natysr
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If Jordan were YOUR kid, when would YOU start booster training him?
I haven't really thought much about this.
Jordan is 4 years old. He is 30 pounds and 39 inches. He is very skinny/boney. He turns 5 at the end of August. Growth charts indicate he will hit 33 pounds around his 5th birthday. He will remain RF until he hits 33 pounds. Growth charts also indicate that he won't hit 40 pounds until he is 7 years old. Practicality tells me that being a WOHM, I will not be able to keep him in a harness 100% of the time until that age. Taking into account field trips etc.
He will likely start Kindergarden this September. We plan to put him in a Montessori all-day kindergarden program. Then we plan to switch to public school in first grade. I do not know yet which school for first grade, or if riding the bus will be involved at that point. It is possible that he will ride a bus from school to a babysitter's house if there is not an afterschool program at the school. To me, there is not much difference between teaching a child to sit properly in a booster and teaching them to sit properly on a bus. If they can't do it in a booster, they can't do it on a bus.
He is a very active child. His impulse control is showing some improvement, but we definately are not "there" yet.
So, taking into account my child's growth pattern, at what age would you start to booster train him?
If I had to make a decision now, to answer my own question with no other input, I would say that I would probably start booster training him in 12 months. But I am interested to hear others' opinions on the matter.
Our plan is to put him in a Nautilus once he is FF, but at his size now, the seatbelt is a poor fit for a booster.
What is a good booster on the market for booster training a small kid? Anything new coming out within the next year or so?
I haven't really thought much about this.
Jordan is 4 years old. He is 30 pounds and 39 inches. He is very skinny/boney. He turns 5 at the end of August. Growth charts indicate he will hit 33 pounds around his 5th birthday. He will remain RF until he hits 33 pounds. Growth charts also indicate that he won't hit 40 pounds until he is 7 years old. Practicality tells me that being a WOHM, I will not be able to keep him in a harness 100% of the time until that age. Taking into account field trips etc.
He will likely start Kindergarden this September. We plan to put him in a Montessori all-day kindergarden program. Then we plan to switch to public school in first grade. I do not know yet which school for first grade, or if riding the bus will be involved at that point. It is possible that he will ride a bus from school to a babysitter's house if there is not an afterschool program at the school. To me, there is not much difference between teaching a child to sit properly in a booster and teaching them to sit properly on a bus. If they can't do it in a booster, they can't do it on a bus.
He is a very active child. His impulse control is showing some improvement, but we definately are not "there" yet.
So, taking into account my child's growth pattern, at what age would you start to booster train him?
If I had to make a decision now, to answer my own question with no other input, I would say that I would probably start booster training him in 12 months. But I am interested to hear others' opinions on the matter.
Our plan is to put him in a Nautilus once he is FF, but at his size now, the seatbelt is a poor fit for a booster.
What is a good booster on the market for booster training a small kid? Anything new coming out within the next year or so?