Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:40 a.m.
My older daughter is tall for her age. At 3 years old she was 98cm tall. She had been in a Safe'n'sound Royale car seat, but she grew too tall for that, so we got a Safe'n'sound Maxi Rider seat with an adjustable head rest, to allow for more height growth. It has a 5 point harness which can be used till the child is 18kg, then you either use the car's 3 point seatbelt with the carseat, or do like we did and got the S'n's Protecta harness which works with the seat and tethers to the tether bolt point in the car.
She's just turned 4 and is 108cm tall and still enough room in the carseat height wise.
There are many high backed booster type seats (like the S'n's Maxi Rider) that have inbuilt harnesses which go to a set weight range, and then allow you to use the car's 3 point belt with the seat.
If you go for a booster type seat, the ones with a high back are best (as opposed to the ones that are just a base with no seat back)