I don't know what's up with this. I bought a new, pretty pink Scenera because I had a gift card and the Target I was at had it for $39 (I know, I know, what am I doing buying a seat that I am sure none of my kids will fit? Don't ask. I just liked it, and hey, it was my birthday money, I can do what I want with it!) My old Scenera (12/07/05 DOM) is outgrown by my youngest, both forward and rear facing. I sit her in it rear-facing, she's got less than an inch over her head. She's also a bit above the top slots. (This is the child with the 15+ inch torso; she outgrew the Scenera at 9 months or so.) The new one (DOM 04/03/09) has a MORE padded cover-- and she still fits in it! She has about 1/3 inch above her head and is also a small fraction of an inch below the top slots. I sit them next to each other and they really look pretty much the same-- but she fits in the new one and not the old one. What on earth gives??? (Not that I'm not happy to have another seat she fits in in an emergency! Well, installed it might lose enough that she wouldn't... Or, it being a GHOST SEAT, maybe she would GAIN room installed! Who knows???)