Recommended newborn seat for non 1st timer

christineka · Jan 21, 2009

Just wondering what you'd all recommend to someone who has had another child recently (in the past few years), left the infant seat in the vehicle most of the time (proven babywearer), having the baby in late spring/early summer, and has a history of carrying babies past term.

Lets say this person already has a convertible seat that is known to fit newborns well and does not have an infant seat. The father of the baby is not on board for buying yet another car seat. Also, the seat will have to fit in a 3 across situation.

zeo2ski · Jan 21, 2009

And the converitible she currently has fits in the 3 across?

christineka · Jan 21, 2009

zeo2ski said:
And the converitible she currently has fits in the 3 across?

Yes. It is an Evenflo Tribute. Quite thin. I admit, as time is becoming closer (ultrasound tomorrow!) I am starting to doubt my previous decision.

I bought an Embrace only 2.5 years ago for the previous baby. I never took it out of the van. Maybe that was because it was extra heavy? Or maybe it was because it was located in the third row? I've taken up baby wearing, likely due to that car seat. The Embrace was sold some time ago- originally with the idea that a new infant seat would be purchased for the next baby. Then I became frugal and hey, I've got a spare seat! This baby may possibly be the last.

ketchupqueen · Jan 21, 2009

I brought my third home in a convertible and do not regret it for one second. I met most of those conditions, except I bought a convertible new and was induced before term (but have long babies.)

I'm never buying an infant seat again (for me), unless I have a baby who really doesn't fit in one. I plan on the TF with ARB for my next baby...

skueppers · Jan 21, 2009

I used an infant seat with both of my kids, but they were born in the winter, and I found it convenient to be able to get them into the seat indoors.

The only reason I can think of to get an infant seat in this situation is if you think it would be helpful to move a sleeping baby into the house/restaurant/etc. in the infant car seat. Neither of my kids were much into that, but I know it works great for a lot of people.

You can always get an infant seat later if you discover that you wish you had one.

UlrikeDG · Jan 22, 2009

Kira was born in November (worst winter in 20+ years). I used a convertible from birth. Never once regretted it.

skueppers · Jan 22, 2009

UlrikeDG said:
Kira was born in November (worst winter in 20+ years). I used a convertible from birth. Never once regretted it.

Out of curiosity -- do you have a garage?

I was having trouble imagining wanting to put my newborn into a convertible car seat in the winter in Iowa, and then I realized that perhaps a garage was involved...

skaterbabs · Jan 22, 2009

I did use an infant seat and for me it was extremely convienent because that was one of the few places Joy would sleep and we were (are) in and out of the car constantly for different activities. It was nice that if she fell asleep on the way to tball practice or cub scouts that we could just pop the carrier into the stroller and go.

christineka · Jan 22, 2009

We have a car port, but baby should come in June when the temps should be between 70 and 90 degrees. It won't start getting really cold until November when baby will be 4+ months old and a baby that old is too heavy for me to carry with a car seat.

UlrikeDG · Jan 22, 2009

skueppers said:
Out of curiosity -- do you have a garage?

I do have a garage. It's detached, and I only use it if I'm worried about tree limbs falling on the car (i.e., if I know an ice or wind storm is coming). With Kira being a newborn, I actually used the garage less than usual last year, because my usual parking spot is right outside the front door, and the garage is so much farther away, plus Hubby was deployed, so his car was in the garage takin' up space.

I dress her in a fleece snow suit (my favorite is the cotton lined Cozy Fleece Warmup Suit, but for a while her single-layer LandsEnd fleece suit fit better) and cover her with a blanket, and she's fine. Oh, and she wore a Hanna Andersson pilot cap under the hood at first, too.

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