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monkeyandottermom
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hi! im new here and am so glad you are here! everyone seems so knowledgeable and its nice to read reviews from real parents!
so here goes....
my son is 6 mos and 18 lbs. i need to move up to a convertible and dont know which one to choose. the only stores here are kmart, costco, target, sears and mervyns..............not much in the way of 'cool' seats. im getting one from my mom in law for xmas, so im thinking of asking for something nicer. maybe a britex? they seem popular. im also weary of getting one without trying it in my car first...
my car is a 1993 BMW 740i..... 4 door, it has a non-locking middle seat belt and no LATCH system. right now we are using a locking clip installed by the hwy patrol office. ive called BMW and they dont know anything about updated seats or seatbelts, so theyre no help. also in the rear middle seat is a flip down armrest/cubby thing that the car seat sits up against. i asked about removing this and the guy didnt know if it would matter. btw, i would have to cut the leather of my seats to remove it, i will if i have to. my rear seat seems very 'shallow' the front of our current seat really hangs over the front and we cant put our front seats back very far before we are running into the seat.
im worried about a new bigger seat and taking it in and out. right now we have the base part so its fairly easy to get it in, with not haing the pocking belt, will i have problems fumbling with the clip underneath the carseat? it wont be being moved often, but i cant say he will never ride in gmas car.
oh...i wish ther were somewhere to try out all the seats before i but one. when i got our current one at kmart they wouldnt let me try it without buying it... that doesnt seem like the safest way to sell carseats.
thanks for any expertise you mamma may have.
adrienne
so here goes....
my son is 6 mos and 18 lbs. i need to move up to a convertible and dont know which one to choose. the only stores here are kmart, costco, target, sears and mervyns..............not much in the way of 'cool' seats. im getting one from my mom in law for xmas, so im thinking of asking for something nicer. maybe a britex? they seem popular. im also weary of getting one without trying it in my car first...
my car is a 1993 BMW 740i..... 4 door, it has a non-locking middle seat belt and no LATCH system. right now we are using a locking clip installed by the hwy patrol office. ive called BMW and they dont know anything about updated seats or seatbelts, so theyre no help. also in the rear middle seat is a flip down armrest/cubby thing that the car seat sits up against. i asked about removing this and the guy didnt know if it would matter. btw, i would have to cut the leather of my seats to remove it, i will if i have to. my rear seat seems very 'shallow' the front of our current seat really hangs over the front and we cant put our front seats back very far before we are running into the seat.
im worried about a new bigger seat and taking it in and out. right now we have the base part so its fairly easy to get it in, with not haing the pocking belt, will i have problems fumbling with the clip underneath the carseat? it wont be being moved often, but i cant say he will never ride in gmas car.
oh...i wish ther were somewhere to try out all the seats before i but one. when i got our current one at kmart they wouldnt let me try it without buying it... that doesnt seem like the safest way to sell carseats.
thanks for any expertise you mamma may have.
adrienne