Switching from a 5-point harness car seat to a booster

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Switching from a 5-point harness car seat to a booster

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Moving from a 5-point harness to a belted booster, that's a question that everybody asks. It's been the practice of parents in the past that once their child outgrows their second stage car seat, they just don't have a car seat anymore. Those children have been hurt in the last few years because they are not in a booster. What we want to do is outgrow our convertible seat, move into a high backed booster with a harness. So, 65-80 pounds or a maximum height is what we want to do when we outgrow the harness in the third stage seat and move into taking the harness out and use it as a seat belt adjuster. We don't want to move that child out of a third stage seat, until we have reached that 65-80 pounds or that maximum height.

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Cynthia Crothers

Car Seat Specialist

Cynthia Crothers of KidzSeatz Carseat Installation Service is a Nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Specialist in Los Angeles and New Jersey. Cindy is the mother of five daughters and has six grandchildren.  An eager student, Cindy had the opportunity to go through a five day training with Sit Safe, the VW and Audi CPS training program. Amazed at how car seats and car seat safety has changed over the years, Cindy became a strong advocate for child passenger safety starting with her own grandchildren. Thousands of families later, she currently offers detailed hands-on training sessions for parents and caregivers. A parent needs to know how to customize and reinstall their car seat correctly and use it correctly for their child to have the best chance of surviving a crash. Vehicles are the number one killer of children under 16 years old. To Cindy, nothing is more important in protecting children on the move.

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