Just planning ahead

[butterfly_mommy]

Ok so I found out that we are expecting and the baby will be born around the end of June. I am trying to plan out our carseats.

Currently DS (3yrs 10 mons) is FF in a RadianXT. He is 42 lbs naked and about 43" tall he will be 4.5 years old when baby is born.

My idea was to pass down the RadianXT to the baby (although I have to buy a new rf foot as mine was damaged by the lower anchor in our car and I tossed it after having it replaced by SK once already)

Then putting DS into a harness/booster combo seat. I was thinking of the Frontier as he is a big guy.

Does this seem like a good plan? Any other ideas or input? We are on a really tight budget but I figure if I start saving now I can afford the frontier and am hoping it will be the last seat purchase.

Thanks,
Scarlett

 

[hrice]

That sounds like a good plan to me. And there are often Frontiers on swap here so you could snag one cheap. Or just watch sales.

And congratulations!

Heather, CPST and Momma to Dustin 11/01, Colton 6/08 and Peyton 6/09

 

[canadiangie]

Hi,

Congrats.

Your plan sounds great.

Another option would be a Scenera for the baby, and a highback Turbobooster when your ds outgrows the Radian. At that point the baby could take the Radian and you'd have the Scenera as a spare. Heck you could even snag a Monterey on sale now and tuck it away, if you felt you wanted a fancy booster for ds. That and a Scenera is still less money than one Frontier.

Ok so I found out that we are expecting and the baby will be born around the end of June. I am trying to plan out our carseats.

Currently DS (3yrs 10 mons) is FF in a RadianXT. He is 42 lbs naked and about 43" tall he will be 4.5 years old when baby is born.

My idea was to pass down the RadianXT to the baby (although I have to buy a new rf foot as mine was damaged by the lower anchor in our car and I tossed it after having it replaced by SK once already)

Then putting DS into a harness/booster combo seat. I was thinking of the Frontier as he is a big guy.

Does this seem like a good plan? Any other ideas or input? We are on a really tight budget but I figure if I start saving now I can afford the frontier and am hoping it will be the last seat purchase.

Thanks,
Scarlett

 

[tam_shops]

Congratulations! Sounds like a great plan to me.

That sounds like a good plan to me. And there are often Frontiers on swap here so you could snag one cheap. Or just watch sales.

And congratulations!

Heather, CPST and Momma to Dustin 11/01, Colton 6/08 and Peyton 6/09

Just make sure that you are buying a Canadian one off swap and/or any online sales that you see. The *best* Canadian Frontier price I've seen is $240, not what I would call cheap but better than the $300+ they usually go for...

tam

 

[butterfly_mommy]

Thanks everyone. I love this forum