christineka
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The bare minimum is 4 and 40 pounds. Some people say age 5. Many "experts" say age 6. I read on the KDM site between 7 and 10. When is it really okay to have a kid in a booster seat? My 5 year old is harnessed. I had to scrimp and save for the seat to put him back in a harness. Dh thinks I'm nuts and the seat is a pain. (Ds has trouble on Sundays when he wears a sweater. That is just about the only time dh is in the van with us.) My older girls have been in boosters since 40 pounds. Dd#1 was 5 and dd#2 was 4.5. Now dd #2 is 6 years old. She'll be 7 in August. I have recently had trouble with her turning around in her seat. I moved her to the back row so that she had no reason to turn around. I think harnessing her and 8 year old would be ideal, but is it practical? I don't have the money. Our tax rebate has to go into the bank for our next vehicle. I am trying to declutter my house and sell whatever I can. I also teach music lessons as does my dh.
Then there is the car fitting issue. The radian only fits in the lap-only belt in our van. There is only one, so I can't have any more radians in this van. The nautilus should fit in three seating positions. I could easily harness my 6 year old in it, but to harness both girls would require putting a rfing seat where I don't want one, but I could do it.
What I worry about also is getting seats that fit now, but won't fit in the next vehicle. We are going to buy an 8 seater. Maybe a sienna. Probably not an odyssey. Maybe a suburban or other suv. I think the rest of the minivans are out. I don't want a full sized van. Will nautili fit in 8 passenger vehicles next to car seats??? (We are going to buy the bigger vehicle because we plan to have a 6th child.)
My 8 year old has a 16 inch torso and weighs 45 pounds. 6 year old has a 16 inch torso and weighs 47 pounds. Oh, I only have two anchor positions too.
Do you think my 8 and almost 7 year old dds should be harnessed? Is this something I should make a priority?
Christine
Then there is the car fitting issue. The radian only fits in the lap-only belt in our van. There is only one, so I can't have any more radians in this van. The nautilus should fit in three seating positions. I could easily harness my 6 year old in it, but to harness both girls would require putting a rfing seat where I don't want one, but I could do it.
What I worry about also is getting seats that fit now, but won't fit in the next vehicle. We are going to buy an 8 seater. Maybe a sienna. Probably not an odyssey. Maybe a suburban or other suv. I think the rest of the minivans are out. I don't want a full sized van. Will nautili fit in 8 passenger vehicles next to car seats??? (We are going to buy the bigger vehicle because we plan to have a 6th child.)
My 8 year old has a 16 inch torso and weighs 45 pounds. 6 year old has a 16 inch torso and weighs 47 pounds. Oh, I only have two anchor positions too.
Do you think my 8 and almost 7 year old dds should be harnessed? Is this something I should make a priority?
Christine