We played with car seats yesterday! *pics*

Mom2FiveGirls

Active member
I had to go to Best Buy to pick up something for DH and Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us are close by, so I just had to go play with car seats (I don't go out that way very often). A friend of mine is on bedrest and I told her I'd check out seats for her and take pics.

Here are the girls stats:

DD#5-2 years 8.5 months old, 28 lbs, 37 inches, 13.5" torso (best I could measure anyway...it might be a little off)

DD#4-4 years 6 months old, 37 lbs, 40 inches, 14.5" torso (again, best I could measure...her and DD#5 weren't exactly cooperative when I was trying to measure).

DD#3-5 years 11 months old, 39 lbs, 44 inches, 17 inch torso

"Baby Allie" (DD#5's doll)-16.5 inches, 6.5 inch torso (I didn't realize she's missing an eye lash until I was looking at the pictures...and her sleeper is too big, so her feet aren't at the end of the sleeper...)

Eddie Bauer 3 in 1:
Baby Allie
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The straps are too high on the lowest setting
DD#5
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I didn't try DD#4 in this one because I didn't want to take the head rest out. She's over the weight limit for RFing and is on the last setting FFing (since you can use the highest setting in the newer seats...correct?)

Graco MyRide 65:
Baby Allie
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I thought it fit very well.
I didn't put my girls in this one since we have a MR at home, but here are pictures of them in ours:
DD#4
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DD#5
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Britax Roundabout 50:
Baby Allie
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Bottom slots are way too high

DD#4
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second from bottom harness slot

DD#5 (second from bottom harness slot...she's over the RFing weight limit, so she'd have to go FFing and move the harness up a slot, but I didn't feel like taking the time to do it...)
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Mom2FiveGirls

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Radian XTSL:
Baby Allie
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DD#5 (just sitting in it...a man working there kept rolling his eyes at me and asking if I needed anything (although I'd told him several times I was just checking out several seats for a friend of mine who is on bedrest...) and every time I'd finish with a seat and put it up, he'd come by and check to make sure everything was put back like it was (if I moved the harness I made sure to move it back to where it was when I finished, etc..). I was annoyed at this point, so I just sat them in it, took pics, and we left).
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DD#4 (again just sitting in it)
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Mom2FiveGirls

Active member
Then we went to Babies R Us (where no one seemed to care that I was messing with all the seats and taking pics, etc)...

Graco Snugride 32
Baby Allie
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DD#5
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the top harness slot is right below her shoulder
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OnBoard 35
Baby Allie
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DD#5
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At this point the girls were hungry and sick of playing with car seats, so we left.
 

Mom2FiveGirls

Active member
I had to run in Target yesterday afternoon and took these...

OnBoard 35 again
I moved the straps and buckled DD#5 in this time...
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(pretending to be asleep...)
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I was really impressed with this seat. It has low bottom slots and seems like it would fit even tiny newborns well...and then last a while!

Complete Air
Baby Allie
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(harness slots are to high)

DD#5
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DD#4 (next to the highest setting)
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DD#3 (on the highest setting...she's above the slots, so outgrown FFing and she's too close to the RFing weight limit for my comfort anyway (she's at or just over 40 lbs some days...) but I still took the picture
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Mom2FiveGirls

Active member
So neat. Looks like you had fun.

I love the red hair and the Hulk shirt on your girls. :)

Thanks :) Thankfully the girls like playing with car seats too. Lillian is in a super hero phase. She is such a girly girl (loves playing dress up, makeup, etc) but she also loves super heros! Of course DH thinks its awesome :)
 

mom2juliarose

New member
I LOVE the orange onboard from BRU... was that part of a travel system or by itself? I was hoping to see the pattern on line--it's cute!!
 

my2boys0508

CPS Technician
I recommended the Onboard 35 to a friend of mine who is due with her little guy anyday now. I'm glad she got it, looks like it really will last a while and fit him perfectly as a newborn!! Thanks for the pics! :) Wish my boys would cooperate so I could go play with some seats at the store!
 

Kat_Momof3

New member
Baby Allie is about the size Damian was at birth... he was 17" long and 4lbs 7oz... of course, when he came home, I'm not sure how long he was, and he was 5lbs, but the point is...

tells me the onboard 35 is a really good choice for preemies/multiples.... and how long it lasts is amazing... just comparing your dd's fit in the myride to it shows it lasts pretty long.
 

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