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CAR SEATS - I need NARROW boosters - any advice???

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looneytune · 18/03/2011 10:07

Just a quicky.......I've got some graco full booster seats but in order to have 3 in the back of my new car, I really need narrower boosters. I know they are out there but am struggling to find them. Any recommendations???

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babyapplejack · 18/03/2011 12:04

I would keep 2 existing highback boosters and put a very skinny booster cushion in the middle.

Such as this one:

www.gbdriver.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=107

I have 2 highback boosters in my car and this skinny cushion in the middle. The child on the cushion is protected from side impact if the sides of the carseats on either side are appropriately designed and also their head can be protected by the adult headrest.

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looneytune · 18/03/2011 12:00

Thanks for that. My mistake, should have made myself clear, I'm hoping for high back boosters that are narrow enough as I think parents prefer these? What do you other childcarers use? I'm open to bottom boosters if parents are happy with them, although the law will be changing in a few years and they will no longer be available.

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Ealingkate · 18/03/2011 11:43

This is meant to be a very narrow booster seat. I found it on a link on NetPsychos Wink

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looneytune · 18/03/2011 11:21

Thanks. Unfortunately that seat is wider than my current seats, even though the bottom part is narrower by the looks of it.

The link didn't work but I'm guessing it was pointing at the guidelines about it only being law if the seat is available? If it was, I'm aware of that and have put my almost 8 year old with just a seatbelt before but I'm a childminder and really need to transport the children in the safest way. Just a shame I go and buy an 8 seater car where the current seats don't fit in the back row!! Oh well.

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Ealingkate · 18/03/2011 10:11

If you can't fit three booster seats in the back of your car then one child does not have to sit on one. See <a class="break-all" href="//onewww.childcarseats.org.uk/law/documents/law06summaryv2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here

arfanarf · 18/03/2011 10:11

britax adventure is a narrow booster and doesn't have those annoying arms that get in the way when you're trying to do the seat belt up.

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