The move from a 5-point harness car seat to a booster seat is a big one for a child, and a parent. Some parents find that even with proper booster seat installation, there is still some slack in the three-point seatbelt that most cars have (the three-point seat belt is the shoulder/lap belt that cars now have, as opposed to the lap only belt that cars used to have). That slack can allow your child to move around, and can possibly cause injury.
A product is available to help reduce the slack, and make the seatbelt more adjustable. Called SeatSnug, it snaps into the factory installed seatbelt, and allows the seatbelt to be lightly tightened around the child’s lap. I don’t have a booster-seat sized child yet, so this is a product I couldn’t test in a real-life situation, so I can’t speak directly to its effectiveness (or the safety of the product). However, it does snap into the seatbelt easily, and has a button to disable it if someone who isn’t familiar with it drives your car.
Check it out http://www.seatsnug.com, and for more information on the safety of this product, check out their child safety page.
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We recently purchased this for our daughter’s booster seat and have been wowed! It works really well and has restored our peace of mind about her safety in the car! It was also surprisingly easy to install (my husband did it in about 5 minutes.) I would recommend this to all of my friends with young children!