Car seat question!

brparish

This question is probably going to be so dumb.  But, we are just starting to look into getting a new car seat.  He is about 19lbs and will be needing a bigger one soon.  We have the Chicco Keyfit now and bought an extra base for my husband's truck.  My question is...do the convertible car seats go onto a base also so we can just buy an additional one...or are we going to have to buy 2 car seats, one for each vehicle?  This probably is a silly question...I just haven't looked into the convertible car seats much. 

Thanks!

AliciaS1411

I don't think this is a silly question. I'm almost positive you'll need one for each car unless you want to constantly be switching between the cars.  

Danaz1

They don't come with a base we only have one for dd since I stay at home and we only use my car on weekends but if you using both cars then you need two look on amazon mom they are a bit cheaper especially if you have prime

baloneydisc

The Graco Smartseat is the only convertible seat available that uses a removable base.  The seat is $250 & bases are $100 though, so you'd probably be better off purchasing two seats.

CrawltheWarriorKing

Can't the Chicco Keyfit be used up until 30lbs? 

brparish

The one we have is only up to 22lbs...atleast that is what the sticker on the side of it says anyway...we didn't get the keyfit 30..whatever one below that is the one we have...

rubber_chicken

our infant bucket seat goes up to 30lbs, but we're going to have to switch way before it.  DD is only 17lbs and is starting to be too long!

cltk12

rubber_chicken:

our infant bucket seat goes up to 30lbs, but we're going to have to switch way before it.  DD is only 17lbs and is starting to be too long!

cltk12

rubber_chicken:

our infant bucket seat goes up to 30lbs, but we're going to have to switch way before it.  DD is only 17lbs and is starting to be too long!

 This is us too! DS is 17.5 lbs, but very long.  His little feet hang over the end.

I got good info about convertable car seats on the baby gear board.

ASmallWonder

cltk12:

rubber_chicken:

our infant bucket seat goes up to 30lbs, but we're going to have to switch way before it.  DD is only 17lbs and is starting to be too long!

This is us too! DS is 17.5 lbs, but very long.  His little feet hang over the end.

I got good info about convertable car seats on the baby gear board.

In case you want to get more use out of your infant seat, the issue isn't at all with their leg length.  Their legs will hang off the end of a convertible in time as well.  The "height" really only matters when you're measuring their seated height.  So if you child is tall but most of their height is in their legs, their head probably isn't near the top of the shell (read your manual for  how close to the top of the shell their heads can be).