[oldmama]

Thanks to everyone's advice re the REgent -- I am really happy with this solution and my daughter is comfortable. But we're traveling to Norway in a few months and I am utterly stumped. What am I supposed to do? I'm certainly not carrying or stowing this thing (too heavy for one and afraid of damage for the other, also we cannot lug it around transportations, etc).

So should I buy a booster for the trip? Do I use it on the airplane, or just in buses, etc. Or just skip the whole deal for the trip? She is 4.5 yrs, 42" only 38 lbs.

Thanks for any advice!

now I see that Mnmadhouse replied to a much earlier post as follows, but I am still stuck: Re the reply below, my daughter is already in the next to top slot of the Regent, so I can't imagine the nautilus will do me any good, would it? It never seems to be in stock anywhere to just try out. Does anyone know the shoulder heights?

the reply from mn madhouse:
as for overseas use, you could do a couple of things. if you want her harnessed on the place, you can check out the graco nautilus; harness to 65lbs, then booster to 100lbs--then you can use it as a backup when you get home. it will run you about $150. you could try her out in an evenflo triumph advance (it harnesses to 50lbs), but you likely won't get any use out of it.

another inexpensive route is to get a backless booster, put it in a piece of check on luggage and use that when you are overseas.

if it were me, i'd get the nautilus only b/c it harnesses to 65lbs and i know i can use it in another vehicle later on. it is a larger, fairly heavy seat.

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