Question What is the shoulder width of the radian, I need to downsize my regent

TheQueenMother

New member
DD#3 is 4 y/o, 39 lbs and has recently grown into the slots of her MA. However, the new MA has less shoulder room for her and I bought regent. She has tons of room but I learned today that I am expecting baby #5 and will have to make seating work in my 7 seater 2005 suburban w/captains chairs in the second row, bench seating in the back, but that seat is super narrow. DD will still be 4, Ds will be almost 2 and RFing, newborn, DD age 8 and DD age 10 will in seat belts. We have 3 MAs, 1 RA, a regent. I don't like buckets so newbie will sit in convertible from day1. What seat can I get that will allow me keep DD harnessed? If I put her in a FFing Radian, I could puzzle DS in the MA in the 3rd row RFing and tether him to the captain's chair where I put the new baby RFing. That would put one seatbelted older girl in the captain's chair and allow access to the back seat.
I need some ideas.
 
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wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
The Radian is 17" at the shoulders.

A baby usually doesn't fit into the Marathon at birth. The bottom slots are too high for newborns (they must be at or below the shoulders). So it may be that a rear facing Radian is used for the baby and your four year old stays in a Marathon, if she can, and then when baby is big enough for the Marathon you switch the two of them.

Wendy
 

Pixels

New member
The outside width of the Radian is 17" at the widest point. The interior width is 13" for your child.
 

musicmaj

New member
Just to give a little perspective. I just put my 7 year old who is big for his age, in the radian last weekend. He is at the top harness position now and barely fits shoulderwise in there. He is broad in the shoulders. There is more shoulder width in the radian than in the ma.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
That's a great picture Wendy has in her signature (on the right) of her kiddo asleep in the Radian...you can tell how roomy it is :)
 

skipspin

New member
The Radian is 17" at the shoulders.

A baby usually doesn't fit into the Marathon at birth. The bottom slots are too high for newborns (they must be at or below the shoulders). So it may be that a rear facing Radian is used for the baby and your four year old stays in a Marathon, if she can, and then when baby is big enough for the Marathon you switch the two of them.

Wendy

I would second this idea. Also, a RFing Britax and FFing RN work okay (I have that now), but the same to seats facing the same direction (both FF or both RFing) or a FFing Britax with a RFing Radian puzzle better and take up much less space.
 

BW1426

Well-known member
E was 5 and about 42 lbs in this picture.
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(excuse the backwards chest clip :eek:)

In this pic she's about 5.5 and 45 lbs. Not the best picture, sorry.
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She still is comfy and has room to grow.
 

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