Brigala
CPST Instructor
I'm putting it up to a vote.
I currently own a pair of Onboard Air 35 car seats in O2. Love 'em.
My best friend and my husband's daughter are both expecting babies in the spring. I have promised an infant seat to each of them. So I was going to give each of them one of my OBAs.
Problem... DH and I have decided to try for one last baby this spring. After thinking about it, I realized neither of them would likely be done with the infant seat by the time baby is born, and I'm also not 100% sure I would want to use the seat from either of them after they got done with them. I'm sure I'd know if either one was in an accident, but I'm less sure about other forms of abuse they might be subjected to. So I was planning to wait... we'll know whether we're going to be able to get pregnant again or not by the time my step-daughter's baby is born, so I figured if I got pregnant I'd buy another infant seat for her and keep one of my OBAs.
But now I have found one brand new in box (old DOM, but not too old for this purpose) SR32 for $60 online. A gender neutral color, even.
DH's daughter's other child was almost 9 lbs at birth so I'm not too concerned about the fact that it doesn't fit tiny babies well. In the unlikely event that she had a tiny baby I could probably stand to loan her my OBA for a month or two... I just don't think I want to loan it to her for 8 months or a year or something. A long-lasting infant seat is a must for them, I think, so something else that cheap (like a comfy carry) is not a good choice.
If I ended up buying the SR32, I probably wouldn't even take it out of the box until I knew for sure I was giving it to them. If I ended up not getting pregnant, I could give them my Onboard and sell the SR32 on Craigslist or something. I should be able to get my $60 back out of it that way, right?
DH says he'll leave it up to me. What do you think? Should I buy it?
I currently own a pair of Onboard Air 35 car seats in O2. Love 'em.
My best friend and my husband's daughter are both expecting babies in the spring. I have promised an infant seat to each of them. So I was going to give each of them one of my OBAs.
Problem... DH and I have decided to try for one last baby this spring. After thinking about it, I realized neither of them would likely be done with the infant seat by the time baby is born, and I'm also not 100% sure I would want to use the seat from either of them after they got done with them. I'm sure I'd know if either one was in an accident, but I'm less sure about other forms of abuse they might be subjected to. So I was planning to wait... we'll know whether we're going to be able to get pregnant again or not by the time my step-daughter's baby is born, so I figured if I got pregnant I'd buy another infant seat for her and keep one of my OBAs.
But now I have found one brand new in box (old DOM, but not too old for this purpose) SR32 for $60 online. A gender neutral color, even.
DH's daughter's other child was almost 9 lbs at birth so I'm not too concerned about the fact that it doesn't fit tiny babies well. In the unlikely event that she had a tiny baby I could probably stand to loan her my OBA for a month or two... I just don't think I want to loan it to her for 8 months or a year or something. A long-lasting infant seat is a must for them, I think, so something else that cheap (like a comfy carry) is not a good choice.
If I ended up buying the SR32, I probably wouldn't even take it out of the box until I knew for sure I was giving it to them. If I ended up not getting pregnant, I could give them my Onboard and sell the SR32 on Craigslist or something. I should be able to get my $60 back out of it that way, right?
DH says he'll leave it up to me. What do you think? Should I buy it?