I doubt I could get a kid of mine over 3 to sit in a booster seat at a restaurant. They are too wiggly and/or would rather kneel. Is a booster seat a plot point?
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
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flea - Mar 16, 2013 12:53:10 pm PDT #15018 of 30001
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Amy - Mar 16, 2013 12:53:27 pm PDT #15019 of 30001
Because books.
Most five-year-olds aren't going to use a booster seat in a restaurant just on principle. Sara would still use one in the movies for a while, though, because it actually helped her see the screen better.
Most kids (again, most, not all) perceive kindergarten as Real School, conferring upon them Big Kid status, and boosters are not for big kids.
In a car it's required until, I think, 8 years or 80 lbs. or something.
Jessica - Mar 16, 2013 12:56:56 pm PDT #15020 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
IME most 5 year-olds will insist they do not need a booster seat even if they do.
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sumi - Mar 16, 2013 12:57:45 pm PDT #15021 of 30001
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Darn those kids. . .it's like they've got free will or something.
Amy - Mar 16, 2013 12:59:38 pm PDT #15022 of 30001
Because books.
In wow-I-need-to-catch-up-more news, I got through the second episode of S2 Downton and good god, Mary and Carson just kill me. It makes me a bit sad for her father, but at the same time, Carson so clearly adores her and considers her the daughter he never had, it's just lovely.
Also, hey, it's Ser Jorah!
Jessica - Mar 16, 2013 1:00:17 pm PDT #15023 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dylan is a tall 5 year-old and he's sitting at our dining room table now sans booster, and the table hits him an inch or so below armpit level. He is not missing any teeth.
(His birthday is June so he's smack in the middle of the kindergarten age range, but since his baby teeth came in so late I expect he'll lose them late as well.)
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2013 1:00:55 pm PDT #15024 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The booster seat isn't in the story, I just wanted to be sure I could have her not in one without losing plausibility.
Man, my adult teeth came in pretty early, but I had a relatively compressed period of tooth loss--five would be way early--if kids start that early, when are their teeth fully swapped over?
I know jackshit about "real" kids--I need to make sure whichever reference I choose from the internet (and that does sound creepy to me too) is sensible.
Amy can testify from my period of drawing Weechesters that they all blend together for me in terms of sizes...
Jessica - Mar 16, 2013 1:01:29 pm PDT #15025 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Also, hey, it's Ser Jorah!
Playing more or less the same plot, if you think about it.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2013 1:01:45 pm PDT #15026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
and the table hits him an inch or so below armpit level
Oh, thanks! This is very helpful.
flea - Mar 16, 2013 1:05:37 pm PDT #15027 of 30001
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Casper is 9.5 and has only 4 baby teeth left, and those are all loose. According to her orthodontist, she's at the young end for this stage. She lost her first tooth at 5 and lost them steadily through about 7, then had a long hiatus before losing 8 in the last 9 months. (All 8 incisors go first, then a break, then the 12 premolars and canines.)