So over our car seat - what's next?

B2bFall2005 · July 2011

My MIL got us this hunky heavier Britax car seat for LO. He is now 8 months old and his feet hang over the edge. It has a weight limit up to 35 pounds but I'm struggling now to get this thing (with DS in it) into my car.

Possibly a stupid question - but what comes after the infant car seat?

FWIW, DH does drop-off and I do pick-up from daycare so we'd need something that can still be 'shared' between our cars without too much hassle to install.

Thoughts appreciated.

Rink08 · July 2011

lvmcc:
Convertable carseat. One that can be rear and forward facing. They are MUCH bigger, and not as handy to share, Honestly, I'd suggest getting one for each car.

I second getting one for each if you can. When I worked, we had one for each car and another for my mom/sister/dad for when they went anywhere with him which was a few times a week at that point. It was a hassle to keep taking it out.

SapphireKat18 · July 2011

We bought the Britax Marathon 70 (actually my mom was generous enough to purchase it for us). It's in DH's car since we primarily use that. I'd love another Britax for my car but since I never drive it I'll probably just get a Cosco Scenera or another less pricey brand. I never seem to be in the right place at the right time to score Britax or Graco seats on super clearance like some people are!

We just took ours to be installed/inspected yesterday and I think DS is liking having the extra room in his seat. I told him I hope he likes it since he'll be sitting in it until he's, like, eight.

lrn327 · July 2011

We have two Britax Blvds because DS travels in both cars equally. I only was able to get two though b/c I got them for under $200/each (diapers.com). We had intended to buy one Blvd and a Cosco Scenara like a PP mentioned. No matter what you get though, I bet LO will be a lot happier and so will mom!

SmilingMrsF · July 2011

I just ordered a Britax Blvd 70 from diapers.com on sale, but not as good of a sale as pp got. I'm going to spend a little more time shopping around for a deal for the second seat for DH's car since we don't use his too often.

Chick7806 · July 2011

I also second the idea of getting one for each car. We got good deals on Amazon and we each opened a credit card to get the $30 credit when we ordered. We got one by the first years- they are a bit cheaper, yet very nice!

Mommysaurus123 · July 2011

You should definitely get one for each car. Walmart has some convertable ones for under $50.

CFH79 · July 2011

B2bFall2005:
My MIL got us this hunky heavier Britax car seat for LO. He is now 8 months old and his feet hang over the edge. It has a weight limit up to 35 pounds but I'm struggling now to get this thing (with DS in it) into my car.

Possibly a stupid question - but what comes after the infant car seat?

FWIW, DH does drop-off and I do pick-up from daycare so we'd need something that can still be 'shared' between our cars without too much hassle to install.

Thoughts appreciated.

We have the same issue. We will have to buy one for each car. We just bought one convertible and are leaving the infant seat in the other vehicle for now. In a couple more months, we'll buy a second one for the other car. Our infant seat goes to 35 lbs so we're not in danger of hitting that limit any time soon. At least this way, we're not out the money for two caresses at once.

Kellina · July 2011

Definitely need one for each car!! We have the Graco Comfortsport for DS1- it's under $100 and pretty nice!

I think we'll be getting the Graco Nautilus next- it has a higher weight limit and converts to a booster. But the weight for it STARTS at 20lb, so we'll move DS1 to that, and use our other one rear facing for #2! The Nautilus is $137- not bad! We need 2 again, so I don't want to spend $300 each!

curlydoglover · August 2011

chornback79:
B2bFall2005:
My MIL got us this hunky heavier Britax car seat for LO. He is now 8 months old and his feet hang over the edge. It has a weight limit up to 35 pounds but I'm struggling now to get this thing (with DS in it) into my car.

Possibly a stupid question - but what comes after the infant car seat?

FWIW, DH does drop-off and I do pick-up from daycare so we'd need something that can still be 'shared' between our cars without too much hassle to install.

Thoughts appreciated.

We have the same issue. We will have to buy one for each car. We just bought one convertible and are leaving the infant seat in the other vehicle for now. In a couple more months, we'll buy a second one for the other car. Our infant seat goes to 35 lbs so we're not in danger of hitting that limit any time soon. At least this way, we're not out the money for two caresses at once.

This is what we'll be doing as well.

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