8 yo in a 5 point harness?

[Anonymous]

Teeing off the other thread about a 10 YO in a high back booster, my 8 YO is still in a five point harness. She’s 55 lbs and maybe 54 inches or so, under the height and weight requirements for the seat. She hasn’t been asking to switch, but is there any reason we should move her to the high back with seat belt?

[Anonymous]

I’m the OP of the 10 year old thread and your 8 year old is bigger than my 10 year old, lol. Clearly everyone thinks I’m overbearing by having her in a high back so I’m not the authority to speak here, but will say when we switched it was much easier for her to buckle herself in and out and more comfortable per what she told me, so that’s my two cents take it or leave it. But from the other thread it sounds like we should both move toward a low booster… ::::shrug::::

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teeing off the other thread about a 10 YO in a high back booster, my 8 YO is still in a five point harness. She’s 55 lbs and maybe 54 inches or so, under the height and weight requirements for the seat. She hasn’t been asking to switch, but is there any reason we should move her to the high back with seat belt?

Ridiculous.0

[Anonymous]

Yes, embarrassment. If she’s not embarrassed than who cares.

[Anonymous]

Do what works for your family op. If it’s not bothering you or her then it’s whatever. I am someone that said op of the other thread should try to find something she’s comfortable with since her daughter likely could safely have another option and she’s upset about it. But if it’s not causing an issue it’s safe and fine for your family. Is it typical? No. But that’s ok. My kid is 7 and has no access to video games which appears to not be typical for boys, random example but just saying ok to make our own call.

Other op asked more “is it really true she’s the only one” which is I think why she got such a strong response of yeah, she’s probably very close to one of the only ones

[Anonymous]

Your child is around the same size (just a little taller) as my 8 year old who sits in a backless booster and passes the tests outlined here: https://thecarseatlady.com/booster-seats/

Frankly, we switched to a high back booster in first grade because of kiss and ride so it was for convenience more than anything. Now she would be embarrassed to be in a 5 point seat.

[Anonymous]

8 was the age that we switched to no car seat at all, but my son was a lot bigger than your daughter. Do you ever car pool? That would be a reason for me. I was glad my son could get in others cars easily as needed. Other families won't have a 5 point harness available at that age. Many won't even have a high back.

[Anonymous]

If she doesn't have an issue with it, I don't see any reason to push it. She's a small kid the seat is safer. Even as an adult I had a nasty bruise on my shoulder from the belt when I was in a car that was rear ended, a five point harness wouldn't have that.

[Anonymous]

There’s no reason to move her unless she wants to. My almost 8 year old is in a 5 pt in one car and a high back in another car and he likes sitting in them. The child in the other thread wanted out of the seat so most people were saying due to her age and maturity to let her go in a low back since the high back is mostly for having a younger child sit properly in the belt.

[Anonymous]

We switched our 8 year old to a high back booster about a month ago at 8 and a half. That said he's 47 inches and 44 pounds. He had no issues with it and honestly he was better at buckling and unbuckling than he is with his booster. But we had to take all the seats out for moving things and decided it wasn't worth reinstalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teeing off the other thread about a 10 YO in a high back booster, my 8 YO is still in a five point harness. She’s 55 lbs and maybe 54 inches or so, under the height and weight requirements for the seat. She hasn’t been asking to switch, but is there any reason we should move her to the high back with seat belt?

I would double check that seat label. You think you have a five-point harness that fits a four foot six inch child *in the harnessed configuration*? And is in-date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:five point harness.

Overkill for anyone really, unless you are a really bad driver or racing a car in a dangerous way.

[Anonymous]

My 7 year old (8 in September) still travels in the harness booster seat. She still fits so I see no problem. I still need to fasten in her younger sister so it does not take any longer

[Anonymous]

Your 8 year old is half a foot taller than mine and mine is in a booster. She’s not a toddler, you should move her to a seated booster. No bsck necessary unless your back seat has no head support, 99% do.

[Anonymous]

My 5 year old is in a booster. Why are you still using the toddler seat?