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LoveMyBug
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Well sadly the time has come all too soon to turn my DS forward facing(2y4m 33+lbs 37.5"). Ive really dreaded this day cause I still think its too soon(I got jealous looking through the photo album seeing 4yos still able to rear face). He's got my genes(tall and muscular/big built) but I was just hoping we'd make it longer than 28months. If I had the money Id go buy a seat that RF to 35lbs, LOL.
Anyway, on to my question. Im trying to figure out in my car a thing about what is considered "full upright position". Is it that I put the marathon in with the base in the front facing position and have the base even with the seat, or is it that I have the back of the carseat even with the back of the car's seat? This is going to be confusing probably. In the pictures it looks like the base is even with their seat and there is some gapping and sloping. Is this right or should I try to get as little sloping/gapping and have the back really upright? Either way when its installed the seat sinks in and you cant see any gapping, but it does change how upright the seat is by a few degrees. The seat seems almost too upright when I make it even with the back of the seat.
Ive installed and reinstalled trying to figure out which is right. I have to wait until the end of the month before I can have an IRL tech look at it.
Also Im trying to decide about another thing. My car is small(03 corolla) and there are 4 of us(1 in a carseat). In rear face the curves of the seat were positioned fine for someone to sit comfortably next to DS in the back seat(we always use the middle seat); but forward facing, the way the marathon's back has 'wings' makes it not possible for anyone that is grown to sit next to DS(because of shoulders and all). So we cant all go somewhere together. Which outboard position would be safest, if we needed to all go somewhere? We dont have curbs in this city, so no need to worry about loading/unloading... I want to know which side is less likely to be hit?
Thanks in advance, I know this will probably be a tough one to understand cause it was tough to describe.
Anyway, on to my question. Im trying to figure out in my car a thing about what is considered "full upright position". Is it that I put the marathon in with the base in the front facing position and have the base even with the seat, or is it that I have the back of the carseat even with the back of the car's seat? This is going to be confusing probably. In the pictures it looks like the base is even with their seat and there is some gapping and sloping. Is this right or should I try to get as little sloping/gapping and have the back really upright? Either way when its installed the seat sinks in and you cant see any gapping, but it does change how upright the seat is by a few degrees. The seat seems almost too upright when I make it even with the back of the seat.
Ive installed and reinstalled trying to figure out which is right. I have to wait until the end of the month before I can have an IRL tech look at it.
Also Im trying to decide about another thing. My car is small(03 corolla) and there are 4 of us(1 in a carseat). In rear face the curves of the seat were positioned fine for someone to sit comfortably next to DS in the back seat(we always use the middle seat); but forward facing, the way the marathon's back has 'wings' makes it not possible for anyone that is grown to sit next to DS(because of shoulders and all). So we cant all go somewhere together. Which outboard position would be safest, if we needed to all go somewhere? We dont have curbs in this city, so no need to worry about loading/unloading... I want to know which side is less likely to be hit?
Thanks in advance, I know this will probably be a tough one to understand cause it was tough to describe.