So after reading the book a few times it's out to the car. I'd heard horror stories about installing the Radian, not very user friendly apparently so I was ready for a fight. But you know it really wasn't that bad. There was a slight struggle, but we got it in. There was some swearing involved. The most frustrating thing was if you accidentally let go of the seat belt buckle while threading it through the seat's belt path. In the middle of the belt path is a slot, which inevitably, the buckle would slip into and flip over making it extremely hard to get your hand in (a very small space) and at the right angle to get it out. *@%#!
Anyway, it was a team effort, one of us holding the seat belt ready to click it in, with the other squatting or kneeling on the seat bouncing until the belt was done up. LOL I'm pretty sure the neighbours wondered what the hell was going on in the rocking car, in the driveway, in broad daylight Hahaha. But it's a successful instalation technique, called the 'Bounce-bounce-click' (one I'd picked up from the car seat forum I'd joined) used when installing with the seat belt rather than Isofix, which is another thing we don't have in Australia. Well not unless you have a newish car that has the points, and even if you're lucky enough to have them, you can't buy a seat here to take advantage of them. But that's probably for another post.
We managed to get the seat in and at a slightly more upright angle than 45 degrees. The seat is pretty huge because it accommodates bigger kids. Because my car is tiny, this means that there was no way we could get it the in the centre seat, and it also meant the front passenger could only be comfortable and have any leg room if they were under 5 1/2 feet tall, so I just make it :) But for now we're happy The Monstar is travelling rear-facing!
Looking pretty cute and comfy while doing so too :)
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