Tara
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Hmmm which route do I want to go?
I've always been an infant carrier gal. Not that they spend lots of time in them. I'm not the mom who totes them around and lets them sleep in the seat all. day. long. But...if the baby is sleeping when we arrive somewhere, I will use the seat. The child generally doesn't stay asleep for too long, but, just long enough to finish that nap that I did not want to prematurely disrupt, kwim?
I've been drooling over the Keyfit, as I will need to purchase a seat for this one. However, I'm not sure I like the idea of spending that kind of money on an infant only seat. I'm also the kind of gal that moves her kids to a convertible 'early'. They're still rear facing, mind you, up to 2 or 3 yr, depending on child/weight. But, I just get tired of the whole infant carrier idea and move them to a convertible...average is probably 6-8 months.
So, do I really want to spend $160-$180 on an infant only seat I would use for 8 months?
Or do I want to try the 'start in a convertible' approach? And with that...which?
That MyRide looks dreamy...and I hear that works pretty well for newborns, correct?
The Radian is supposed to fit newborns well also, right?
Any other newborn fitting convertibles I should be aware of?
Next...I *have* a Radian. I don't necessarily like its fit in my vehicle forward facing. When installed using LATCh it's just fine, but there are only 2 LATCh positions, both of which presently house a FF Radian. And with the baby coming, I may need to move one of those, thus requiring a seat belt install. Which, I *have* managed, but it wasn't easy, nor fun. And I could not repeat it last time I removed seats to clean and rearrange. The one actually *was* installed with seat belt but I could not recreate that so I moved him to the LATCh position.
So...I *could* use one of the Radians RF for the baby and get something else, thinking a Nautilus ?? for my 4 yr old.
Or I could do a MyRide for the baby, the Radians remaining as they are.
*sigh* decisions decisions
Anyone wanna hash out scenarios with me?
I've always been an infant carrier gal. Not that they spend lots of time in them. I'm not the mom who totes them around and lets them sleep in the seat all. day. long. But...if the baby is sleeping when we arrive somewhere, I will use the seat. The child generally doesn't stay asleep for too long, but, just long enough to finish that nap that I did not want to prematurely disrupt, kwim?
I've been drooling over the Keyfit, as I will need to purchase a seat for this one. However, I'm not sure I like the idea of spending that kind of money on an infant only seat. I'm also the kind of gal that moves her kids to a convertible 'early'. They're still rear facing, mind you, up to 2 or 3 yr, depending on child/weight. But, I just get tired of the whole infant carrier idea and move them to a convertible...average is probably 6-8 months.
So, do I really want to spend $160-$180 on an infant only seat I would use for 8 months?
Or do I want to try the 'start in a convertible' approach? And with that...which?
That MyRide looks dreamy...and I hear that works pretty well for newborns, correct?
The Radian is supposed to fit newborns well also, right?
Any other newborn fitting convertibles I should be aware of?
Next...I *have* a Radian. I don't necessarily like its fit in my vehicle forward facing. When installed using LATCh it's just fine, but there are only 2 LATCh positions, both of which presently house a FF Radian. And with the baby coming, I may need to move one of those, thus requiring a seat belt install. Which, I *have* managed, but it wasn't easy, nor fun. And I could not repeat it last time I removed seats to clean and rearrange. The one actually *was* installed with seat belt but I could not recreate that so I moved him to the LATCh position.
So...I *could* use one of the Radians RF for the baby and get something else, thinking a Nautilus ?? for my 4 yr old.
Or I could do a MyRide for the baby, the Radians remaining as they are.
*sigh* decisions decisions
Anyone wanna hash out scenarios with me?