Milestones

A few days ago, we took the five-point harnesses out of the Lone Star Baby's car seats, making them booster seats, much to her proud happiness.

Although she is seven, the Lone Star Baby did not hit the forty pound mark until fairly recently and she has hovered at around 42-ish pounds for awhile now.  Our car seats are safety tested for up to 50 pounds with the harness and I wanted to keep her in the harness as long as possible since it is so much safer.  

Just recently, though, she has had a bit of a growth spurt and is weighing more reliably in the mid 40s.  Also - she was just getting too tall for the harness and there was no way to adjust it so she was comfortable anymore.  The time has come.

Considering that her sister was easily ten before she was anywhere near the 80 pounds and 4 feet nine inches that a child should be to sit in a regular seat belt, and that the Lone Star Baby is much more petite than her sister was,  I think it will be a long time before we have another car seat milestone!