Shaunam
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I took DD to babies'r'us tonight to try the MR since it looks like it would be supportive enough for her. It was...if I left the infant support in (I pulled it up to the slots she was in and just took the buckle out of the slot). I know I could do rolled towels and everything. I'm just so DONE with that. I know...selfish and lazy. I'm sick of fiddling with towels while I'm trying to cram a limp child into a seat while trying to position her tube so it doesn't get pulled out and trying not to whack her head and keep the drool off of me. I just want to stick her in the seat! So if we got a MR, I'd be keeping the insert in even though you aren't supposed to and just doing my best to make sure it doesn't interfere with the straps.
I tried the SS2. OMG why does it have to be FF'ing only!!?? I love, love, LOVE this seat for her.
Look how straight she's sitting! And the recline is plenty for her.
I forgot to take a pic of her in the MR...oops. She wasn't QUITE as supported in the MR as in the SS2. I really, really feel better about her fit in the SS2. And she only had about 3 1/2" above her head.
Oh and just for the cuteness....the CA:
And just to get everyone up to speed....
1) I'm not at all concerned about how long a particular seat will last her. Really, not an issue. We'll get her whatever she needs when she needs it. So if I get her a seat and she outgrows it a year from now, that's ok.
2) I'm normally extremely pro-erf'ing, but with Charlie I'm not as concerned, mostly because it's the LEAST of my concerns. If internal decapitation doesn't do it, it'll be a pneumonia or the convulsions eventually.
SO. Either a MR rearfacing going against the manual and using the insert OR a SS2 and it's PERFECT fit for her....but ff'ing.
It feels so wrong to even think about ff'ing her but I couldn't help but fall in love with that seat!