Need advice.

[amie815]

My daughter is currently 40.75 inches tall and 38 pounds. She is 3 years 8 months old. She is forward facing in two Britax Marathons (not the new 70lbs ones). I plan to keep her harnessed as long as possible so we will be moving her to Frontier 85s. My question is when would you move her? She still has a little bit of growth room height wise before her shoulders are above the top slot on her Marathons but I am concerned with the weight, especially after the Canadian crash test results from a while back. So would you move her....

1) Soon. Do not use the Marathon over 40lbs.
2) Wait until she outgrows the Marathon. (This will be height before weight I am positive.)

 

[Jillybeans5]

I'd be fine with using them for a while longer, but her legs are likely to be uncomfortable soon if they are not already. If you are going to buy Frontiers anyway and don't have more kids to hand them down to then I would go ahead and buy them to get the most use out of them. Basically either option is fine, I'd just figure out what is going to work out better for you on the timing of buying new seats.

 

[MaggieQ]

That depends, do you already have a frontier?
If you need a bit to save the money for it, I wouldn't rush it.
If its just sitting, go ahead. You can sell the marathons.

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[amie815]

I don't have the Frontiers yet and I do technically have the money now but I was hoping to wait a month or two to save it up without taking it out of savings, BUT her safety is my #1 priority and I would buy them tomorrow if necessary.

 

[MaggieQ]

If you current seats are a good for fit you guys, I see no reason to rush it.

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[firemomof3]

I would personally not use the Marathons if I had the money for a Frontier but that is just my :twocents:

 

[jjordan]

No rush, I'd wait until you can comfortably buy the new seats and then make the switch.

 

[Jessica61624]

Can someone link the Canadian crash tests she is referring to?