Carrie_R
Ambassador - CPS Technician
Note: This is not a swap thread, when/if I decide to downsize I will start an appropriate thread in swap. I hope it's okay to have this here, I just want some opinions.
I have a bit of a connundrum, and could use some thoughts in terms of a WWYD. Next week is my last week in my shared-nanny-type position that I've been in for the last 8+ (!) years. Apparently kids grow up and don't need full-time care, who knew?! It's not 100% for sure what I'm moving on to, but it will almost certainly be a traditional, single-family nanny position with no more than three kids. But not knowing what age kids I'm going to be having makes it hard. Possibilities include a single one-year-old, a five & seven year old, or newborn twins & an 18 month old. May be one of those, or may be something totally different.
I have too many seats, I need to do something with some of them. Up until now, I've kept a huge repertoire of seats to deal with the fact that a) I had a really unusual setup with a rotating batch of kids and b) I had my miniature third row to deal with. Even if I end up with a family with four kids, I shouldn't have a problem getting them in with whatever. (If I end up with a family with six, they can buy me new carseats
) The extra carseats lived in the garage or basement at work, where they can no longer live, for both practical and convenience reasons.
I'm leaving a few behind -- a Nautilus and a Monterey or two -- but that still leaves me with the following:
Coccoro
Scenera (close to expiry)
Avenue
MyRide
Two Radians (80SL and XTSL)
ProSport
FPSVB (very close to expiry)
1-2 Montereys
Frontier (orig) - booster mode only
LiteRider
I keep thinking that I'd like to keep one from each "category," but then, I'm definitely keeping the MR and at least one RN. So keep the MR, one RN (which one?) ProSport, one Monterey, and Literider? That's five. Does that cover all likely ages of sibling groups? Hang onto the second RN, in case I end up with the family of three under two?
If you had to pick a small handful of seats from that category, to fit a number of possible kids, what would you pick? I'm so confused and I would really like to declutter around here! LOL.
I have a bit of a connundrum, and could use some thoughts in terms of a WWYD. Next week is my last week in my shared-nanny-type position that I've been in for the last 8+ (!) years. Apparently kids grow up and don't need full-time care, who knew?! It's not 100% for sure what I'm moving on to, but it will almost certainly be a traditional, single-family nanny position with no more than three kids. But not knowing what age kids I'm going to be having makes it hard. Possibilities include a single one-year-old, a five & seven year old, or newborn twins & an 18 month old. May be one of those, or may be something totally different.
I have too many seats, I need to do something with some of them. Up until now, I've kept a huge repertoire of seats to deal with the fact that a) I had a really unusual setup with a rotating batch of kids and b) I had my miniature third row to deal with. Even if I end up with a family with four kids, I shouldn't have a problem getting them in with whatever. (If I end up with a family with six, they can buy me new carseats
) The extra carseats lived in the garage or basement at work, where they can no longer live, for both practical and convenience reasons.I'm leaving a few behind -- a Nautilus and a Monterey or two -- but that still leaves me with the following:
Coccoro
Scenera (close to expiry)
Avenue
MyRide
Two Radians (80SL and XTSL)
ProSport
FPSVB (very close to expiry)
1-2 Montereys
Frontier (orig) - booster mode only
LiteRider
I keep thinking that I'd like to keep one from each "category," but then, I'm definitely keeping the MR and at least one RN. So keep the MR, one RN (which one?) ProSport, one Monterey, and Literider? That's five. Does that cover all likely ages of sibling groups? Hang onto the second RN, in case I end up with the family of three under two?
If you had to pick a small handful of seats from that category, to fit a number of possible kids, what would you pick? I'm so confused and I would really like to declutter around here! LOL.
