fyrfightermomma
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So I have a big baby. Really big. Too big. I have a KF 30. At 6 weeks old he has maybe 2 inches to go before having less than 1" left. This is the biggest 6 week old I've ever seen.
The way the kids are set up I *need* a bucket seat. I can't maneaver to the 3rd row to buckle a convertible RFing. The 3rd row only has one tether anchor so only one FFing kid can go there.
My current set up is this. 3rd row (only one anchor) is baby in bucket on non top tehter location and E in a harnessed seat in the tether location.
The 2nd row pass side is stowed and S is in the driver side captains seat RFing.
There's no real other way to do it. I can't have two in the middle row becasue I can't get back to the 3rd row (and E can't buckle). I can't put S in the back row RFing cause I can't reach to buckle her all smashed up there (tried that for two months during the winter). Can't turn her FFing in the 3rd row cause one kid won't have a tether. I don't feel like climbing in the back hatch to buckle a RFing child. It's just not practical for our family and DH isn't gonna be doing that anyways.
This baby has to stay in a bucket. It's the only way it's gonna work. Cause I can buckle ahead of time and then lift the seat and plop it in. And he needs to stay in a bucket for practical reasons. I'm not a babywearer despite trying. Plus running after E with a baby strapped to me might not be good. For now, she does really well just holding on to the bucket when we walk.Both girls just grab a handle. It's the only way we can go out in public. When E starts melting down or tries to dart, I can just put the bucket down and tend to her. I need it for my sanity
But he's gonna outgrow the KF way too early. I was hoping to make it long enough to put E in a booster in the 3rd row and turn S forward facing but that's like a year away! (yes I was hoping my child would fit in the KF until 12 months. Both my other ones fit in a snugride for 10 months!)
So will the SS1 or whatever it's called give me much more time?
That's really my only other option for a bucket right?
Otherwise if I have to, maybe a short convertible like the coccorro would work? Give me lots of maneuvering room to buckle in the 3rd row. But is it so short it won't last much longer than the KF? I only need it to last till E can be boostered and S can FF so about a year
The way the kids are set up I *need* a bucket seat. I can't maneaver to the 3rd row to buckle a convertible RFing. The 3rd row only has one tether anchor so only one FFing kid can go there.
My current set up is this. 3rd row (only one anchor) is baby in bucket on non top tehter location and E in a harnessed seat in the tether location.
The 2nd row pass side is stowed and S is in the driver side captains seat RFing.
There's no real other way to do it. I can't have two in the middle row becasue I can't get back to the 3rd row (and E can't buckle). I can't put S in the back row RFing cause I can't reach to buckle her all smashed up there (tried that for two months during the winter). Can't turn her FFing in the 3rd row cause one kid won't have a tether. I don't feel like climbing in the back hatch to buckle a RFing child. It's just not practical for our family and DH isn't gonna be doing that anyways.
This baby has to stay in a bucket. It's the only way it's gonna work. Cause I can buckle ahead of time and then lift the seat and plop it in. And he needs to stay in a bucket for practical reasons. I'm not a babywearer despite trying. Plus running after E with a baby strapped to me might not be good. For now, she does really well just holding on to the bucket when we walk.Both girls just grab a handle. It's the only way we can go out in public. When E starts melting down or tries to dart, I can just put the bucket down and tend to her. I need it for my sanity
But he's gonna outgrow the KF way too early. I was hoping to make it long enough to put E in a booster in the 3rd row and turn S forward facing but that's like a year away! (yes I was hoping my child would fit in the KF until 12 months. Both my other ones fit in a snugride for 10 months!)
So will the SS1 or whatever it's called give me much more time?
That's really my only other option for a bucket right?
Otherwise if I have to, maybe a short convertible like the coccorro would work? Give me lots of maneuvering room to buckle in the 3rd row. But is it so short it won't last much longer than the KF? I only need it to last till E can be boostered and S can FF so about a year