How long did you keep your kid in a 5 point harness?

[Anonymous]

My just turned 4 year old is 39 pounds. He’s in a chicco 5 pound harness.

My niece is 4 years old, probably around 36 pounds, and in a high back with the seat belt.

I’m not asking “who is right?”, nor do I have info on the seat requirements or her car info. But I saw the photo today and was struck, because it hasn’t I fired to me at all to move my son to a seat belt.

[Anonymous]

5.5 year old still is bc she falls asleep in the car often.

[Anonymous]

I have a big (90th percentile on both height and weight) just turned 4 year old and he’s still harnessed. That said, he’s in a forward-facing only seat that converts to a belt-positioning booster. I will probably switch him to the seat belt after he turns 5.

[Anonymous]

My son is 5.5 still in a harness but he weighs 39 lbs

[Anonymous]

I switched mine at 4.

[Anonymous]

My 5.5 year old is still in a 5 point harness. He’s 37 lbs, and our seat requires 40 for the seatbelt, so it’s not up for debate right now. I get it though—his friends are all in seatbelts, and he’s been asking.

[Anonymous]

6, four is way to young.

[Anonymous]

7, but my kids aren't big and they can buckle themselves into the 5 point just fine so it wasn't any sort of imposition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5.5 year old is still in a 5 point harness. He’s 37 lbs, and our seat requires 40 for the seatbelt, so it’s not up for debate right now. I get it though—his friends are all in seatbelts, and he’s been asking.

My 6.5 year old is 37 lbs. Our highback booster has a 30 lb minimum, and he started in it at 5. He recently started complaining that his shoulders were being squished so we moved him to a backless booster.

[Anonymous]

6.5 full time and until 7.5 for long car trips.

[Anonymous]

My older kid switched at around 6.

Just switched my almost 5yo and I wish I'd waited a little longer. We hardly ever drive, but I am thinking about putting him back in the harness for the longer car rides we have this summer. He likes to wiggle around and I don't think he'll maintain proper positioning for a long ride.

[Anonymous]

6.5 year old who weighs 48 lbs is in one. Falls asleep in car regularly. buckles herself in.

[Anonymous]

We moved to a high back booster at 6. Used a 5 point harness until then. I know four year olds in backless boosters but they don't sit properly.

[Anonymous]

My giant 5-year-Old, 55lbs, is in one. She’s been asking to switch since her older sister did, but I don’t think we will any time soon. She has a backless booster for rare trips in our “other” car, but that’s a couple times a month, if that.

[Anonymous]

My 5.5 year old is still in one, he's 50lbs and is THIS close to his shoulders being at the top strap of his seat. I know I need to do it soon, but I like that he can buckle/unbuckle himself in, and I think he'll have a harder time with the other strap.