Carseat Q?

ju.vanderw

Moms with 2 under 2 - if you bought an infant seat for your first, what did you buy next?  I'm planning on using the infant seat for LO, and we're looking into getting a convertible seat for DD...  I see there are seats that are 3 in one, that I can use until DD needs a booster seat - is this something any of you guys have done?  Has it worked out?  Any input would be awesome!

Thanks!

CaitlinJ22

Its safest in my opinion to have them in a 5 point harness car seat for as long as possible. We bought DS a roundabout 50 from Britax when he outgrew the length in his graco snugride at 7 months. He is still in it, and DD is in the graco. When he outgrows the weight (shes chunkier) we will buy a new britax for her. 

DS is almost 2 and still has plenty of room to grow in is Britax height wise and weight wise (its the same height as the marathon just a lower weight limit). My 6.5 yo niece JUST grew out of the height of her marathon 6 months ago and so my sister got a new britax thats taller. So she's still in a car seat. 

mlf625

CaitlinJ22:

Its safest in my opinion to have them in a 5 point harness car seat for as long as possible. 

I agree.  We have a Britax Boulevard for DS and a Britax Marathon for DD. 

monkeyqueen

We have an infant seat for Dominic and our girls our in Marathon.  Natalie is rearfacing.  I suggest getting a convertible with high height/weight maxs.

Olivia is nearly four and has no where near growing out of the Marathon.   

eris1995

CaitlinJ22:

Its safest in my opinion to have them in a 5 point harness car seat for as long as possible. We bought DS a roundabout 50 from Britax when he outgrew the length in his graco snugride at 7 months. He is still in it, and DD is in the graco. When he outgrows the weight (shes chunkier) we will buy a new britax for her. 

   We did the same thing.  DS1 outgrew his Snugride by length at 7 months and he's not in a Britax Roundabout 50 - still rear facing and has plenty of room.  DS2 in in the Snugride and when he outgrows it he'll be going to another convertible car seat. 

 

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We bought a convertible for DD1 since she was still rearfacing. Then when DD2 outgrew the infant seat, we put her in the convertible seat and got DD1 a forward facing carseat that will fit her until she is done. We have a Alpha Omega Elite and a Graco Nautilus. I would recommend the Nautilus but I'm not really crazy over the Alpha Omega Elite. My IL's got it for us and it wouldn't have been my first choice.

gettingmawwwied

I had the Graco Safe Seat until DD was 10 months, then we bought the Sunshine Kids Radian 65. I really like the Radian.

Pro: It's narrow/compact and doesn't take up a huge amount of space in the backseat, which is great when you have 2 carseats back there.

Con: It's HEAVY (it has a steel frame) so if you travel a lot, you should def invest in a bag with wheels to cart the thing around. My husband carried it around the airport and was in pain for a week b/c it weighs a ton.