car seats? what to do?

[berrme]

There's a difference between a toddler seat and a convertible child seat. DD was 18kgs just before 4, but she's seriously tall.
You don't want a convertible from birth. You want one from 8kgs.

A convertible child restraint goes from birth to 18kg and can be used either rear or forward facing, a toddler seat goes from 8kg to 26kg and has a built in 5 point harness that can be removed once your child is over 4 years. A booster is from 14kg and doesn't have a built in harness. I used a convertible seat with both DSs from birth.

[~Kim~]

Yeah, Melanie I know that, I was just thinking of her current situation is all. I'm the same.

[berrme]

Yeah, Melanie I know that, I was just thinking of her current situation is all. I'm the same.

Sorry, was just a bit confused the way you worded it.
I really dislike the new child restraint rules as it takes any intelligent thought out of the parents hands, and makes me feel bad about having big kids. I have a very tall and heavy just turned 2 year old who should be able to go into a booster according to the height/weight rules, and will definitely be too tall for his convertible child seat in 6 months time. If he is the like DS1, which he is so far, he will be around 17kg and 100cm tall at 2 1/2. I have no room in my car for the bigger toddler seat models as I will need 3 seats in the back and they are all at least 5 cm wider than the narrower convertible seats and boosters. So he will be going into a booster once the new baby grows out of the capsule I am borrowing whether he is old enough or not. It is driving me batty!