https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:26:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2524267 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:28:06 +0000 sandy 2524267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted wrong - she's 4.5 and still in a 5 point harness. I think she is fine to use a seatbelt bc she sits very well in the car but as long as the harness works I'll use it. I think it's pretty evenly divided between her friends that are using just boosters and those with a 5 point - most kids I know using backless boosters have a carpool situation that kind of necessitates it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2524190 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:51:04 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2524190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live abroad and could not find a 5-point harnessed, high-back booster approved for a kid that's over 40 lbs. The fine print of everything available says the harness is only good for up to 18 kg. Britax has recently come out with one approved up to 25 kg, but it's only available in a few countries and I'd rather not buy a convertible at this point.</p> <p>DD is in a Cybex Solution M and loves it! She's almost 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2524124 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:55:17 +0000 mrsjyw 2524124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds1 is a bigger kid and we just moved him into the frontier a couple months ago. We will use it for a couple more years. He's almost 3.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2524077 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:02:12 +0000 regberadaisy 2524077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 is almost 4 and will be in a 5 point harness for a while longer. I definitely hear you though...a lot of her friends are already in a high back booster using the car seat belt. 🙈 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523965 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:48:16 +0000 KT326 2523965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have three cars and three different car seats but they all use a 5pt harness up to 65lbs. We plan on keeping the 5pt harness until he outgrows it. Luckily two of our seats convert to a booster and can be used up to 100lbs. </p> <p>I actually just had this conversation with my pediatrician and she really recommended staying in a five point harness as long as possible. It is so much safer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523940 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:26:36 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2523940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5, almost 5.5 year old is still in a 5 pt harness, but I was recently looking into the Diono Monterey as a potential future booster. Not sure when we'll make the official switch, though I trust her to sit still in it. I'm thinking if I wait til she fully outgrows this car seat, maybe in a year or two a better model will come out, and then she can sit in the booster until she outgrows car seats completely?? She knows how to buckle herself in in the 5-pt harness, but can't unbuckle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523720 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:59:31 +0000 looch 2523720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: Yeah, I can imagine that would be challenging for a kid sitting in the seat! I have enough trouble getting my own seatbelt on sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523714 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:57:04 +0000 MamaG 2523714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Ours extend out, but then sort of arch back in toward the middle of the seat. The way the frontier fits in the seat (captains chairs in the second row), you sort of have to scoot the frontier seat away from the seat belt anchor to create space to connect it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523686 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:42:09 +0000 looch 2523686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: We have a similar issue with my husband's car. For some reason, the seat belt latches are sunk into the seat and do not extend out. So you kind of have to reach around and down to buckle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523665 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:34:37 +0000 808love 2523665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5.25 year old is still in 5 point. I have had a high back booster sitting in the house for months just dying to be used but it looks more uncomfortable than her expensive car seats. LO is very petite for her age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523637 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:26:34 +0000 Mamaof2 2523637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: yes, I have an Enclave (very similar to your car) and guess that is my issue too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523632 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:24:59 +0000 MamaG 2523632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the frontier, which I love! And I had intended to use it as a high back booster with a seat belt at some point (remove the harness). But in my Acadia it doesn't work well because of how the seatbelt anchor is positioned. My LO would really struggle to get the seat belt on. </p> <p>I'm impressed by the kiddos that can do/undo their own buckles. My girl can't accomplish that for some reason.</p> <p>I'm intending to make the change sometime this summer around her birthday when she turns 5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523578 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:56:27 +0000 chopsuey 2523578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yep! she's 5 now, and has always been good in her seat 👍🏻 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523559 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:46:59 +0000 winniebee 2523559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in a 5 point harness still. T will be 4 next month. He's small so I imagine we will keep him in it for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523555 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:45:47 +0000 milano14 2523555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just took out the 5pt harness for my almost 6 year old and are now using it as a high back booster with the seatbelt. Have the Britax Frontier.<br /> I find the same to be true of other friends of his...no longer in a high back booster.<br /> DS1 is 50th for height and weight, but that really didn't factor into my decision to switch. Felt he's now mature enough for the seatbelt. And so far he has proven that to be true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523542 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:36:33 +0000 T-Mom 2523542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7.5 year old is still in a 5 pt harness but she hates it. She says none of her friends have one and she feels like a baby. Sorry, it cost me a pretty penny and we aren't changing it any time soon. But for car pools, etc she uses a Bubble Bum and she loves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523541 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:34:19 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2523541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4, almost 5, year old is still in a harness and will be for a good long while. I got the ride safer vest for a recent trip to try it out and see if he could sit properly- nope! Which means I definitely wouldn't try a backless booster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523540 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:33:39 +0000 Mamaof2 2523540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: so seatbelt? Does she sit still at age 4? My 7.5 old doesn't sit still :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523536 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:32:32 +0000 looch 2523536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I love that seat, I am considering getting another. We also have the Graco Nautilus, but for the extra $75 and click tight.....Frontier for the win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523535 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:31:41 +0000 chopsuey 2523535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 5 and sits in a full back Clek oobr. She's been sitting in it since she was 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523534 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:31:00 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2523534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son will be 5 in June and I doubt I will think about going without the harness until 6 at the earliest. I don't trust him to sit properly for awhile yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523532 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:30:28 +0000 Mamaof2 2523532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: both kids have the frontier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523530 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:29:59 +0000 looch 2523530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: @Mamaof2: No one asked me, but my 5 year old can unbuckle himself, we have the Britax Frontier and the Britax Boulevard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523526 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:28:38 +0000 Mamaof2 2523526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: yes he is in my car 90% of the time - he does it all himself - my 5 year old can buckle her harness but cant unbuckle it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523523 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:27:43 +0000 lamariniere 2523523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched my older child a month before he turned 5. But we only drive a few times a year. If we drove every day, he would still be in the 5 point harness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523521 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:27:24 +0000 MamaG 2523521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Does he ride with you to/from school? Can he do the five point harness himself? LO can do the chest clip but not the buckle at the base. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523516 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:25:38 +0000 looch 2523516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5, still in a 5 point and will be for a long, long time . He doesn't sit still in the seat without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523515 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:24:44 +0000 Mamaof2 2523515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7.5 and still in a 5 point harness in my car because its so much easier/faster for him to get in and out that way - the seatbelt lever is really far down and impossible for him to reach alone -hate it! ugh!!</p> <p>He started using a booster with seat belt in DH's car at age 6</p> <p>DD is 5 and still in a 5 point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whos-still-in-a-5-point-harness#post-2523509 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:17:52 +0000 MamaG 2523509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was thinking about boosters this morning. Our older child is still in a high back booster with a 5 point harness. I see almost none of her peers in the same style of seat. Most of them are sitting in the backless booster using the seat belt.</p> <p>When did you move to a seat belt instead of a 5-point harness? </p>