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Transitioning from carseat to booster
I know what the AAP recommendations are, but I am curious. How old was your DC when you put them in a booster seat with a regular seatbelt?
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Posted 8/30/13 9:46 AM  |
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
4.5
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| Posted 8/30/13 11:06 AM |
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ny55angel
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Transitioning from carseat to booster
DD1 was 6.5 years old.
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| Posted 8/30/13 3:14 PM |
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LeShellem
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
4 and 42lbs.
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| Posted 8/30/13 3:24 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Do you mean backless booster or booster with a back? I am curious to the replies as well. Currently my DD is in a highback booster with harness still.
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| Posted 8/30/13 3:33 PM |
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Posted by Goobster
Do you mean backless booster or booster with a back? I am curious to the replies as well. Currently my DD is in a highback booster with harness still.
Oh, I didn't realize there was a difference, is one better than the other?
I don't think my first DC is old enough to transition, but I am looking forward to the future since we will need a new carseat soon.
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| Posted 8/30/13 5:14 PM |
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CarSeatSafety
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Posted by Goobster
Do you mean backless booster or booster with a back? I am curious to the replies as well. Currently my DD is in a highback booster with harness still.
If you are using the harness the seat is not a booster - it is a Combination seat being used in the car seat mode. A booster does not use built in harnesses.
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| Posted 8/30/13 6:13 PM |
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CarSeatSafety
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Transitioning from carseat to booster
The real answer here is for a parent to use a harness system - car seat - as long as the child fits in the seat. The child receives more protection and is safer. No child under the age of 4 should ever be in a booster, that said, again, the longer the better.
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| Posted 8/30/13 6:15 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
6 for DS. DD is 7.5 and still in her car seat (she's small for her age)
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| Posted 8/30/13 8:36 PM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Booster with back, probably 4yo, more than 45lbs.
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| Posted 8/30/13 8:51 PM |
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Booster with a back he was just over 40 lbs but outgrew the seated height of the britax boulevard. He went into a britax parkway sgl with latch to 100 lbs. He was 4 1/2 and at 6 he still uses the back and the crotch strap too. Most of his friends have removed the back, but we still use it with a back and have no plans to stop.
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| Posted 8/30/13 9:15 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Posted by CarSeatSafety
Posted by Goobster
Do you mean backless booster or booster with a back? I am curious to the replies as well. Currently my DD is in a highback booster with harness still.
If you are using the harness the seat is not a booster - it is a Combination seat being used in the car seat mode. A booster does not use built in harnesses.
ugh car seats confuse me so much! I have the Britax Frontier and it is called Combination, Harness to Booster. So that's why I said that. So the only difference is when you use the harness it is a combination seat but when you then use the same seat with a regular seatbelt, it's called a booster?
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| Posted 8/30/13 10:00 PM |
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Posted by CarSeatSafety
The real answer here is for a parent to use a harness system - car seat - as long as the child fits in the seat. The child receives more protection and is safer. No child under the age of 4 should ever be in a booster, that said, again, the longer the better.
I'm glad you wrote this....DD is 5 1/2 & still in her Britax Fronteir & I think it's 85lb & 57" as a harness.
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| Posted 8/31/13 6:19 AM |
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Re: Transitioning from carseat to booster
Posted by LeShellem
4 and 42lbs.
Same
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| Posted 8/31/13 6:55 AM |
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A3CM
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Transitioning from carseat to booster
DS was 4 and DD was 3
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| Posted 8/31/13 7:00 AM |
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