Did you register for 2 car seats?

Novem06 · October 2009

I keep looking thru my registry to see if there is anything I can delete! I regsitered for the chico infant carrier and base along with the convertable car seat for when the baby is over 25 pounds. Just feel like there is a lot of stuff on there that I will need before the "older" carseat and would rather get those necessary items first...

What did you end up doing? Did anyone get the older seat as a gift but not the infant carrier/seat?

aggielauren · October 2009

I registered for two. I haven't had my showers yet, but I know from my registry I did get the infant seat. If I don't get the convertible one, I'm going to ask for it for Christmas.

mrsjami · October 2009

I registerd for both the infant and the convertible seat. With the convertible you need 2, with the infant you can just buy the extra base. So I figured it would be a nice gift if someone got us at least 1 of the convertible car seats. Personally I would rather someone get us this than extra bibs and onesies:)

dawneo · October 2009

I would delete the one - safety factors change and things are often recalled. I am dealing with a new seat when LO is almost grown out of the one we have, besides I don't really want to store an extra seat for a year.

umbcpt · October 2009

For DS, we only registered for the infant seat. But that being said, we got a number of gift card to Buy Buy Baby (we didn't register there) and with a coupon and those gift cards, we were able to get the Britax Marathon for about $25. So if you want other things more than a convertible car seat, take it off your registry, and possibly put gift cards towards that purchase.

JungleJulia · October 2009

We registered for both and received both. We were very fortunate our family was so generous. Had I just gotten the convertible car seat, I probably would have returned it and purchased the infant seat or something else that was more important.

epphd · October 2009

I guess it never occured to me to register for things that wouldn't be used by the "baby." I registered for the infant carrier but that was it. By the time LO is ready for a larger seat there may be better choices out there anyway.

ibis · October 2009

Yes, we registered for both. We don't have much on our registry so I made sure to put what I felt were the essentials on there. If no one buys them for us we can still get the registry discount when we buy them ourselves.

mel41g · October 2009

I only registered for an infant seat (when I was pg with DS). In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't register for the convertible. You learn a lot when you already have a kid, so you develop preference BESIDES what Baby Bargains says or what color is pretty. Plus, you don't know how long it will be til you need the convertible. We made it to almost 8 months and I had to switch him. Other people have itty-bitty kids and easily pass the 1 year mark in an infant seat.

When I was registering, all I heard about was how great Britax is, and that is what I would have registered for in a convertible. But I didn't buy one. I bought the Sunshine Kids Radian 80, which isn't available at BRU or Target - so it wasn't even an option for my registry. The other seat I considered was a Recaro, also not available at either store. Both are super-dupper safe, in the same price range...but weren't on my radar while I was pg. I think I would have missed out.

berrysweet · October 2009

Right now, I only have our travel system on there. If that's purchased, I may consider adding the second car seat...

rissa06 · October 2009

just surfing the different boards, so i thought i would answer. yes . we did register for two car seats . . the chicco and the britax . . we ended up getting them both and we just stored the britax until needed. We ended up installing it rear facing at 8 months . . DD is tall for her age.

mayowife · October 2009

I registered for both the infant and convertible car seats. We received the infant seat, but not the convertible.

ehicks · October 2009

We only registered for the infant seat. I felt like it was too much to add a toddler seat as well.

We will shop around when its time for her to graduate to a bigger seat. Who knows what will be out then!?

mayowife · October 2009

mel41g:
When I was registering, all I heard about was how great Britax is, and that is what I would have registered for in a convertible. But I didn't buy one. I bought the Sunshine Kids Radian 80, which isn't available at BRU or Target - so it wasn't even an option for my registry. The other seat I considered was a Recaro, also not available at either store. Both are super-dupper safe, in the same price range...but weren't on my radar while I was pg. I think I would have missed out.

Glad to hear your opinion on the Sunshine Kids Radian 80. This is the seat we registered for and we were able to find it at both BBB and BRU. I used our registry as an organizational tool for our likely future purchases (not just a potential gift suggestion list). If we end up purchasing the convertible seat ourselves we'll wait until LO is nearing 20 lbs.

ChristmasBride06 · October 2009

We registered for a travel system and a convertible car seat, but we are only really hoping to get one or the other (as a "group gift" maybe?) so that we only have to purchase one or the other ourselves.

When I was on the fence about putting the convertible car seat on the registry I thought----completion discount.

LovinTim912 · October 2009

My mom bought us our travel system, which included the infant carrier/carseat and we also registered for a convertible (which someone bought us.) ?

pregnantchica · October 2009

We registered for 2 (infant car seat and convertible), just in case someone wanted to get it for us. We got the infant car seat, but not the convertible. That's okay...we won't need it for another 6-12 months. Albee has some great convertible car seats at reasonable prices, so that's probably where I'll end up purchasing one later on.

amos07 · October 2009

I only registered for the infant carseat because there was stuff that I would have rather had than the convertible seat. I figured that I could put it on a christmas list or just buy it when we need it.

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