first i just want to say this forum is awesome! i dont know too many people who take their childrens car seat safety as seriously as me and i just dont get it! (once i got pulled over for some made up accusation and they tried to pull some "oh your car seats dont look right" and i was like "oh you just go right ahead and inspect those!!" and of course they couldnt find anything wrong.)
okay, here is my prob. i have two boys, 3.5 year old 41 inches and 36 pounds and a 1.5 year old 26 pounds and 31 inches. for the longest time my hb and i just had one car (2006 jetta tdi). when ds#1 was one year old i purchased the britax marathon for him and then when ds#2 hit one year i moved ds#2 to the marathon(this one only has the 5phrness to 50pds) and purchased a britax frontier for ds#1. great!
now we have purchased a 97 acura integra as a second car(small back seat). it is agreed that whoever has the boys will be using the jetta but ocasionally the person with the integra will need to pick up the boys from daycare (twice a month, 5 minutes from my house). i personally dont care about the cost, i had already picked out my two britax carseats BUT my hb said i am crazy for wanting to spend $500 for two car seats that will be used 10 minutes a month. SO, i need to find two good quality car seats for less. i want convertable seats so that i can keep using them as my kids grow (they are both tall and cost me a small fortune in food and clothes already!!) but all the *cheap* carseats my hb is looking at of course have good reviews yada yada but i want to make sure. i know 5 minutes is more than enough time to have an accident in and i would die of guilt if i knew my children were hurt cause i cheaped out.
HELP!!
okay, here is my prob. i have two boys, 3.5 year old 41 inches and 36 pounds and a 1.5 year old 26 pounds and 31 inches. for the longest time my hb and i just had one car (2006 jetta tdi). when ds#1 was one year old i purchased the britax marathon for him and then when ds#2 hit one year i moved ds#2 to the marathon(this one only has the 5phrness to 50pds) and purchased a britax frontier for ds#1. great!
now we have purchased a 97 acura integra as a second car(small back seat). it is agreed that whoever has the boys will be using the jetta but ocasionally the person with the integra will need to pick up the boys from daycare (twice a month, 5 minutes from my house). i personally dont care about the cost, i had already picked out my two britax carseats BUT my hb said i am crazy for wanting to spend $500 for two car seats that will be used 10 minutes a month. SO, i need to find two good quality car seats for less. i want convertable seats so that i can keep using them as my kids grow (they are both tall and cost me a small fortune in food and clothes already!!) but all the *cheap* carseats my hb is looking at of course have good reviews yada yada but i want to make sure. i know 5 minutes is more than enough time to have an accident in and i would die of guilt if i knew my children were hurt cause i cheaped out.
HELP!!