southpawboston
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hi all, long time no posting! i've been out of touch with the carseat domain for over a year, as i've been consumed with my newest passion, bicycling and bicycle building. but as the kids are growing, i need some refresher advice to keep them safe in the car.
our two DDs' stats are in my signature. younger DD, who is just turning 4yo, is just fine in the signo. but, we need to start considering a narrow and inexpensive alternative to the signo (such as a narrow booster) for our older DD. she is 5 and a half, 44lb, and 44" tall. she is *very* mature and doesn't wiggle around or try to mess with her harness. she blows a gasket if we pull away without her harness being perfectly tightened and positioned. (can someone refresh me on the 5-step checklist for being booster-ready?)
the reason we want a booster is that we are going to have to do 3-across in our mazda3 starting this summer. no, we're not having a third, but we will have to occasionally shuttle an additional friend of the same age around town. our thoughts were to keep the younger DD (40lb, almost 4yo) in the signo, and be able to have two boosters. the signo would be outboard, and the other two spots would be occupied by boosters. on long trips, we wouldn't have a third child with us and could revert back to two signos so that both girls can be EH.
since i've lost touch with the carseat community, i don't know what the latest and greatest is these days. what are some of the narrower boosters on the market that will fit with one honkin' signo for 3-across? what ones are LATCHable? which ones have nice SIP? are there any that meet all these wants? we could do three radians for EH, but there's no way in heck we're going to spend $600 just to get 3-across. i was hoping there was a booster out there that could meet two of those three wishes for under $100 each. we could pay more if we had to.
also, what's the deal with super LATCH, in terms of weight limit? what current carseats have this and is it true that all cars mfrd after march or april 06 have super-LATCH approved anchors? (our car was mfrd april 06). i had heard the rumors of it, but never followed the development closely.
and lastly, one of our signos has lost its stickers (strangely one signo has lost two stickers, the other has lost none-- yet they are the same age). has this happened to any other signo owners? what did you do? it's no big deal to me, as the seats are almost three years old and we have no intention of passing them on, but i was just curious if recaro would send out replacements.
thanks in advance!
our two DDs' stats are in my signature. younger DD, who is just turning 4yo, is just fine in the signo. but, we need to start considering a narrow and inexpensive alternative to the signo (such as a narrow booster) for our older DD. she is 5 and a half, 44lb, and 44" tall. she is *very* mature and doesn't wiggle around or try to mess with her harness. she blows a gasket if we pull away without her harness being perfectly tightened and positioned. (can someone refresh me on the 5-step checklist for being booster-ready?)
the reason we want a booster is that we are going to have to do 3-across in our mazda3 starting this summer. no, we're not having a third, but we will have to occasionally shuttle an additional friend of the same age around town. our thoughts were to keep the younger DD (40lb, almost 4yo) in the signo, and be able to have two boosters. the signo would be outboard, and the other two spots would be occupied by boosters. on long trips, we wouldn't have a third child with us and could revert back to two signos so that both girls can be EH.
since i've lost touch with the carseat community, i don't know what the latest and greatest is these days. what are some of the narrower boosters on the market that will fit with one honkin' signo for 3-across? what ones are LATCHable? which ones have nice SIP? are there any that meet all these wants? we could do three radians for EH, but there's no way in heck we're going to spend $600 just to get 3-across. i was hoping there was a booster out there that could meet two of those three wishes for under $100 each. we could pay more if we had to.
also, what's the deal with super LATCH, in terms of weight limit? what current carseats have this and is it true that all cars mfrd after march or april 06 have super-LATCH approved anchors? (our car was mfrd april 06). i had heard the rumors of it, but never followed the development closely.
and lastly, one of our signos has lost its stickers (strangely one signo has lost two stickers, the other has lost none-- yet they are the same age). has this happened to any other signo owners? what did you do? it's no big deal to me, as the seats are almost three years old and we have no intention of passing them on, but i was just curious if recaro would send out replacements.
thanks in advance!