potentially. He's pretty mature and I think will be easy to booster train, but does sometimes fall asleep in the car. I'm not opposed to putting him in a RSTV if that would be a safer option but worry about legality/enforcement in other countries. We also own a KidFit.
And for the little one? I'm not sure what's best. We kept DS rear facing until age 4 and had planned to do the same with her, but I'm not sure how practical our CCO or Scenara would be to lug around the world. For the sake of packing light, I'd want to put her in something like the RSTV if it would be safe for her and wouldn't garner too much scrutiny overseas. I certainly don't want to end up in a circumstance where we need to take a taxi but her car seat is back at our apartment.
Thanks for your advice!
Current stats:
DD - 2y8m 34" 30+lbs (don't know exactly) RF in a CCO
DS - 5y4m 41" ~41lbs harnessed in SK
Short of bringing their current seats, what will be my good options? I don't know how often we'll be renting cars versus taking other forms of transit (I'm sure we'll have a car in NZ, Australia and Israel but don't know about the rest).
We already own Bubblebums, so I could bring one of those for DS potentially. He's pretty mature and I think will be easy to booster train, but does sometimes fall asleep in the car. I'm not opposed to putting him in a RSTV if that would be a safer option but worry about legality/enforcement in other countries. We also own a KidFit.
And for the little one? I'm not sure what's best. We kept DS rear facing until age 4 and had planned to do the same with her, but I'm not sure how practical our CCO or Scenara would be to lug around the world. For the sake of packing light, I'd want to put her in something like the RSTV if it would be safe for her and wouldn't garner too much scrutiny overseas. I certainly don't want to end up in a circumstance where we need to take a taxi but her car seat is back at our apartment.
Thanks for your advice!
