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Hello all, I am new here and have been wading through this forum and am so impressed with the knowledge you all have about car seats. I am a new mom (my son is 4 mo) and have a Graco Snugride in my Subaru Outback. We will soon have to purchase a convertible car seat and my son is big - 17 lb and 26 inches tall. I am pretty convinced that we should get the Britax Marathon. In discussing these issues, my husband and I decided to trade in our Subaru and get a new car...it's just not big enough for our long term use (1 baby, 2 large dogs, definitely more kids in our future, and lots of road trips). We are debating Toyota 4Runner, Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander, and possibly other SUVs. We are both tall and I don't want to have more issues with compromised leg room in the front seats due to the car seat in the rear seat (I don't feel safe when my legs are butted up against the dash!).
Here are my questions:
1. Would you recommend a different carseat for a large baby? (I did read the other posts about the new Compass True-Fit and I have already nixed that one from my list - it's just too new for me to feel comfortable with it.)
2. Do you have any information about the above SUVs with the Marathon (installation, does it work in the middle seat, legroom, etc) or other potential convertible carseats for large babies?
3. Is there an ideal SUV for a convertible carseat (rf and middle seat position as long as possible) - obviously this won't be our only consideration but it's a big one.
Feel free to provide anymore information that I may be too ignorant to ask about...I'm a novice at this and am learning a lot. And I apologize for not yet knowing all the technical terms, feel free to use them and I will figure it out.
I know I can probably find a lot of this information in previous posts, but I have been wading through so many that my eyes are starting to hurt!
Thank you, I really appreciate your responses.
Catherine
Here are my questions:
1. Would you recommend a different carseat for a large baby? (I did read the other posts about the new Compass True-Fit and I have already nixed that one from my list - it's just too new for me to feel comfortable with it.)
2. Do you have any information about the above SUVs with the Marathon (installation, does it work in the middle seat, legroom, etc) or other potential convertible carseats for large babies?
3. Is there an ideal SUV for a convertible carseat (rf and middle seat position as long as possible) - obviously this won't be our only consideration but it's a big one.
Feel free to provide anymore information that I may be too ignorant to ask about...I'm a novice at this and am learning a lot. And I apologize for not yet knowing all the technical terms, feel free to use them and I will figure it out.
I know I can probably find a lot of this information in previous posts, but I have been wading through so many that my eyes are starting to hurt!
Thank you, I really appreciate your responses.
Catherine