Thread: Carseats

Just curious what kind of carseat your kiddos are in right now

Brandon is still in his Britax Roundabout, but he's pushing 40 lbs. and I'm concerned about his height. We are going to be purchasing him a new seat soon and we're most likely going to get a Graco Nautilus, but I'm just wondering if we should get it sooner rather than later.

Out of curiosity, do any of you have the nautilus and an infant seat in your cars right now? I'm just wondering how both of those car seats are going to fit down the line.

Ethan is in an Evenflo Triumph, but he's nowhere near the weight limit. Still, I'm thinking about switching him over to our Sunshine Kids Radian 65. I need to get a new crotch strap for it, they have short crotch straps, but the replacements are extended length (and DH is worried about Ethan's boy parts). I haven't decided yet though...maybe I'll let it go through the summer...

Benny's in a Roundabout 50 and can still fit in there for a good while. I was very fortunate that after my car was hit, I was able to replace my regular Roundabout with a Roundabout 50 so I gained a lot in the height/weight restriction department AND in the expiration timing, because it was originally from when Julia was a baby. That being said, I'll probably switch him out when the new baby is 6 mos or so, because so far all my kids were happier in convertible seats than in infant seats. I'll need the Roundabout for the baby and I'll get him either a Nautilus or a Britax Frontier. That should last until baby outgrows the Roundabout 50 and Benny can go in a regular booster.

Just wondering...with the new AAP guidelines, will either of you keep the new baby rear facing until he/she is 2?

Originally Posted by Hollydoll

Just wondering...with the new AAP guidelines, will either of you keep the new baby rear facing until he/she is 2?

I will probably keep Jack rear facing for awhile yet. He seems okay with year facing, especially since he has Grant making faces at him all the time.

Eliza is only 33 lbs and still in a Britax Marathon. She will be in it until she outgrows it. She still has one more height notch she can to on with the straps. (they can still be raised one notch). Paulina moved into the Britax Frontier at 4 with the 5-pt harness so that is likely what Eliza will move into next, unless there is something better. It will be a five-pt harness and she will be harnessed until she outgrows that by weight. For Paulina, that was just a year ago (age 7).

If I was preggo, I would keep the baby rear facing as long as possible now that I have read about the internal decapitation risk with forward facing.

I definitely plan on keeping this next baby RF until 2, or as close as possible (should baby outgrow height/weight for rear-facing).

When our kids are grandparents, wonder what they will be riding around in? Bubble wrap, 7 point harnessed ?

Seriously, don't you wonder? I mean, when my parents were kids, there were no car seats. There were rudimentary car seats in my day. Now look where we are! Where will we go, I wonder?

Well, Benny was rear-facing until 20 months when he outgrew the max restrictions on the Roundabout. But he was a huge baby. So with this one I plan on doing the same. Basically, rear-facing until we can't anymore.

My sister did have to turn my niece around at a little over a year. She would get horribly car sick every single time they drove more than 5 minutes. She was just so miserable that they had to turn her around and it really helped her. That being said, I'd make a similar choice if faced with that situation. But otherwise, I see no reason to turn them around earlier.

Madi is in an Eddie Bauer car seat that converts to a booster. She's only 28 lbs. so we won't be converting for awhile. She's very content in her seat as is.