Today we got David's new convertible booster seat in the mail. I realized the other day when I put Caleb in his car seat that he was very near the 1inch threshold. I know the limit on the car seat manual says 32" but at 29" he is as close as I'd like. With that, Caleb is being moved to the Britax Marathon 70 and David is moving to the Britax Pioneer 70 Harness-2-Booster car seat. This will grow with him till he will need a backless booster as his last step before being tall and mature enough to sit in the seat and just use the lap-shoulder seat belt. AHHHHH ...
Now keep in mind ... part of me is scared about this too. Afterall, a 'promotion' in car seats is actually a demotion in safety. Technically, we're ALL safest riding rear-facing in an infant car seat, in the middle of the car. But that just isn't feasible for driving. :P But Caleb is still rear-facing of course. It is the law that he be rear-facing until 20lbs or 1 year and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends being rear-facing for the first 2 years minimum. We successfully had David rear-facing until 18 months. I'm going to try to get closer to that 2 year mark with Caleb though. It's safest. Besides, if he and David continue to be great buddies, I think it'll be easier since they'll be facing each other for longer. Once they're side by side and forward-facing, it'll be harder. :P
We leave in 2 days for Colorado for our annual Labor Day weekend trip and we're debating which car seats to take with us. Better figure it out ... yea for COLORADO IN THE FALL!!!
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