My daughter is in love with the CCO.

I may just have to use it until she outgrows it RF, and set the Radian aside for a couple of months. *sigh*

I decided to use it today to get a little "practice" with it before we put it in a rental car this weekend. I took the Radian out and took her to the grocery store. When I got there, she was asleep. I let her sleep for a while, but I got bored and decided to try taking it out and popping it into the stroller to see if I could do it without waking her up.

Well, no luck. She woke up right away. So I decided to move her to a shopping cart and put the CCO back in the car.

She absolutely wouldn't have it. She screamed at me when I unbuckled her, and arched her back and refused to get into the shopping cart. So I stuck her back in the CCO and put the whole thing in the shopping cart instead.

At least I got some experience taking the CCO in and out of the car with a baby in it. I can say for sure I would NOT want to do this on a regular basis, like with an infant seat with a base - or even a baseless infant seat with a belt going over the child's lap. It's doable, but it's something I'd really need a pretty good reason to do.

I am using it outboard with LATCH. I think it would be even harder with the seat belt trying to get it in right without taking the baby out. I was very nervous that I'd get her out of the seat when I got home and find it wasn't tight after all, but I didn't need to worry; it was still quite solid after I got her out of the car when we got home.

I'll post pics in a minute.

Pics!

Haha love it!

Love it!

Awww!

I have shopped with DS sleeping in the CCO, with it "installed" in the shopping car with the LATCH strap

Ha ha! I can't think of any reason why attaching the LATCH strap would be beneficial, but it sure would be a car-seat-nerdy thing to do!

Good thing you didn't need a lot of groceries! LOL

I do this with my son and daughter at the same time and just put the groceries in the bottom or where every they fit and my kids like it better then sitting in the cart seats.

Brigala said:

Ha ha! I can't think of any reason why attaching the LATCH strap would be beneficial, but it sure would be a car-seat-nerdy thing to do!

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Without it, the seat would rock in the grocery cart.

An Aurora said:

Without it, the seat would rock in the grocery cart.

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Oh, that would make sense! I didn't think of it because the Trader Joe's carts are so small. If it were in a bigger cart, you're right, it would have rocked.

For a moment there I thought you meant you put it up on top like people (shouldn't) do with infant seats, but then I was like, "Nah. She totally knows better than that" and then I couldn't think of any other reason so my brain was kind of spinning trying to think of one. LOL.