hooahmama
10-12-2002, 07:46 PM
Hi! I have three year old twins, a boy & girl. Currently they both use Britax Roundabouts, side by side on the bench in my Plymouth Voyager minivan. My daughter is very petite, and only 22lbs or so & about 36" tall. We plan on keeping her in her Roundabout for the forseeable near future. My son, on the other hand, is 39lbs, and 38-1/2" tall. His ears have not passed the top of the carseat, but his shoulders are just barely above the harness slots.
We had anticipated getting a new seat for him, and was planning on a combo seat - particularly the Evenflo Apollo, so that he could remain in a 5 point harness for as long as possible - but that was a month or so ago and at least 4 lbs. Now, however, seeing him within ounces of 40lbs, it seems clear he won't be in a 5 point harness for long, even in a combo seat, and was I wondering about going straight to a safe & well made belt positioning booster, such as the Jupiter Komfort Kruiser, the StarRiser Comfy, or the new Graco TurboBooster.
My twins are a month & a half shy of being 3-1/2, and I do have some concern over the safety of a boy his age in a belt positioning booster. However, he is a very mature boy, and I have no fear at all that he wouldn't be mature enough to remain seated properly for the BPB to work. (My daughter would be a different story & therefore we are grateful not to have to worry about that yet.)
The few options I have seen for boosters that accomodate children of weights higher than 40lbs in a 5-point harness, are unappealing in design & price. Part of me wants to be able to put him directly in a belt positioning booster now that he is *practically* 40 lbs, and outgrowing his Roundabout, but part of me is really scared to see him out of the 5-point harness. What do you think?
Toby - your advice in particular would be most welcomed!
Thanks so much for any help or advice you can give!
Theresa
(hooahmama)
p.s. Are there any new Booster seats that came out in September that we should look seriously at?
We had anticipated getting a new seat for him, and was planning on a combo seat - particularly the Evenflo Apollo, so that he could remain in a 5 point harness for as long as possible - but that was a month or so ago and at least 4 lbs. Now, however, seeing him within ounces of 40lbs, it seems clear he won't be in a 5 point harness for long, even in a combo seat, and was I wondering about going straight to a safe & well made belt positioning booster, such as the Jupiter Komfort Kruiser, the StarRiser Comfy, or the new Graco TurboBooster.
My twins are a month & a half shy of being 3-1/2, and I do have some concern over the safety of a boy his age in a belt positioning booster. However, he is a very mature boy, and I have no fear at all that he wouldn't be mature enough to remain seated properly for the BPB to work. (My daughter would be a different story & therefore we are grateful not to have to worry about that yet.)
The few options I have seen for boosters that accomodate children of weights higher than 40lbs in a 5-point harness, are unappealing in design & price. Part of me wants to be able to put him directly in a belt positioning booster now that he is *practically* 40 lbs, and outgrowing his Roundabout, but part of me is really scared to see him out of the 5-point harness. What do you think?
Toby - your advice in particular would be most welcomed!
Thanks so much for any help or advice you can give!
Theresa
(hooahmama)
p.s. Are there any new Booster seats that came out in September that we should look seriously at?