Mamas with more than 1 kiddo...

Re: Mamas with more than 1 kiddo...

• christinak22 member

  November 2012

  My 3y2mo daughter is about 35 pounds and very average size for her age.

  We were planning on having several kids when it was just her and got all our big stuff in neutral colors. I'm really glad we did because we're reusing everything, including car seats. We didn't get convertibles, though, so I don't know how long they stay in them.

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• pinkshades05 member

  November 2012

  The better question is how long will they use them. Up to 3 years? 4 years? Because if they expire after 6 and you use it up to 4 years for one child, the next would eventually need a new seat. So maybe it's unlikely they will use it?

  
  
  

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• Shmogan09 member

  November 2012

  It really depends on the size of your LO.  Logan hit 40lbs when he turned 3, but he is in the 95th% for everything.  2 years and 4 years makes a huge difference.  If you have them 2 years apart I would say you will need to buy the new LO a convertible before your first LO grows out of it.  But, if you have them 4 years apart your first LO definitely might be 40lbs.  

  Then again you have a girl so your chances of her being 40lbs by the time she is 4 are lower.  You are probably safe to get the pink.  

  ALSO.... tell your DH you can get a new cover for the car seat if worse comes to worse.  We paid $60 for a new cover for Kellen so he would have a nice new car seat when it was passed down. 

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• Sept07b2b member

  November 2012

  My vote is go with gender neutral.  What we found is that now that DS is 3.5, instead of buying DD new convertible seats and keeping DS in his convertible seats, we bought DS a 5 point harness booster thingy (Britax Frontier) that will be his last seat forever.  The Britax Frontier is cheaper than most of the Britax convertible seats, so economically, it made more sense to put him in one of those rather than buying DD another/more expensive convertible, and at 3.5, they are just as safe as the convertible seats.  He likes it better too.  It has cup holders and allows him to sit up a little straighter and get in and out of his seat himself (huge plus for mom and dad!).  The convertible seats have higher sides, so it's much harder for them to get in and out of them themselves. 

  DS is 40+ lbs right now, so I think we would have had a while before he outgrew his convertible seats (70 lbs), but now we don't have to worry about it because the Frontier goes to like 100lbs or something.  In a couple years, when he is old enough to go just a booster, we will buy a cheap booster (they're like $30) and give DD the Frontiers. 

   

  

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• Shmogan09 member

  November 2012

  Sept07b2b:

  My vote is go with gender neutral.  What we found is that now that DS is 3.5, instead of buying DD new convertible seats and keeping DS in his convertible seats, we bought DS a 5 point harness booster thingy (Britax Frontier) that will be his last seat forever.  The Britax Frontier is cheaper than most of the Britax convertible seats, so economically, it made more sense to put him in one of those rather than buying DD another/more expensive convertible, and at 3.5, they are just as safe as the convertible seats.  He likes it better too.  It has cup holders and allows him to sit up a little straighter and get in and out of his seat himself (huge plus for mom and dad!).  The convertible seats have higher sides, so it's much harder for them to get in and out of them themselves. 

  DS is 40+ lbs right now, so I think we would have had a while before he outgrew his convertible seats (70 lbs), but now we don't have to worry about it because the Frontier goes to like 100lbs or something.  In a couple years, when he is old enough to go just a booster, we will buy a cheap booster (they're like $30) and give DD the Frontiers. 

   

  This is exactly what we did to the T.  Lol!

   

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• goldenleaves member

  November 2012

  My son is just about to transition into a booster seat and Lauren is just about to transition into a convertible seat. They're just over 2 years apart.

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• Lena122 member

  November 2012

  Since its a convertible carseat, I say get whatever color you want because its not going to leave your car!
  
  It's one thing to have a bright pink infant carrier for a boy because people will actually see you carrying him around in it and assume he's a girl. But nobody sees the carseat that stays in your car right?

  
  

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• MrMrsandBaby member

  November 2012

  Disclaimer: I do not have more than one child!

  DH and I talked about this and figured that we would be good with a "girly" print for the convertible seat because it is going to last a long time and we are getting the ones that are 3-in-1 and go up to 100 lbs (at least his is!).  So odds are we will need another one anyway.

  Also, consider the expiration for safety...if they are 4 years apart and it expires in 6 you will only get 2 more years out of it with baby #2 so you may have to end up with a new one anyway.

  

  

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• ghdst1 member

  November 2012

  I save everything.  My LOs are 2 1/2 years apart.  We reused the infant carrier/travel system for DS2.  DS1 is still in a convertable.  DS2 is VERY small and will probably be in the infant carrier longer than DS1 had been.  So it is possible we can move DS1 into a booster with back and have DS2 in the convertible car seat.  It all depends.  I guess the real question is do you want to have to buy another one FOR  SURE next time?

  

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