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Kids that are 6+ years old

Spin313Spin313 member
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If you have a child that is over six, when did/will you move that child into a traditional booster car seat with just a seatbelt?

DS will be seven in March and I still have him in a five-point booster. It's probably time to make the switch, right?
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Re: Kids that are 6+ years old

  • tbmadeamistaketbmadeamistake member
    I think its based on weight/height, not age. How big is he?

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  • Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
    We switched DS to a booster and seatbelt when he turned 4yo - its not only based on height but maturity level.  What carseat do you have?  Sometimes the five points turn into boosters.

    Plus, if you know he won't unbuckle himself mid-drive, you should be fine.  
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  • ready-or-notready-or-not member
    Agree. Its based on weight/height, not age. There is a website that tells recommendations, but sorry, it escapes me at the moment. You can also google it
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  • Spin313Spin313 member
    edited January 2015
    Lilygrace48 said:

    I think its based on weight/height, not age. How big is he?

    He's definitely over the minimums for the seat and our state. He can sit properly and strap himself in correctly.
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  • 74dragonfly74dragonfly member
    My DD is six and we are about to switch her. I wanted to make sure the seat belt would fit correctly. She has been doing the harness herself for as while.




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  • klondikebarklondikebar member
    Our 5pt harness goes until 52". We switched DS2 when he maxed out the height before he turned 6, I believe.
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  • Mags748Mags748 member
    DS is tall for his age (always the tallest in his class so far) and he outgrew the height and weight limits for the Graco Nautilus somewhere around 5.5 years old so we switched him to using it as the high-back booster.

    Another thing to consider is to make sure you aren't going over the weight limit for the latch on your car. I learned about it on once of the message boards, otherwise I wouldn't have known. I think sometimes the weight limit for the car can be less than the seat.
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  • mother10101mother10101 member
    About 5.5 or 5.75 for both of my girls.
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  • CalBearsCalBears member
    My kid will be 7 in May. She is still in a five point harness.

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  • gimmietimmiesgimmietimmies member
    It's also bone maturity. The belt becomes okay around age 5. My two oldest were okay around 5.5/6 ish years old, they weren't squirmy. My 8 year old (about to be nine) transitioned at 7 - she was in a booster at 5, and no where close to ready. Caught her standing in her booster with the belt wrapped around her neck twice, pulled off the road and bought her a new seat. My sanity needed it - and wasn't the first time she'd done something like that. And my six year old is still harnessed because the 8 year old gets her riled up.
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