zeo2ski
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I will soon be needing another seat once we're certified foster parents. We will be fostering infants only and have a snugride, but an older baby obvisouly may be too big for that. The smart plan is probably to just use the SR as the foster baby seat and then deal with it if we should happen to have a larger infant placed with us--our local walmart is open 24/7 and sells scenaras so that's sort of my back up plan in an emergency. But the real issue is I haven't got a clue what the next seat should be anyway!
Still with me? Originally I thought my 2 year old would be outgrowing RFing height on his MA before weight (his was the 33 lb limit), then I freaked out and wanted headwings (all this was while trying to come up with a convertible for my then 6 mos old) and I ended up getting them both BLVDS with the 35 lb limit and passing the 1 year old MA to a friend who was going to buy a MA anyway. The plan was to pray the 2 year old would make it to January in the BLVD (height wise) and then get a radian XT because I wanted to RF tether AND have headwings on something with a taller shell, and nothing was being sold that fit those requirements at the time. So since then, my toddler has been packing on the pounds and growing only in legs, so he's now 33.8 lbs with clothes, shoes and a dry diaper...I'm thinking with how much height he has left (2-3 inches) he'll hit the RFing weight before height. Which means my "plan" has to be scrapped and we're at square one if we're entering the world of forward facing! (Which by the way I'm scared to death of).
So I've got a tall, average-to-heavy 2.5 year old to get a seat for ultimately. I could always get another convertible because that's more versatile for my unkown future of kids, but a FFing seat would also last longer in the long run, and bottom line is I want them in a 5 point as long as possible.
How's that for back story? LOl. Now my actual question: what seat do I get? Specific, huh. Really I'm open to any and all suggestions. I have a 98 suburban and any seat that's FFing will have to go in the center row because of the way my TA shinanigans work. I would also prefer to have a FFer in the center seat which is a lap only belt. I need good side impact protection since I'm paranoid, lol.
I have some ideas but want to hear your open suggestions first, so bring em on please!
Thanks
Still with me? Originally I thought my 2 year old would be outgrowing RFing height on his MA before weight (his was the 33 lb limit), then I freaked out and wanted headwings (all this was while trying to come up with a convertible for my then 6 mos old) and I ended up getting them both BLVDS with the 35 lb limit and passing the 1 year old MA to a friend who was going to buy a MA anyway. The plan was to pray the 2 year old would make it to January in the BLVD (height wise) and then get a radian XT because I wanted to RF tether AND have headwings on something with a taller shell, and nothing was being sold that fit those requirements at the time. So since then, my toddler has been packing on the pounds and growing only in legs, so he's now 33.8 lbs with clothes, shoes and a dry diaper...I'm thinking with how much height he has left (2-3 inches) he'll hit the RFing weight before height. Which means my "plan" has to be scrapped and we're at square one if we're entering the world of forward facing! (Which by the way I'm scared to death of).
So I've got a tall, average-to-heavy 2.5 year old to get a seat for ultimately. I could always get another convertible because that's more versatile for my unkown future of kids, but a FFing seat would also last longer in the long run, and bottom line is I want them in a 5 point as long as possible.
How's that for back story? LOl. Now my actual question: what seat do I get? Specific, huh. Really I'm open to any and all suggestions. I have a 98 suburban and any seat that's FFing will have to go in the center row because of the way my TA shinanigans work. I would also prefer to have a FFer in the center seat which is a lap only belt. I need good side impact protection since I'm paranoid, lol.
I have some ideas but want to hear your open suggestions first, so bring em on please!
Thanks