Car seats - extended rear facing

We used a capsule with base for the first 5 months. It was the best thing we couldn've done. We were intending to go with a convertable from birth but couldn't decide in time so decided to hire a capsule instead. From about 3 months I tended to leave it in the car as I was finding it hard to carry it with her in it (I'm a shorty) but if she was asleep and it wasn't far I'd carry her in it. Her carseat now has annoying tether straps but it's one of the only ones I could find that fits nicely into our car (stupid small back seats!) But as she is older it's easy to lift her in over them.

Susyl, tether straps usually go from the sides of the carseat (up near the headrest of the carseat) to a bolt behind the seat the carseat is sitting on. It is to provide extra stability. It means that when the carseat is rearfacing, the straps go across the space from the carseat headrests to the seat back. There is one coming from each side of the carseat to a single bolt, so they make a triangle shape. The baby has to be lifted over or under these each time you get them in or out. My girl has been in one of these from birth and she's already very good and holding her body just right for lifting in and out, but I have to admit that I have bumped her head on the doorway more than once

Hopefully that makes some kind of sense!

We had toys hanging for Jake to watch and found when we removed them he stopped getting car sick...

I loosen the tether straps before taking J out or putting him in and re tighten.... No way I could lift him over or under them they are so annoying!

Hmm, depends so much on the child hun. The boy I looked after in London was 18kg at 4 years old so he would have been rear facing for some time in that seat!

Jake is 8kg at 13 months and hasnt actually gained weight since 9 months (hmm cant wait to see Plunket! praying he gains a kg in 2 months so they dont harrass me!). and if I go by standard growth Jake would probably rear face until 7 or 8 in that seat LOL

I went and looked at the cosco today at the warehouse... I dont think its going to fit Baby on the move are awesome! I am going to pop in sometime this week and see how it goes in the car FX.

Do they have a showroom somewhere in Auckland?
I emailed them a couple of days ago with some price enquiries re hiring but haven't heard back from the yet.

There's another BOTM around the corner from my parents in Hillcrest on the North Shore (just in someone's house by the looks) Loving how self sustaining this thread is now, everybody's getting so knowledgeable - yay thanks everyone!

Susyl I was having a look at the Waitakere Trust Car Seat scheme - says you can get them for free - not sure that we'd qualify being working people and all.
Will talk to Plunket when we get to Akl.

Depends on if we get Whenuapai or Hobsonville - Whenuapai is within the area - didn't see Hobsonville listed. $25 donation is nothing.

regarding the BRIO I have heard some children have to be turned forward facing well before they hit 25kgs (say 5kgs or more to go) because they out grew it height wise.

I am getting a radian in July and although it only RF to 20kgs it had a higher shell than the BRIO so with any luck my 2.5 year old will hit the weight limit befor the height limit

Does anyone have any feedback on the Safety 1st All-In-One Convertible? Just found it on BOTM and RF to 16kg like the cosco one. Not sure of price yet.