When do you have to change from a forward facing car seat to a booster seat? Under what conditions? Also what booster seats are better than others? Is it better to get a booster that has an inbuilt harness rather than an after market addition? Slightly confused by it all
I hope this link helps, but it may also confuse you further. Basically till 6 months reversed, 6 months till 4 years in a seat with a built in harness, 4 years to 7 years in a booster with either a lap belt or H-harness.
A seat with a built in harness is only suitable if the child's head/shoulders are still sitting comfortably in the seat ie. the shoulder straps are passing over the childs shoulders at the correct angle and the childs head is not to far over the top of the seat. If it is a larger booster with a built in harness is required, they now have a couple of ones that have adjustable head rests to fix this problem.
:yeahthat: Most states motor registries have the same sort of advice.
For us we had to get DD a new seat at just under two. So she went from her forward facing baby seat to a MaxiRider AHR because her head was already above the top of the babyseat (she's very tall). The MaxiRider while very exxie comes with the harness and is also convertable to a H harness or just the lap-sash belt. Sadly at just 4 she's going to grow out of even the Maxi Rider soon.
Many do not come with the 5point harness.
Not sure what state you are in but in many the harness is mandatory. Up here in the NT for example it isn't. For us it's a safety thing, as was the ability to secure the seat via an anchor point (there weren't as many options when we bought ours).
We just purchased a Maxi rider AHR for our son he was in a Hipod Milan 0-4yrs but his head was reaching the top, he's quite tall, the maxi's convert to a booster & on the box it says to convert to a booster at 4yrs old.
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From forward car seat to booster?
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