Help me overthink the seat situation... again

Aurezalia

Well-known member
Here's the deets: I'm nannying again (yay!). K - 7yo, A - 4yo in Nov, and B - 7mos. I also have a new niece C (1mo yesterday!). Right now I have K in a HBTB, A ff'ing in a RN XTSL, and B rf'ing in a RN65 borrowed from P1Ally. I've been trying to decide what convertible to get - needs to have a no-rethread harness so I could put the nieceling in it and share it between the babies without having to rethread. It was down to the Nextfit or Peg... and then I got thinking.
With the Amazon mom thing going on right now, I can get a FR90 for under $200, taxes and shipping included. I love love love :love: my RN rf'ing and don't like any other rf'ing seat as much, so maybe it would be just as easy to put A in the FR90, and when I have my niece, just remove the FR90 (Super easy because clicktight! I wouldn't mind moving it when necessary) and do a baseless install of her Keyfit. But, the FR90 is having warping issues that gives me pause about buying it. :(

So, we're still set up with my seats and the borrowed radian and I'm going back and forth on what to do. I drive a Mazda5, so I have the younger 2 in the middle row, and K in the back in her booster. (She only gets picked up from school 1x a week or so.) The other third row seat is folded down to accomodate the bigger end of the stroller (It *may* fit with both seats up but I don't think so) and the diaper bag, etc.

SO THEN... to throw a kink in the works :p I'm going to be picking up P1Ally's son from school 2x a week. He's still harnessed and Ally isn't booster ready. ;) He still fits in the RN, A's on the second to top slots so I figured I'd just move them up to the top to accommodate him, it doesn't matter if A rides in it with the straps a bit high. I moved them yesterday and I realized a couple of things - first, safestop! I caught it and took it off (A's only about 30lbs, Ally's son is definitely way over the weight limit.) and secondly, the headwings. I know the trick to moving them up and down so that's not a big deal, but I realized that when moved down for A they'll cover the harness slot. I'm not sure if it's allowed but either way I'm not really comfortable with it. Also not all that happy about having her in it without safestop. :(

So... that makes more sense to get the FR90, right? Reassure me about the warping thing and tell me it's worth $200, please. :eek:
 
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aeormsby

New member
The warping was just happening in recline mode so if you don't recline it you won't have an issue, correct? (I never heard if anyone heard back from Britax about that).

Thinking long term... By the time your DNi is out of the infant seat will the babies fit on the same harness slot RF or will you be faced with this issue again in 6 months?
 

Aurezalia

Well-known member
The warping was just happening in recline mode so if you don't recline it you won't have an issue, correct? (I never heard if anyone heard back from Britax about that).

Thinking long term... By the time your DNi is out of the infant seat will the babies fit on the same harness slot RF or will you be faced with this issue again in 6 months?

Yeah, but the fact that it's warping at all is... concerning, lol. I'm wondering about the possibility of a recall.

Long term... I have no idea what's going to happen, lol. I'm not sure how often nieceling will even be in my car, or if I'll have her at the same time as the other kids, or anything. It's possible I may need to buy another convertible anyway and just deal with having all 4 seats up eventually but I'm not there yet. For at least the next 9 months I'm estimating it will work (Niece is on the small-average side).
 

Aurezalia

Well-known member
Today is the last day for the amazon mom appreciation event I believe... Still not sure what to do! Ugh.
 

momtoo3

Well-known member
I don't know if it helps but I can adjust a Complete Air while installed both FF and RF. My 5 yr old has fit in it since 4-5 months and still fits now. For reference if you can't see siggies he is about 36 pounds and 42 inches. He is not even on the highest harness setting.
 

Aurezalia

Well-known member
I ended up ordering a FR90 yesterday. :eek: I'll give it a few months to see if this whole set-up is working for me! :p
 

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