Car seat Quandries

[Unregistered]

Hello folks,
I have 2 carseat questions. The first is that my 2.75 yo dd2 has started getting car sick freqently while riding rf in her complete air 65. She is not yet 30 lbs (about 28lbs). I hate to turn her ff since she can stay rf for another year, given the seats 40 rf limit (at least thats what I remember). I was wondering if anyone can give me tips on making her seat more upright (she's still reclined to 45 degrees) - I thought I'd try that first. If that doesnt work, any other suggestions? If I do turn her around would you leave her in the complete air 65 or into our second Frontier (an 80)?
My second question is about dd1 (8.5 yo, 59 lb, 4' 1") who is riding in a Frontier 85 with a 5 point harness. She is really bugging me to let her go to booster mode in the Frontier. Either way, she will use it correctly, I will see to that. I keep telling her that a 5 point harness is safer than booster mode ( I mean race car drivers and astronauts use 5 point harnesses, right), but is there any actual data on this? What are your opinions.
Thanks in advance.

 

[wendytthomas]

Going from the bottom up, no, there is zero evidence that a harness is safer. Astronauts need them so they don't go floating away in space. Race car drivers wear them, but they also wear HANS devices so they don't snap their necks (that's what Dale Earnhardt died of. His body restrained but his head not). At eight years old I'd be perfectly comfortable in either a high back or backless booster.

As for the Complete Air, if you have a towel under the foot area you can remove that, then add weight there. Dorel says the seat must be reclined to 45 degrees, but they also acknowledge that the seat passes testing as upright as 30 degrees. Why they don't approve it is unknown, since it does pass testing, and they do have other seats that have a dual level line so older kids can be more upright.

Wendy