We leave MI for FL in 34 days. I am a bit of a booster seat snob. MI has just about the toughest booster seat laws around...through age 7 and/or 54(?) inches. I am fine with that and all three of my kids have followed that law. On our two previous drives, DS now 6 had the darndest time sleeping while we went straight through. Poor kid has no padding on his rear. This year we are leaving pre 6:00 am and will get there sometime after midnight so that he won't have to try to actually get a night's sleep in the car. It looks like in GA and FL he wouldn't need to be in the booster and this just so happens to be the two states where he would be needing to sleep as we drive. How comfortable would you be in taking your child out of the booster seat when all research says that they should be in until age 8? He is a monsterous sized kid...just passed 6th bday and height of an 8 yr old, all skin and bones though. I'd keep him in the booster until it is sleep time and we are in a state where it is legal to do. I just feel a bit dirty even thinking about it.