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A family with six children at our church needs some help choosing new seats. I told them about this site (I have posted here a while ago) but they said they didn't want to "bother people who could be saving children who are more endangered in the vehicles." I think these kdis are pretty endangered! They are...
-Boy who is sixteen years old and does not need a seat (obviously).
-Boy who is eight years old currently in no seat but only 58 pounds and around 4' 3" tall.
-Girl who will be turning five in a few months and weighs 33 pounds and is 43 inches. She is in a backless booster.
-Boy who is 3.5. He is 38 pounds and 40". He is in an overhead shield seat but his shoulders are over the top slots.
-Twin sister who is also 3.5 years but is only 32 pounds and 38". She is in a T-shield seat.
-Baby who just turned one and is very small. 17 pounds and only 25 inches. She is still rearfacing ("Did you know thats a law? I think its stupid. I can't get her out that easily when we're driving." Direct quote from the father! Mom swatted his hand and said that of course she always stayed IN while they were moving though.) also in a T-shield.
So, they say they can buy any seat no problem at all but I think they're fibbing. If possible, could you recommend the least expensive solution, the best solution, and the "dream" solution. That way we have everything covered and I can hand them the different scenarios and just tell them all are safe. If they have the $ they'll go for the most and if not they will have other safe choices!
Oh, and they have two cars. One is a van with two passenger bucket seats and then two rows of three and a row of four. Their other car is a mini-van with two bucket seats an a three seater bench. Ideally I would like a scenario for the best in the van (one seat for each child) and then a few seats that would work for different children in the mini. That way they don't have to always swap seats around.
Sorry that this is so much. I've never been good at condensing these things!
-Boy who is sixteen years old and does not need a seat (obviously).
-Boy who is eight years old currently in no seat but only 58 pounds and around 4' 3" tall.
-Girl who will be turning five in a few months and weighs 33 pounds and is 43 inches. She is in a backless booster.
-Boy who is 3.5. He is 38 pounds and 40". He is in an overhead shield seat but his shoulders are over the top slots.
-Twin sister who is also 3.5 years but is only 32 pounds and 38". She is in a T-shield seat.
-Baby who just turned one and is very small. 17 pounds and only 25 inches. She is still rearfacing ("Did you know thats a law? I think its stupid. I can't get her out that easily when we're driving." Direct quote from the father! Mom swatted his hand and said that of course she always stayed IN while they were moving though.) also in a T-shield.
So, they say they can buy any seat no problem at all but I think they're fibbing. If possible, could you recommend the least expensive solution, the best solution, and the "dream" solution. That way we have everything covered and I can hand them the different scenarios and just tell them all are safe. If they have the $ they'll go for the most and if not they will have other safe choices!
Oh, and they have two cars. One is a van with two passenger bucket seats and then two rows of three and a row of four. Their other car is a mini-van with two bucket seats an a three seater bench. Ideally I would like a scenario for the best in the van (one seat for each child) and then a few seats that would work for different children in the mini. That way they don't have to always swap seats around.
Sorry that this is so much. I've never been good at condensing these things!