Rachelndil
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My younger daughter is 4 1/2 years old, >97% for height and I just weighed her last week, she is 49.2 pounds in night gown and no shoes. She has been riding RF in Graco Extend2Fits in my 2018 Pilot and husbands 2018 CRV.
I moved her forward facing when I saw her weight was so close to the limit. She had already outgrown the E2Fs forward facing. Also outgrown was a Britax Boulevard (G4.1?). She has a half cm from the line guide on the Boulevard Clicktight in my car (which works well for now), and an equal amount of room from the strap (set at highest setting). There is less room than that in my husband’s car, in a Nextfit... maybe a quarter cm.
I haven’t used forward facing seats before. My older daughter went directly from E2Fs Rear facing into Kiddy Cruiser 3 boosters at 5 (she is 6 now). I have no idea how long this amount of room typically lasts, growth wise. We are all quite tall, so I don’t expect her growth to slow down.
Will these seats last until she is 5? If not, would it be reasonable to get one combo seat (is the Frontier the longest lasting?), that we use for longer trips, but start booster training her in my car for normal days?
I have been really diligent about car seat safety, replacing seats multiple times as higher weight limit seats came out for rear facing. I want to keep her safe, but don’t want to spend another $400+ on car seats unnecessarily. She already has a Kiddy Cruiser waiting for her 5th birthday.
I moved her forward facing when I saw her weight was so close to the limit. She had already outgrown the E2Fs forward facing. Also outgrown was a Britax Boulevard (G4.1?). She has a half cm from the line guide on the Boulevard Clicktight in my car (which works well for now), and an equal amount of room from the strap (set at highest setting). There is less room than that in my husband’s car, in a Nextfit... maybe a quarter cm.
I haven’t used forward facing seats before. My older daughter went directly from E2Fs Rear facing into Kiddy Cruiser 3 boosters at 5 (she is 6 now). I have no idea how long this amount of room typically lasts, growth wise. We are all quite tall, so I don’t expect her growth to slow down.
Will these seats last until she is 5? If not, would it be reasonable to get one combo seat (is the Frontier the longest lasting?), that we use for longer trips, but start booster training her in my car for normal days?
I have been really diligent about car seat safety, replacing seats multiple times as higher weight limit seats came out for rear facing. I want to keep her safe, but don’t want to spend another $400+ on car seats unnecessarily. She already has a Kiddy Cruiser waiting for her 5th birthday.
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