If you are seriously researching the Swedish seats, check out the Two Way, too. And, find out the exact wording of your state's car seat laws. In FL, the law states specifically that the car seat used must be 'federally approved'. A Swedish seat hasn't been 'federally' approved in the US. However, some states might not include such specific language. For example, Florida law states:
316.613 Child restraint requirements.-- (1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined herein, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall, if the child is 5 years of age or younger, provide for protection of the child by properly using a crash-tested, federally approved child restraint device. For children aged through 3 years, such restraint device must be a separate carrier or a vehicle manufacturer's integrated child seat. For children aged 4 through 5 years, a separate carrier, an integrated child seat, or a seat belt may be used.
In order for me to use a Swedish seat, I'd need to take the risk that I could be busted for breaking the law and whether it would be worth the risk. I'd rather be fined or go to jail in a heartbeat if an illegal Swedish seat saved my child from injury in an accident. But, what if I was using one, and my child was injured in an accident? Technically I could be prosecuted, but statistically, the child is safer rf than ff. I've been chewing on this for the past few weeks and am waiting for a 40lb Radian (since the MR is too short for dd).
In your case, I'd recommend the MR when your dd reaches with MA limit (which hopefully your seat is 35lbs not 33). Her weight will likely slow radically as she is starting to run around, and she might even loose some. Or, the 'possibly never going to come out' Radan 40b if by some miracle it is out by the time your dd needs one.:thumbsup:
