How do you guys handle this? So far, we've been bringing the car seat into the house and putting him in it to take him to the car. Then when we get wherever we're going, we take the carseat out with him in it. But when we go someplace where we don't need/want to take the stroller (like the dr's office), we often just carry him in the carseat. I find he's getting too heavy for that though. What do you do? Do you leave the carseat in the car and just put LO in a carrier of some sort? Or just carry in your arms?
I'm also having the dilemma of how safe it is to leave the car seat in the car if people will see it in there and try to steal it? What's your experience?
Re: leaving carseat in car?
it's never once crossed my mind that someone would steal the carseat out of our car. just make sure you lock your car :-)
I think you just need to do whatever you are most comfortable with--there's no right or wrong here. if it's more convenient to carry him without the carseat, there's no reason not too. (Although, this time of year it is easier to keep him warm if he's all bundled up in the seat.)
we did this until DD was about 10mo old! yes, she was about 20lbs by then but it was soooo convenient! esp if she fell asleep in the mornings on the way to grandma's, I would just leave her sleeping in the seat.
in the winter we used the bundle-me and was perfect, I'd hate to have to take the baby out in this cold. Plus at your LO's age, he is probably not able to hold up his head on his own yet so you have to carry him carefully and in both arms.
I do whatever - Yesterday at the peds office I got a close parking space so I just used the bucket...
We bring the car seat in so we can bundle him up and he isn't getting in to a cold car seat.
Just do whatever - no right or wrong.