darn boosters that say 30 pounds and up

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laccaycol

Active member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #1

:thumbsdown: My sisters son is 3 months younger than my son that is 2 1/2. Her son wont be 3 till next year and she said but the booster said from 30 pounds up ugh why why and where she has her son in her truck is a lap belt. So i showed her the nautilus and she now likes that :thumbsup: but she was tellin me when she was at target they didnt have any seat that went FF passed 35-40 pounds lol i said umm then you were reading how long they RF to. On targets website the booster she was lookin at says from newborn and up its the evenflo. Will see now what she gets hopefully its the nautilus.

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #2

I hope she gets the Nautilus! That'd be perfect.

Some kids need the 30 pound seats. Piper didn't hit 40 until she was seven years old. So she needed a booster rated from 30 pounds because she started booster training at 4.5 years old and about 31 pounds.

Wendy

 

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laccaycol

Active member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #3

yeah i understand but wish it would say 30 pounds if your child is over 4 years old not 3 and 30 pounds

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Aug 18, 2009

• #4

Wish they had just big huge emblazoned age limits instead of weight limits. Or weight limits vaguely resembling the dummies they actually use in testing (34 pounds for the 3 yo dummy...).
If you didn't even have a choice to put your kid in a booster before 40, would it even be an issue or concern? I mean, if 40 is the limit, like in Canada, isn't there something TO it?

Just pondering...

Anyway, I heard this couple yesterday doing the same thing, the Marathon 'bruised' their kid (um, did you take the foam out? or is there a book stuck in there?? huh?) and they wanted something 'smaller' and 'he's almost 30 pounds' so the Big Kid seemed perfect. He was not even 3

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #5

I gotta say, though, some boosters should not have a 30 lb. limit. Like the Cosco HighRise etc. Every time I see a 32 lb. kid in one of those (their minimum is 30 lbs. and 1 year ) I want to file a complaint with NHTSA. They DO NOT FIT smaller kids.

 

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Maedze

New member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #6

In my head I think at least 40 if they are four, but if they are six, thirty is an acceptable minimum.

This, however, is too convoluted to put on a box.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #7

I agree. 30 lbs. is acceptable on a 6 year old but not a 3-4 year old!

 

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DahliaRW

New member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #8

But, I'd rather see a 30lb 4yo in a booster than 30lb 2 or 3 yo. I'd be ok if they just changed the age to 4. It would help a lot, considering.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #9

How about 5? I don't meet a lot of booster-ready 4 year olds (or ones that can be trained to be booster-ready on trips longer than about 15 minutes.) Maybe it's something in the water where I live, but really, I think I've met, maybe 2.

 

Jonah Baby

New member

• Aug 18, 2009

• #10

Ugh...boosters...

DH's friend put his son in a Graco HBB when he grew out of his infant seat.
Yes, the ones without a harness...you know, using a seatbelt twice the size of the now 2 year old?!
And get this...he NEVER uses a lap/shoulder belt. He puts him in a lap belt only.

This friend is not allowed to ride in our vehicles without using one of our spare seats. Rarely will I even let him over the house. We've offered seats to him, gave him lots of information, showed him crash tests, and he just doesn't care.

He says "this seat is so much easier."

What do authorities do for this type of parental neglect over in Sweden? I wish the US would catch up.

 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor

• Aug 18, 2009

• #11

Jonah Baby said:

What do authorities do for this type of parental neglect over in Sweden? I wish the US would catch up.

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From what AD has posted, there are no carseat laws in Sweden. Safety is simply so highly valued and so much a part of the culture, that erf'ing is the normal and expected thing to do.

Over there the norm is to rf to age 4 and then move directly to a booster. As for if authorities would get involved for boostering a small kid, I have no clue... I'd guess that it's a problem rarely encountered though because of the societal value system.

 

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DahliaRW

New member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #12

ketchupqueen said:

How about 5? I don't meet a lot of booster-ready 4 year olds (or ones that can be trained to be booster-ready on trips longer than about 15 minutes.) Maybe it's something in the water where I live, but really, I think I've met, maybe 2.

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I have one of those rare ones. He's so motivated to NOT sit in a harnessed seat he sits perfectly in his booster. And he knows the minute he starts to dink around I'll make him ride in the nautilus (I did it once early on when he was begging to use the booster full time and have had no issues since!)

 

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*Spoiledinmyhouseofblue*

New member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #13

I have that 4 year old(who would of sat in one perfectly at 2) who would sit nice in a booster. He loves being bigger than he is and really really wants a booster.
He has sat in a booster a few times and sits PERFECTLY-um, better than my 6 1/2 year old. (Don't worry, my 4 1/2 year old is harnessed).
He is 35 pounds. I have a feeling we will need a booster rated 30 pounds and up when we booster train at 5. ;-)

I know what you mean though. My daycare parent thinks a low back is ok for their 2 year old because it says 1 year and 30 pounds

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #14

Yes, but I haven't met your kids. I know a major factor in it too is parents being willing to teach the kids ahead of time what is expected, and enforce it during the ride. I have a friend whose 4 year old I bought a booster for, because he had been riding perfectly in one since 3 (he is a large kid, there were not a lot of HWH options at the time, and she had no money for a seat. By the time the Nauti came on the market, he had almost outgrown it-- at 4, so by the time she could have saved the $150, he would have had no use for it. I got a Monterey for $70 and it was much better than the Ambassador he was in. :thumbsup I've met another 4 year old who was NOT in a booster full-time but could have been, he sat so beautifully in it. Again, his mother was willing to train him what was expected of him, and did.

So I do think there's kind of a feedback loop as well-- the kids who have parents more likely to properly booster train may be ready younger (MAY-- my kid would not do it even now, and she's 5 1/2!) and perhaps kids who are better behaved in the car may be more likely to be taught younger how to sit properly. Does that even make sense? LOL, I'm tired...

 

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Maedze

New member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #15

It makes sense.

I started training my son literally the weekend he turned four (I had significant motivation, because the school bus uses only BPBs and installing the Radian was a huge PITA).

Anyhow, he was certainly ready to be trained, and he did well, but I had to coach him, remind him and show him, and if *I* hadn't done it, he wouldn't have been able to do it either.

 

Madeline410

New member

• Aug 19, 2009

• #16

Someone I know has a 20 month old that is 39 pounds. She knew he was about to outgrow his seat so she got him something in his weight range - an Evenflo Big Kid booster! Thank goodness she asked me if it was ok to use before she put him in it.