reelsurfmom
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DD is 5 in May, currently around 44" tall and 44 lbs. She's in a MA in my husband's car-- 06 Ford Freestyle (6 seat configuration; no middle seat in center row). She's nearing the height limit in the seat but not quite there. We hadn't planned to replace this seat right now b/c she's still okay in it... but now we have a problem.
Today I went out to install our infant seat (DD #2 is due in two weeks) and the only place it would fit is behind the passenger seat-- where the MA has been installed in order to give DD #1 as much leg room as possible. My husband is very tall and has to drive with the driver's seat back pretty far... There's only about 8" of room between the driver's seat and the seat behind it... not enough room to install the infant seat.
So since the only place the infant seat would fit is behind the passenger seat (it wouldn't fit in the 3rd row either), I had to move the MA over to behind the driver's seat. I highly doubt my daughter-- who is built like her father with long legs, is going to have enough leg room to be comfortable.
So I'm looking for a suggestion for seat that will offer more leg room than the MA but that she won't outgrow immediately. Would the Graco Nautilus fit the bill? If not, are we in booster territory? We have a compas b510 we use for travel that she does well in, but I was at least trying to make it to 5 before we went to a booster full time...
Today I went out to install our infant seat (DD #2 is due in two weeks) and the only place it would fit is behind the passenger seat-- where the MA has been installed in order to give DD #1 as much leg room as possible. My husband is very tall and has to drive with the driver's seat back pretty far... There's only about 8" of room between the driver's seat and the seat behind it... not enough room to install the infant seat.
So since the only place the infant seat would fit is behind the passenger seat (it wouldn't fit in the 3rd row either), I had to move the MA over to behind the driver's seat. I highly doubt my daughter-- who is built like her father with long legs, is going to have enough leg room to be comfortable.
So I'm looking for a suggestion for seat that will offer more leg room than the MA but that she won't outgrow immediately. Would the Graco Nautilus fit the bill? If not, are we in booster territory? We have a compas b510 we use for travel that she does well in, but I was at least trying to make it to 5 before we went to a booster full time...