New Car Seat

Noah's growth is NOT slowing down. He now weighs 36lbs. with his clothes on. In another 1 1/2 inches he will be too tall to use his current convertible car seat with the 5 point harness. Plus, he has officially outgrown the car seat that Grandma & Grandpa use for him. So, out we went to BabiesRUs to look at the only booster car seat found in actual stores that allow a child to remain in a 5 point harness until he/she is 80 pounds. The Britax Regent...only $269.99! But this is the Cadillac of Car Seats, if that makes it any better. There are 1 or 2 other car seats that allow the use of the 5 point harness to 80 lbs, but they must be ordered online. Not ideal if you are concerned the thing will even fit into your car.

So, why the 5 point harness over the car's seat belt system? Some would argue it really is not necessary. Although looking at crash tests it is obvious that the five point harness holds their body in much better support, and allows the distribution of the forces over more areas of their bodies. We only became aware about this last year when someone from church mom's group forwarded a link about it. Kristin cries every time she watches the tribute video clip YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azgBhZfcqaQ

or go right to the foundation website:
http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/

Noah thought that a new car seat was "great" and we can't get over how little he looks in it!