Once your child meets the height and weight limits of the seat, you can then use your combination seat
as a booster seat until your older child is 57 inches tall seat belts fit well.
Really pleased with this, considering selling my high chair and buying another one for my own permanent home use as well as it acts
as a booster seat until 5 yrs, and enables your child to sit at the table with you to eat together.
Not exact matches
Hold off on using
booster seats without belts, such
as the plastic cube - shaped
seats you often see in restaurants,
until your child's about 36 months old.
The safety advantage of a
booster seat lasts longer than most parents think: Your child should stay in a
booster seat until she's at least 4 feet 9 inches tall and at least 8 years old, which may be different than what your state's law suggests
as a minimum.
Similarly, it's safest for children to remain in a forward - facing 5 - point harness for
as long
as possible before moving to a
booster seat, and to stay in a
booster seat until they properly fit in the adult seatbelt using the 5 - step test.
Combination
seats can be used
as a forward - facing car
seat with harness straps
until your child reaches the harness strap height and weight limits when it can then become a belt - positioning
booster seat.
Therefore, keep children rear - facing
as long
as possible, in a forward - facing harness to the limit of the car
seat, and in a
booster seat until the seatbelt fits.
These models usually include a 5 point safety harness or impact shield for the earlier stages and then easily adapts
as your child grows, converting to a high back
booster seat — ideal for older children
until they can safely use an adult seatbelt.
«Based this new analysis of a decade's worth of data on children involved in crashes, policymakers, pediatricians and health educators should continue to recommend
as best practice the use of belt - positioning
booster seats once a child outgrows a harnessed based child restraint
until he / she is at least 8 years of age,» says Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE, co-scientific director of The Center for Injury Research and Prevention and study co-author.
Or choose what's known
as a convertible car
seat, which stays in the vehicle and will see your baby into toddlerhood; it's designed to face the rear (for the first year at least; the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that toddlers ride rear - facing
until they're 2 years old)
as well
as the front and will accommodate a child up to about 40 pounds (some also work
as boosters for children up to 100 pounds).
Combination car
seats — Can be used
as a forward - facing car
seat with a harness strap
until a child is 40 to 65 pounds, then
as a
booster seat.
A child under the age of 8 and a height of 57 inches shall be secured
as described in (a) or (b)
until they reach the upper limits of the rear - facing or forwardfacing
seat, then in a belt positioning
booster seat.