Car seat boogie woogie - come play!

J-max

CPST Instructor
Warning - this may get long

I need to swap out carseats and probably buy a new one (at least) but I am not sure what. Please help me!

Right now #5 is in a Aton, that I am passing on to a friend later this month and #4 is switching between the RXT, Regent, and BLVD, depending on position and vehicle. and #3 is almost outgrown the GN in booster mode.

So I have:
#1 (13) - seatbelt (5 steps in everything)
#2 (9 - 55lbs) - Monterey (on the tallest setting, with a bit of room still to grow)
#3 (7 - 85 lbs) - GN in booster mode (almost out grown)
#4 (4 - 40lbs) - Fits in lots, just switched from RF last week
#5 (7mo - 17 lbs) - was in Aton, moving to convertible

I have available:
2 BLVD
2 GN (MIL has one, but I could swap her for another FF seat)
Regent
RXT
Monterey
TB
(think I am missing something as well.....)

We drive a 08 suburban and 09 Chevy 3500 crew cab


My plan had been to get #5 a coccoro for the Sub, and put her in the RXT in the pickup, put #4 in the GN or Regent, and #3 in a new monterey. But now I am not sure. With the Monterey headrest issue, on top of the SL issue, I have lost a lot of confidence in those products and don't know if I want to purchase another.

I could put #5 in a BLVD for a while and wait for a Foonf for her, but Coccorros are so flipping cute :D

So, WWYD? pick one of the above, something else?
 
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Dorothy

New member
Hi! How are you? I'm going to vote Foonf, just because I really wish I had any need for one. I am trying to live viciously through others. ;-) But, in all seriousness, since you can make due with other seats in the meantime, I, personally, lean towards the longer-lasting options (despite the CCO's cute factor ;-) ).

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J-max

CPST Instructor
Hi! How are you? I'm going to vote Foonf, just because I really wish I had any need for one. I am trying to live viciously through others. ;-) But, in all seriousness, since you can make due with other seats in the meantime, I, personally, lean towards the longer-lasting options (despite the CCO's cute factor ;-) ).

Sent from my phone using the app :)

Hi back :) we are good, just busy! Finished calving and about to start AIing!

Do you have a 2nd row bench seat in the Suburban or quad seating?
2nd row bench and 3 pass 3rd row. I will prob have the oldest and the 2 youngest in the middle row. I have #4 in the 3rd row in a regent ATM but that was only cause we were on a road trip last week, for everyday it's easier to have her in the middle row.
 

Brigala

CPST Instructor
I know nothing at all about your pickup truck, but I've had a couple of Suburbans...

I would put a Nautilus behind the driver, the Radian RF in the center, oldest behind the passenger, and then probably put the Monterey in the back for the second-oldest and get a good LBB for the oldest. Or else just get a different HBB for the second oldest and leave the oldest in the Monterey if you prefer.
 

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