RE: When do I turn around the car seat?

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Do you use the base on your Alpha Omega? The base adds loads of leg room.

I had Spenc reclined and he had tons of space. He is only 30 pounds; so he

is supposed to be able to still rear face if necessary. We didn't have any

leg room issues when I turned him around at 2.5 years old.

It is possible that the leg room might not be as available if the space is

tighter between the 2 seats. We had the seat in our Town & Country. Part

of the reason we upgraded to this vehicle was because the A&O wouldn't fit

rear facing at all in our previous car, Villager. Pretty sad when you have

to buy a new car because your car seat won't fit. I wanted a different car

anyway. I was sick of crawling across the bucket seat with him to put him

in the car. I knew he was only going to get bigger and heavier. The

Villager only had 1 sliding door.

Good luck.

Message: 4

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:46:54 -0000

Subject: Re: When do I turn around the car seat?

Thank you!The bowling ball/flower stem analogy is great. That is

exactly why I felt I had to inquire about it. I feel better to know

that I'm not the only one who has considered this dilema. My son also

has the Alpha Omega. It is a very good car seat, but I'm not so sure

about the leg room. Maybe it has something to do with the car we have

it in. We also keep it reclined as far back as we can but it's jammed

pretty tight between the front and rear seats.

On a semi-unrelated topic: The Alpha Omega actually has a few bonus's

on other car seats aside from being convertible from

infant/toddler/booster, there is better lower back support/padding

than any other car seat I've found. Most car seats have a very

uncomfortable ledge in the lower back area. Alpha has it too, but

it's lining firmly covers it. It is also the seat Tarok's

Occupational Therapist reccommended.

Thanks again for offering up your experience in this matter.