After months of obsessing (I only posted a couple of times about it but I was really going crazy over this) I just ordered a car seat!!!
I ended up getting a Graco Classic Connect Snugride 35 from Albee Baby for $99! I don't love the color, but it's not horrible (Rittenhouse pattern) and the manufacture date is Jan 2013 (the colors I liked better had older dates). I'm pretty sure we'll be able to borrow a base and a snap n go and it will fit on our City Mini too.
I'm so relieved to have made the decision!
And a PSA - Albee Baby has a 15% off sale going on for non-sale items. It's a good place to check for lots of products anyway. Enter 15off at checkout.
Re: Ordered a car seat!
Yay!! Question though, how do you tell the manufacture date? FTM mom here.
it should be on the side of your carseat
Yes - but I also called the website to check before I ordered it because it wasn't listed there and obviously I didn't have the carseat on hand to look at the side. So far, none of the websites list the manufacture date so if you're ordering that way it's worth a call, I think.
Thank you!!
Do you know how long the sale is going on for?
DD2 | June 2011
DS1 | Oct 2013
ADD3 | Oct 2014 (April 2001)
DS2 | June 2016
DS3 | Dec 2018
Due with baby blob August 2021