Hi,
I just spent 30 minutes typing you a lengthy post and LOST IT! UGGGGGHHH!!! Ok, the short end of it was you do not have to go straight to a booster....(the one you linked is fine as long as it wasn't recalled and it meets FMVSS guidelines)...two things to consider...is your child emotionally mature enough to handle sitting still so that the booster does it's job? And keeping your child in a 5 point restraint for as long as possible is safest practice. The 5 point harness spreads out the intense crash forces over a wide range of the little ones bodies. You have two other choices:
a convertible seat...I recommend Britax Wizard or Marathon...they are the only car seat maker at present that utilizes the 5 point harness until 65 pounds! Pricey but you'll get good use out of this.
http://www.britaxusa.com/products.cf...E87A144FAFBCB5
http://www.britaxusa.com/products.cf...DC419B3D5B8213
OR try a
combination seat...this seat is a forward facing only seat with a 5 point harness generally to be used with kiddos up to 40 pounds. And then at 40 pounds, they convert to a belt positioning booster. Graco Ultra Cargo is a good choice.
Here are some other links which will help you:
Have your seat inspected after you install it (anything but a booster as a booster is not really installed).
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whati...fm?fitting=yes
Check out a seats recall history:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/
Child seat ratings:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CPS/CSSRating/Index.cfm
Great info here:
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
Good luck and let me know if you have any ?'s.
CPS tech and mom to 2 sons in seats
Making a difference one car seat at a time.
I just spent 30 minutes typing you a lengthy post and LOST IT! UGGGGGHHH!!! Ok, the short end of it was you do not have to go straight to a booster....(the one you linked is fine as long as it wasn't recalled and it meets FMVSS guidelines)...two things to consider...is your child emotionally mature enough to handle sitting still so that the booster does it's job? And keeping your child in a 5 point restraint for as long as possible is safest practice. The 5 point harness spreads out the intense crash forces over a wide range of the little ones bodies. You have two other choices:
a convertible seat...I recommend Britax Wizard or Marathon...they are the only car seat maker at present that utilizes the 5 point harness until 65 pounds! Pricey but you'll get good use out of this.
http://www.britaxusa.com/products.cf...E87A144FAFBCB5
http://www.britaxusa.com/products.cf...DC419B3D5B8213
OR try a
combination seat...this seat is a forward facing only seat with a 5 point harness generally to be used with kiddos up to 40 pounds. And then at 40 pounds, they convert to a belt positioning booster. Graco Ultra Cargo is a good choice.
Here are some other links which will help you:
Have your seat inspected after you install it (anything but a booster as a booster is not really installed).
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whati...fm?fitting=yes
Check out a seats recall history:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/
Child seat ratings:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CPS/CSSRating/Index.cfm
Great info here:
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
Good luck and let me know if you have any ?'s.
CPS tech and mom to 2 sons in seats
Making a difference one car seat at a time.
