southpawboston
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we just turned DD2 FF at 25 months and 28 lbs. her signo was getting really cramped RF and she complained about her legs being bent. but the worst part was getting her in and out. the signo is a beast of a seat and with those SIP wings, for RFing it's really better suited for a minivan with large sliding doors for ingress/egress than a small compact car with a tapering door frame. although, i am impressed with how little front-back room it took up RF. we were spending so much time getting her in properly, and when you consider the risk factor of standing in an open door facing traffic on a busy street, well...
we considered swapping out the signo for our spare scenera to make RFing a little more palatable for awhile, but we realized we're not willing to give up those awesome SIP wings. DD2 never slept well in the scenera with all the head slumping (not to mention the scenera takes up more front-back room than the signo, leaving less room for the driver). we've been taking long (425 mile) trips on boring interstates this summer (and spending major $$$ on gas ) and both DDs sleep incredibly well in their signos. soundly sleeping kiddos = more relaxed and alert driver.
anyway it took her all of about 5 minutes to realize that she really likes FFing. she had the cheesiest grin on her face the first ride we took. she now points out where mommy and daddy sit every time we get in the car.
i haven't been posting much here lately, as i've become more deeply involved with my newest obsession: vintage and exotic bicycle collecting!!! but for those of you who are new around here, i'm pretty familiar with the RF versus FF debate... i just thought i'd share our decision...
we considered swapping out the signo for our spare scenera to make RFing a little more palatable for awhile, but we realized we're not willing to give up those awesome SIP wings. DD2 never slept well in the scenera with all the head slumping (not to mention the scenera takes up more front-back room than the signo, leaving less room for the driver). we've been taking long (425 mile) trips on boring interstates this summer (and spending major $$$ on gas ) and both DDs sleep incredibly well in their signos. soundly sleeping kiddos = more relaxed and alert driver.
anyway it took her all of about 5 minutes to realize that she really likes FFing. she had the cheesiest grin on her face the first ride we took. she now points out where mommy and daddy sit every time we get in the car.
i haven't been posting much here lately, as i've become more deeply involved with my newest obsession: vintage and exotic bicycle collecting!!! but for those of you who are new around here, i'm pretty familiar with the RF versus FF debate... i just thought i'd share our decision...