My four year old is rear-facing again

I'm a little ambivalent about it, and she's going to have to turn soon, but when I went to install our new Wizard (just purchased new from amazon/babiesRus... manufacture date is February, 2005) she insisted she wanted to "face backwards". She had outgrown her 2002 Roundabout for rear-facing by weight (30lbs) and also her head had reached the top, so that hasn't been an option. I went ahead and installed it rear-facing (fits very well in the captains chair in my 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette) and then brought her in to weigh her... 32lbs. Honestly I would prefer she faced forward so I could hear her when we talk in the car, and she's so borderline weight-wise, but I think I'll give it a couple of days and see if she changes her mind. I think mostly she wants to face the same way as her 1.5 year old sister (22lbs ), like she did when her sister was moved to the other Roundabout last summer (DD1 had been ff since she was 2.5, but still fit rf and turned back around for a couple of months).

Anyway, nobody else in the universe cares, so I thought I'd post here about my rear-facing 4.5 year old, and my excitement at being able to afford a seat (the Wizard was $135!) which will mean she can be harnessed a lot longer- DD1 will stay in the Wizard until DD2 outgrows the Roundabout, by which time I think I'll feel OK about DD1 riding fulltime in the Parkway we have (and which she LOVES (pink & flowers, doncha know) and gets to use when riding with DH).

That's fantastic! Hey, we'll take what we can get hehe I was scheming to turn my 27 month old RF again. But she was dead on 30# so our older RA wouldn't take it. So I started weighing the other kids LOL I was able to swap seats around, putting my 4.5 yr old in the FPSE so I could use his MA to RF the 27month old teehee We'll see how long it lasts, as the 4.5 yr old is approaching the FF weight limit on my other 2 seats. Hoping to get another MA soon!!

Isn't that a great deal!!!!...we got one too! I was so excited! Right after I ordered they were sold out, so they went fast. I just posted above wondering how long we'll get out of the seat since it is for my almost 5 year old!
I'm hoping both my boys will be able to stay in the Wizard until I can get them both into parkways.

im wishing i'd gotten 1 instead of the regent!
but my youngest will be 4 in july and would probably outgrow the height in less time so i suppose we're better off in the longrun. congrats though to everyone that got in on that deal - it almost seems like it was a mistake on the website!

Fantabulific

My DD reverted back to RF at 2 years old in the Wizard, then was FF for a little while again just before her 4th b-day, but reverted back for a tiny bit when she kept getting sick at school ... she's now definitely reached 34+ pounds for good & is FF, but I was so hoping to max it out till 5 years old, LOL