Kobain's Mommy
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What was the first car seat you ever bought?
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NannyMom
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SIL bought me a SR22, rear adjust. I spoke with a tech, and she told me to get the SS1, so I returned the SR22 and got the SS1. A week or 2 before Sofi was born, the day I was supposed to go on bed rest 
ETA: No, I change my answer. I forgot that I bought some old carseat, with metal legs at a yard sale when I was a babysitting teen. I took the cover off to wash, and couldn't figure out how to get it back on. I ended up in the trash.
ETA: No, I change my answer. I forgot that I bought some old carseat, with metal legs at a yard sale when I was a babysitting teen. I took the cover off to wash, and couldn't figure out how to get it back on. I ended up in the trash.
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Dillipop
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I am going to hide under my bed while I tell you- it was a shield booster for the neighbor girl. Her parents didn't have her in anything and I figured she should be in something in my car with only lap belts. It was the only option, really, in 1998 with no money. (I do want to point out that when I gave the seat away, I had thrown out the shield and gave it away as a no back booster- I had learned how bad they were by then.)
My second seat wasn't much better- a century accel with overhead shield for a kid I watched in college. I used it with my son rfing and ffing until he was almost 2 and then replaced it with a husky.
ETA- Before using the accel for my son, I borrowed a rear adjust snugride for a couple months from SIL. I had it checked by a tech and it was fine. However, SIL regularly washed the straps in the washer and I didn't know that was bad. Oops.
3rd seat was a titan for my mom's car.
4th seat was a marathon for my car.
5th was the husky.
And the list goes on... (Hiding under the bed again...I currently have 19 seat for 3 kids and 3 cars. The husky is the only one I still have from early on, though.)
My second seat wasn't much better- a century accel with overhead shield for a kid I watched in college. I used it with my son rfing and ffing until he was almost 2 and then replaced it with a husky.
ETA- Before using the accel for my son, I borrowed a rear adjust snugride for a couple months from SIL. I had it checked by a tech and it was fine. However, SIL regularly washed the straps in the washer and I didn't know that was bad. Oops.
3rd seat was a titan for my mom's car.
4th seat was a marathon for my car.
5th was the husky.
And the list goes on... (Hiding under the bed again...I currently have 19 seat for 3 kids and 3 cars. The husky is the only one I still have from early on, though.)
Little Ps Mama
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It was technically bought for me as a baby shower gift, but our SS1 was my first car seat.
brookity
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Mine was a brand new Evenflo On My Way that was probably expired by the time I was able to use it. I washed the straps, used an aftermarket headrest, rode around with the handle up and the straps were way above her shoulders. The stroller that came with it broke so I upgraded to a Graco Mosaic and a Snugride 22. The straps were still above DD's shoulders because I head somewhere that they were always supposed to be above and it wasn't until she had been flipped FF and then back RF did I realize that I had been wrong all along.
Lea_Ontario
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Snugride. Part of a travel system.
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munchkin
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Right before Mya was born, I was talking with a family I babysat for about needing a seat for her and they gave me their EddieBauer/Designer 22 infant bucket. (I hated it! Good thing I didn't have Mya often.)
That I actually bought - Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe. I had bought a Fido Marathon cover a couple of months before knowing I was going to get the seat eventually.
That I actually bought - Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe. I had bought a Fido Marathon cover
a couple of months before knowing I was going to get the seat eventually.
Kobain's Mommy
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In 99 my first car seat was a FP T-sheild. My cousin bought it for a couple bucks at a yard sale to put in my car for her son.
The first car seat I ever bought was a used SR22. In all fairness it was only used for a real baby once, other thatn that it was used for my dolls.
The first new seat I bought was a CarGo for my Godson to use in my car.
The first car seat I ever bought was a used SR22. In all fairness it was only used for a real baby once, other thatn that it was used for my dolls.
The first new seat I bought was a CarGo for my Godson to use in my car.
3acorns4Christy
New member
Eveflo Triumph (original) in 2004 for my niece who was 2. She was in a old , not used at all right OHS that they never buckled.
cpsaddict
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The first seat I bought was a Cosco Highback Booster for my godson, who was 2 at the time and in nothing. This was, I think, around 2000. The first seat I bought for my child was a Strawberry Marathon. My sister bought DD's SS1 in Jenny, but I chose it and told her where to get it. I still love it and hope this baby is a girl, so I can reuse the cover.
LISmama810
Admin - CPS Technician
I received a SnugRide and a Wizard for my baby shower.
The first seat I bought myself was a Nautilus.
The first seat I bought myself was a Nautilus.
BabyKaykes
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My first seats were a SnugRide that previously belonged to my Godson, and a Comfortsport that I got as a shower gift.
The first seat I ever bought myself was in the summer of '06. I needed an extra spare seat and I HATED that I couldn't get the straps tight enough on the CS. So after my first trip to BBC's car seat board, I went out and bought a Scenera.
The first seat I ever bought myself was in the summer of '06. I needed an extra spare seat and I HATED that I couldn't get the straps tight enough on the CS. So after my first trip to BBC's car seat board, I went out and bought a Scenera.
Judi
CPST/Firefighter
Renolux. Not the one that turned, just the regular. It was my first seat for my son.
Looked like this one, but with a different cover.
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=149305
Looked like this one, but with a different cover.
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=149305
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