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I need a rec for a booster seat w/ a back. Latch or no latch? What do you recommend? Both boys are over 40 lbs.
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I'm not sure what you mean when you ask about latch or no latch with regard to a booster. Boosters do not latch into your car and are instead used with the car's seat belt.
A booster serves to raise an older child who has outgrown a child safety seat with harness so that the child is at the proper height for the correct use of a seat belt.
A child safety seat should be used as long as possible, but at the very least until the child is 4 y.o. and 40 pounds per the NHTSA (in fact, my 5 y.o. who weighs 41 pounds and is 45" tall is still in a harness seat that is latched into my car).
There are some great resources out there for child car seat safety:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/ParentGuide2005/index.htm
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
http://www.aap.org/family/Carseatguide.htm
If you are looking for recommendations for particular brands, check out the NHTSA ease of use rating:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=c57b24b3b0d55110VgnVCM1000002fd17898RCRD&viewType=standard&detailViewURL=/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
Hope this helps.
-Martha
A booster serves to raise an older child who has outgrown a child safety seat with harness so that the child is at the proper height for the correct use of a seat belt.
A child safety seat should be used as long as possible, but at the very least until the child is 4 y.o. and 40 pounds per the NHTSA (in fact, my 5 y.o. who weighs 41 pounds and is 45" tall is still in a harness seat that is latched into my car).
There are some great resources out there for child car seat safety:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/ParentGuide2005/index.htm
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
http://www.aap.org/family/Carseatguide.htm
If you are looking for recommendations for particular brands, check out the NHTSA ease of use rating:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=c57b24b3b0d55110VgnVCM1000002fd17898RCRD&viewType=standard&detailViewURL=/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
Hope this helps.
-Martha
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