car seat questions

[sarasansh]

Does anyone have their LO RF in some vehicles and FF in others? Robin is getting very close to the height and weight limit of most of our car seats. My plan is to turn him on his third birthday if we can hold out that long. But I have a Foonf in my car and that has extended RF limits. I'd like to keep him RF as long as possible in at least my car since I have the option, but I feel like as soon as he gets a taste of FF in other cars he'll be really unhappy in mine.

Also, does anyone ever experience with the 5 point harness booster seats? The ones that look like this:

www.amazon.com/Graco-Nautilus-Car-Seat-Matrix/dp/B0011URFRE/ref=pd_sim_ba_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0284W11VPGZMCG1CVXJB

Is there one anyone recommends? And silly question, but these are just as safe as FF convertible car seats, yes?

[versed]

First off, so jealous you gave a Foonf! Gorgeous seat

And I can only tell you that A overlapped RF in my car and FF in DH's truck for 7m with no problem (just flipped this month in my car). Never complained - it's just how it was. Hopefully Robin can do the same!

[origamimommy]

Tyler was RF in my car and FF in husbands for a while. He never cared.

[heatherbee]

DS rearfaced in mine and DH's car longer than his DC seat because the limits were different and he never cared. He didn't even mention it.

[heatherbee]

Double post. Sorry!

[summergirl1211]

Not yet, but Riley will be FF in H's car soon and RF in mine for awhile yet. I'm dreading it but she really doesn't ride in his car very often so I'm hoping she won't care.

Sorry, not familiar with the seat you linked though. Isn't there a website online that compares safety features? Maybe cookiesandwine would know? GL!

[Riverdong11]

We did that for a few months when Liam outgrew the RF limits in MH's truck. He started pitching a fit after that so I ended up switching him in my car shortly after.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

We have that Graco seat you linked to in my car and a Recaro seat in H's and they're both good! The Recaro seat is nicer but A is fine in the Graco.

They're just as safe as a FF convertible seat! We switched so Tyler could have the convertible seats.

[trixi282]

We actually have that car seat in H's CSR right now and joey likes it. When we moved here we got 2 new seats (both only FF) and installed them I. H and FIL's cars. Installed ournold seat in my moms car, FF and mine stayed RF.

Joey actually did just fine RF in my car and never put up a stink about it. We recently turned mine around (behind me) in prep for baby and the first time I put her in my car she said "No I do like this!" And tried to sit RF, while laughing at how silly she was. So I think its worth a try at least. We made it a nice long time, but there was no way I could have the infant carrier behind me or her diono behind me in my car, so it was going to happen before 3 anyway. I'm happy we made it past 2.5 ☺

[cookiesandwine]

Check out the facebook group Car Seats for the Littles! So much info there and I believe they have lots of links to reviews and such.