size & car seat/booster seat & shoe sizes

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I have a quick question. I live in Florida, and although it is not an

enforcable

law yet (but will be soon), the recommendation for a child under 80 lbs. is to

be in a booster seat in the car. My son is 10 years old and weighs only 48 lbs.

It is hard to imagine how old he will be when he gets to 80 lbs. I am thinking

how age appropriate is it for a child that age to be in a booster seat? I am

imagining taking him to junior high (which is not too far away) & him getting

out of the car from a booster seat in front of all of his friends. Even now in

4th

grade, I think he would be teased.

Also, I see a lot of people comment on the size clothes & shoes their children

are wearing. , of course, is small all over, but is hands and feet have

always been particularly small. He is still in a toddler size shoe - a 12.5,

but

can maybe stretch it to a 13. Anyone else out there with older children who

haven't made the switch yet to regular kid-sized shoes? I know

compares pretty typically for height for a RSS boy his age. He is 50.25 " & has

been on growth hormone for almost 2.5 years.

On another note, we made the trip to New York last week to see Dr. H for the

first time. I am glad we went. We got many questions answered that shed

some light on the that happened to him as he was growing up in addition to

recommendations for the future. I'll give an update on this visit at a later

time,

as I have to go to work now!

Kim C.

[Guest guest]

Kim C.,

I don't have an answer for the car seat thing, but my son is 8.5

years and stills wears toddlers size 12 shoes also! Just thought I

would let you know!

Carmen, mom to Storm age 8.5, 50 pounds, and 47 "

[Guest guest]

Kim,

In many states the car seat laws are 80lbs., but there is also a

provison in the law that provides an age cut-off in addition to the

weight requirement. In other words, it's an either/or type of thing -

80lbs. OR a certain age. In Colorado the rule IS 80lbs., but I think

the age cutoff is somewhere around the age of eight. I would check

and see if your state has this provision. Growing up, my parents were

occassionally questioned as to why I wasn't in a car seat and once

they explained that a carseat/booster seat wasn't age appropriate for

me they were never hassled.

~Hillary

21, RSS

60lbs.