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Car seats for grandparents cars?

kjsmith9kjsmith9 member
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What do you all do about car seats when LO isn't riding in your car?  Obviously DH and I both have separate seats for our cars, but what about other family members, babysitters, etc?

I will 100% admit that I'm kind of a car seat snob, and it is the one piece of baby equipment that I refuse to skimp on.  I just got a Diono Radian R120 for my car, and DD is still in her Chicco infant carrier in DH's car (until we decide to buy a second Radian).  I had a clinical rotation in graduate school with someone who had their child passenger safety certification (basically a car seat expert), and her OCD kind of rubbed off on me.  There could be worse things to be obsessive about, right??

Anyways, my MIL has said in passing that she intends on getting a convertible car seat for her car.  I want DD to be rear-facing for as long as possible, which is part of the reason I decided on the Radian... DH and I are both tall, so we need a seat that will rear face for a tall child for a long time.  MIL isn't exactly "cheap," but I don't know that she would be willing to purchase a Radian, and I'm not enough of a jerk to make her buy what I want.  But I also don't want DD in a cheap-o car seat.

Do I "suggest" a few good seats that I would be comfortable with her sitting in and try to push her in the right direction?  Leave it alone?  Make DH talk to her (haha)?  Anyone else feel like they're OCD about car seats and can't seem to get over it?! 

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  • nanabanana06nanabanana06

    My mom and FIL have Rosie's old Graco MyRide 65's in their cars. MIL bought her own seat and got the Radian RXT based off of my suggestion.

    I would talk to her and see how much she is willing to spend. Then suggest a seat from there.

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  • JessAnnJJessAnnJ member
    We asked my inlaws if they would be willing to buy a car seat and pick LO up from daycare early one day a week. They asked us what brand we have and we told them we have a britax chaperone infant seat but explained they should get a convertible seat. We t

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  • StefandToddStefandTodd member
    This is why no one but me and my husband drive our kids around.  If/when I'm comfortable with it, I'll move our Britax Marathon seats into their car...incredibly easy to install/uninstall.  Like, 3 minute perfect install.  Of course, I woul
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  • kjsmith9kjsmith9 member

    imageStefandTodd:
    This is why no one but me and my husband drive our kids around.  If/when I'm comfortable with it, I'll move
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  • nanabanana06nanabanana06

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    Since I EBF, DD won't take a bottle, I'm a SAHM, and DD still eats 12+ times a day, I don't see anyone but me or
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    imageJandACoffee:
    Since I EBF, DD won't take a bottle, I'm a SAHM, and DD still eats 12+ times a day, I don't see anyone but me or
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    Yep that would be the obvious reason (not sure how it is being handled). Didn't mean to be "alarmist, over

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  • SebsMumSebsMum member

    We bought a car seat (Britax something or other) that rated as highly when using the click in and out base as it did without the base specifically so we could pass the seat along with DH's parents whenever they may need it.  They've not driven any

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    Just suggest which car seat you want and explain your reasoning behind it.  They probably don't feel like res

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  • minervacullenminervacullen member
    I am not looking forward to my inlaws needing one. They scoff at me even now about DS being in a high back booster. They have an old truck that FIL takes out to the woods a lot. He wanted to take DS out there with him, without a booster at all. Then MIL s


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  • kimskikimski member
    Honestly we have cosco scenera's for both my and DH's car which is what we bought once our first daughter grew too long for her bucket seat. it's got a high consumer reports score is convertible and is priced great.  Padding on it isn't the greatest
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  • StefandToddStefandTodd member
    imageminervacullen:

    I did DS's as a carry-on. That way I knew it wasn't being mishandled. 

    So
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