A lifetime of Car Seats

christineka

New member
My oldest has hit the age, where I won't be buying any more car seats for her. She is my kid who was old before I got into car seats, so she missed sitting in umpteen-bazillion car seats, except for photographic purposes only.

She came home from the hospital in a secondhand Fisher Price T-shield car seat with aftermarket headrest. (This was in 1999 and the seat was discontinued in 1995.)
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My dh decided he wanted a seat with a handle, so he went to walmart and bought the only infant seat they had- An Evenflo On My Way. The fisher price seat went to the Salvation Army thrift shop.

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(Did I mention dd was born in winter in New England? Our car was awfully cold.)

Dd was a lightweight and used her infant seat past a year. I had no ideas of height limits- just the weight limit. We went to walmart to buy a new car seat, but the ffing only seats had 20 and 22 pound minimums. Dd was only 18 pounds, so we got the cheapest convertible there- the Century Room to Grow OHS. It was initially rfing, but such a pain that it turned ffing before dd was 20 pounds. I don't have a picture of her in it, but this is the seat (dd2 is in it)
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When dd2 made is to 20 pounds at 9 months, she needed the convertible. (It did rf until 1 year.) We again went to walmart and bought the cheapest ffing seat- the graco treasured cargo. It was too late when we learned that it was impossible to adjust the straps while the seat was installed. (Whoever thought that was a good idea?)

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On dd's 5th birthday, she weighed in a 40 pounds, so the harness came out and she used it as a booster. I was able to cash in points to get a free turbobooster. I put the screws in, but failed to read how to route the seatbelt.

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(She had a blue seat, though so I don't know why she's sitting in her sister's seat in the photo.)

Then, when ds made it to 40 pounds, I had to get another turbo. The pink one was $20 cheaper than the not pink, so dd got a pink seat. (And I started learning about car seats.)

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Next, she went through a few boosters, trying to get the right ones for her and our van. She even tried out the regent and fell in love- just before outgrowing it.
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The plush parkway was not as good as the regent, but sufficient.
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(She still fits, btw)

On her 12th birthday I made her go backless. It's good for short drives.
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Judi

CPST/Firefighter
I wish I had pics of all the seats I bought wrong. Most of mine were from garage sales though.
 

lorismurph

Senior Community Member
Nice! I have that pink turbo cover here. I need to post it on swap. She looks a lot like K in the younger pic where she's about that age. I'm surprised you have all those pics.
 

mominabigtruck

New member
I'm surprised at the difference a couple years make. Ds1 was born in 2002 and came home in a 5pt designer 22 with the turn handle. It was the cheapest seat at Kmart and I was just in love with the baby blue straps and noah's ark animals. I think even then that tshield fp would've looked old to me.
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java

New member
This is great! Thanks for sharing! It is definitely a good example of when we know better we do better. You learned...and even though you had a kid that was in a used seat and aftermarket products and not buckled as tightly as should be and she survived...you were still receptive and willing to learn. I am so thankful for this forum and the carseat forum on DS where I learned so much before my first was born. I still did so much wrong with her as a nb though. If it weren't for other moms and a little research I am scared to think how bad my carseat usage would have been!

Also super thankful for seats better than 3 pt harnesses and t shields now!
 

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