emandbri
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I finally told my SIL about TC and the marathons and I've decided to sell her my radian 80. She needs it more than I do since she is replacing two seats one for her 5 year old and one for her 3 year old.
I am waiting on a radian XTSL and before this my plan was to put the XTSL in the van and the 80 in Brian's camry. Before I sold my radian 65 I had that radian FF outboard behind the passenger because it was easier for Benjamin, Daniel, or Jacob to buckle if they were in the car too than it would be if the radian was in the middle. Brian does not want a rear-facing seat in his car.
The seat was primary used for Elizabeth but I would also put Benjamin in if I had just Benjamin and one of the boys since it is easier for Benjamin to buckle himself in the radian than a booster when next to the radian or next to Daniel or Jacob.
My original plan was to buy another XT. The radian in Brian's car is very close to the door and I would feel better if Elizabeth had the headwings. If I get the XT though Benjamin would not be able to use it. He is right at the top slots and folks here have said that using the seat when shoulders are past the top slots just doesn't work in the XTs.
So then I was wondering if I shouldn't get another 80 so they both could use it.
I could go ahead and get the XT and have Benjamin in a booster if I need to take him in the camry. Right now I'm picking Benjamin and Daniel up at school MWF and sometimes need to fit them easily in Brian's car but Daniel starts middle school in Aug so I only have two more months where I need to pick them up. I don't take Brian's car all that often, maybe 2 or 3 times a month I can try to make sure those 2 days are on T/ th.
Then after telling my SIL how great the nautilus would be for her 5 year old now I'm kind of wanting one. Some of you may know I had planned to buy one for Benjamin but didn't want gray so I bought a second radian instead. By the time they came out with a brown one he would have outgrow it in a short amount of time. Elizabeth would love a pink nautilus and if it is Brian's car I won't have to see it much!
I'm not all that concerned about needing the narrowness of the radian in his car. Since I sold my 65 before getting the XT my only other seat for Elizabeth is the my ride and last week I was able to have her in the my ride, Benjamin in the star riser, and Daniel in a seat belt and it worked. My star riser does expire at the end of the month but I will still have the parkway.
Oh I did think of another reason why another radian might be the way to go. If I had XTs in both cars I could have one extra cover to keep with me in case she does have an accident. If I get the nautilus I won't have an extra cover.
I'm just not all that fond of the frontier old style or 85 so I'm not considering it.
I don't want to keep the my ride in Brian's car because I use it when I carpool with my friend about 2 or 3 times a month. It would be too much of a pain to have my carpooling seat and seat in Brian's car be the same seat. I have been doing it while waiting for my XT and it is driving me nuts. I guess my title is now wrong. by the end of my post I decided I really do need another new seat.
So what should I get?
I am waiting on a radian XTSL and before this my plan was to put the XTSL in the van and the 80 in Brian's camry. Before I sold my radian 65 I had that radian FF outboard behind the passenger because it was easier for Benjamin, Daniel, or Jacob to buckle if they were in the car too than it would be if the radian was in the middle. Brian does not want a rear-facing seat in his car.
The seat was primary used for Elizabeth but I would also put Benjamin in if I had just Benjamin and one of the boys since it is easier for Benjamin to buckle himself in the radian than a booster when next to the radian or next to Daniel or Jacob.
My original plan was to buy another XT. The radian in Brian's car is very close to the door and I would feel better if Elizabeth had the headwings. If I get the XT though Benjamin would not be able to use it. He is right at the top slots and folks here have said that using the seat when shoulders are past the top slots just doesn't work in the XTs.
So then I was wondering if I shouldn't get another 80 so they both could use it.
I could go ahead and get the XT and have Benjamin in a booster if I need to take him in the camry. Right now I'm picking Benjamin and Daniel up at school MWF and sometimes need to fit them easily in Brian's car but Daniel starts middle school in Aug so I only have two more months where I need to pick them up. I don't take Brian's car all that often, maybe 2 or 3 times a month I can try to make sure those 2 days are on T/ th.
Then after telling my SIL how great the nautilus would be for her 5 year old now I'm kind of wanting one. Some of you may know I had planned to buy one for Benjamin but didn't want gray so I bought a second radian instead. By the time they came out with a brown one he would have outgrow it in a short amount of time. Elizabeth would love a pink nautilus and if it is Brian's car I won't have to see it much!
I'm not all that concerned about needing the narrowness of the radian in his car. Since I sold my 65 before getting the XT my only other seat for Elizabeth is the my ride and last week I was able to have her in the my ride, Benjamin in the star riser, and Daniel in a seat belt and it worked. My star riser does expire at the end of the month but I will still have the parkway.
Oh I did think of another reason why another radian might be the way to go. If I had XTs in both cars I could have one extra cover to keep with me in case she does have an accident. If I get the nautilus I won't have an extra cover.
I'm just not all that fond of the frontier old style or 85 so I'm not considering it.
I don't want to keep the my ride in Brian's car because I use it when I carpool with my friend about 2 or 3 times a month. It would be too much of a pain to have my carpooling seat and seat in Brian's car be the same seat. I have been doing it while waiting for my XT and it is driving me nuts. I guess my title is now wrong. by the end of my post I decided I really do need another new seat.
So what should I get?