Recommend your convertible car seat & do you have 2 or 4?

Re: Recommend your convertible car seat & do you have 2 or 4?

• na24

  February 2010

  Right now we have two convertible seats in my husband's car and we're still using the infant seats in my car.  But they're outgrowing the infant seats and we'll be getting two more convertible seats (for my car) really soon.  

  My husband does the drop-offs and I do the pick-ups.  So we each need a set of car seats.  It's not optional for us. 

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• macchiatto member

  February 2010

  We have the First Years True Fit convertible car seats. We've been pretty happy with them (and Baby Bargains gives them an A; higher even than some of the more expensive Britax seats!). We only have one set, but I SAH so while a second set would be handy at times, we wouldn't need them nearly enough to justify the expense.
  

  fraternal twin boys born january 2009

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• jbl126 member

  February 2010

  I just went out this weekend and bought two more car seats for my DH's car.  I do most of the drop offs and pick ups but figured it would be a good idea for him to have them.  I have the britax in my car and just bought the evenflow triumph advance for DH's car.

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• Temp159135562506975 member

  February 2010

  we have britax in my car for all 3... in DH's car we got the Cosco scerena (sp?) which are good b/c they are cheap, have good safety ratings, and are pretty thin so fit 3 across in his Ford Escape.

  I would not want to have to remember to take the seat in/out of my car... i think it's worth the money to get 2 more, even if you hardly ever use them (like we hardly ever do in DH's car).

  we have graco comfortsports for my mom and sister's car - each have 1... from when we only had Griffin.  Hopefully they won't ever need to drive the twins anywhere- but at least they have one seat avail if needed in an emergency for one of the babies.

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• kimarino13 member

  February 2010

  We haven't used ours yet, but we have 2 Britax Marathons and 2 Recaro Comos.  Both get great ratings in Baby Bargains.  Since MH will drop the kids off at daycare and I will pick up, we needed 4 seats.  There's no way we'll be shuffling 2 seats around every day.
  

  
  After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
  
  
  

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• keg member

  February 2010

  We do most of the transport in our minivan, but we have a second set for our backup car just in case.  In the van, we have Britax Boulevards (well, we have one since my other DD is still in her infant seat) and we got the Cosco Sceneras for the backup car since they were well-rated and only $45 a piece at Walmart.
  

  2004-Started TTC; Nov 2007-Lap with endo removed; Jan 2008-Ectopic (mtx); April 2008-IVF #1 (bfp, twin girls); March 2011-FET (cp); June 2012-IVF #2 (bfp, singleton, EDD 3-19-12)

  ***Twin fraternal girls born at 35w6d in 12/2008***

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• mamabear7910

  February 2010

  Britax makes great seats.  They will definitely last you the entire time you need them (usually birth to age 5).  My triplets aren't born yet, but each of my kids has 2 of each car seat.  DD is in a Chicco Key Fit 30 right now, but she'll be moved to a Britax Marathon.  If you have a small car, I'd recommend a Britax Roundabout or Diplomat.  The Roundabout is a compact version of the Marathon and the Diplomat is the compact version of the Boulevard.
  

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