leighi123
Active member
We have been skiing at a resort here and they have a free shuttle bus that drops off/picks up right from my front door. Last year it was a big regular school bus with no belts but now its a special resort one that is the size of the smaller school busses (looks just like them but a different color), but it has lap/shoulder seatbelts that they require that you use (driver walks through and checks everyone).
Its a 10-15min ride, slow speeds, but mountian roads with snow. The bus is designed for use in the snow though.
And ds 3.5 and is very tiny and doesnt fit at all in the seatbelt (across his belly/neck).
So my question - would it be better to:
- not put the seatbelt on him and rely on the egg carton thing
- use the seatbelt with a poor fit
- get a cheap backless booster and hope it improves the fit a little (a pain b/c I have to carry all of our ski equipment around the resort, we have a sled to keep stuff in but it did get stolen once, and he is under the weight limit by a lot)
- get a RSTV and use it under the weight limit (or hope he is 30lbs by spring when we are here again, very unlikely)
- not take the bus at all (which might mean walking a looooong way home in ski boots carrying a ton of stuff, or just not getting to ski as much as we would like to, we share a car with 4 adults and I would have to coordinate drop off and pick up)
- something else?
For the rest of our trip my options are seatbelt, no seatbelt or dont go unless we get the car. But I'd like to figure out what to do for the spring when we will be back for more skiing!
Its a 10-15min ride, slow speeds, but mountian roads with snow. The bus is designed for use in the snow though.
And ds 3.5 and is very tiny and doesnt fit at all in the seatbelt (across his belly/neck).
So my question - would it be better to:
- not put the seatbelt on him and rely on the egg carton thing
- use the seatbelt with a poor fit
- get a cheap backless booster and hope it improves the fit a little (a pain b/c I have to carry all of our ski equipment around the resort, we have a sled to keep stuff in but it did get stolen once, and he is under the weight limit by a lot)
- get a RSTV and use it under the weight limit (or hope he is 30lbs by spring when we are here again, very unlikely)
- not take the bus at all (which might mean walking a looooong way home in ski boots carrying a ton of stuff, or just not getting to ski as much as we would like to, we share a car with 4 adults and I would have to coordinate drop off and pick up)
- something else?
For the rest of our trip my options are seatbelt, no seatbelt or dont go unless we get the car. But I'd like to figure out what to do for the spring when we will be back for more skiing!