OT- carseat experts please weigh in- update pg 3 thanks

[tjmw2727]

That's great that your SIL found a way to keep the little escape artist in place. But I'm afraid she's confused about her new seat. The seat you describe does not exist - at least not in the U.S. or Canada. There is no carseat that goes up to 65 lb harnessed and converts to a booster. The seats that go up to 65 lb are only made by Britax at this point, and run around $200. They are for harnessed use only and cannot be used as boosters later. There are plenty of harnessed seats that convert to booster use, and they are available in a wide range of prices, but none of them can be used with the harness above 40 lb. They have weight limits of 80 or 100 lb, but that's for booster use - they all have to be converted to booster use after 40 lb. Perhaps your SIL saw both types of seats when she was shopping and got them mixed up in her head?

I edited my above post to eliminat the lbs as my sil may have been mistaken or I may have misunderstood her description. I will ask her to double check the instructions. I had no reason to read them or doubt her since it has been quite a while since my girls needed carseats.

Since my nephew is still using the 5 point harness and is no where near 40lbs it isn't an issue now. Thanks for the heads up though.

TJ

 

[tlbwriter]

Actually that is not correct I have a 5 pnt harness that the straps will go to 60lbs it is made by a french compnay and I got it at baby depot and it does convert to a belt positioning booster it is imported by a company in North Carolina, It is a Nania Airway we bought 2 years ago. Did a google on it and there are others that go to 50 lbs .

The Airway is one of the ones I was talking about that would fit the description but haven't been released yet. The one that came out a couple of years ago goes to 50 or 55 lb with the harness, but that seat was discontinued so I didn't think she'd be able to buy a new one at this point. The company was supposed to be coming out with a version that goes up to 65 lb with the harness, and then convert to a booster, but everything I've read/heard says it's not on the market yet. And the Cosco Apex would also fit that description, and would come up in a Google search, but it's not on the market yet either. So I'm really curious about what she has!

 

[tlbwriter]

I edited my above post to eliminat the lbs as my sil may have been mistaken or I may have misunderstood her description. I will ask her to double check the instructions. I had no reason to read them or doubt her since it has been quite a while since my girls needed carseats.

Since my nephew is still using the 5 point harness and is no where near 40lbs it isn't an issue now. Thanks for the heads up though.

Gotcha. So many parents get confused by the combo boosters that say they go up to 80 or 100 lb on the box, but then in tiny print it tells you that the harness only goes up to 40, so I was afraid that might have happened to her. I'm a tad disappointed she didn't get an early version of some brand new model, though!

 

[Zoesmama03]

My 2 year old doesn't escape and never has. She also understands simple directions and follows. So I do agree some may be discipline problem.

What ever she does she can not be leinent one day and not the next. It confuses a 2 year old.

My best friend had a similar problem but hers was she did not put them tight. Or stay consistant either.

Glad she has been able to fix the problem.

 

[tlbwriter]

My 2 year old doesn't escape and never has. She also understands simple directions and follows. So I do agree some may be discipline problem.

I have a friend with twins. Twin A is good natured, slept through the night very early, hardly fusses at all, a very easy baby. Twin B is, well, much more difficult. She says that if she'd only had Twin A, she would have assumed people with "difficult" babies (won't sleep, can't be disciplined, etc.) were simply bad parents. And if she'd only had Twin B, she would have assumed that she was simply a horrible parent, or that people with "good babies" were lying. But since she has two children, genetically identical and raised the same way and yet so very different, she knows that no two children are exactly the same, and what works for one child cannot be assumed to work for all.

 

[mareed]

I have a friend with twins. Twin A is good natured, slept through the night very early, hardly fusses at all, a very easy baby. Twin B is, well, much more difficult. She says that if she'd only had Twin A, she would have assumed people with "difficult" babies (won't sleep, can't be disciplined, etc.) were simply bad parents. And if she'd only had Twin B, she would have assumed that she was simply a horrible parent, or that people with "good babies" were lying. But since she has two children, genetically identical and raised the same way and yet so very different, she knows that no two children are exactly the same, and what works for one child cannot be assumed to work for all.

I absolutely love your comment here! I have 2 children with very different personalities such as your friend's twins and I can totally relate!