Question Need 1 more seat

[Oceana]

I have a decathalon which will expire in 2 years
a safeguard child seat which is 2 years old
I have 2 graco boosters which are 1 year old
I have 1 cleck oobr which is 6 months old (this seat is currently only used for taxi use for the 5 year old)

I have 2 cars
a 2002 toyota prius
a 2009 toyota sienna 8 seater

I have 3 kids
a slinder 45+ lb 5.5 year old son
a slinder 37ish lb 3.5 year old son
and I will have a newborn come summer

The prius will only be used for the older 2 kids with 1 seat for each of them. So 1 booster and 1 car seat

the van will need to seat all 3

so what kind of seat should I get? to get the most use of every seat? who should sit in which car seat in which car?

My 1st thought is a new Britax conv...

so what seat would you buy? My DH wants to buy another safeguard and while I love that car seat the price is high. It was worth it when my older son needed it because he had penis issues in the britax and the safeguard was the only seat he was comfortable in.

I just had 2 seats expire... so before when we had guests ect I had plenty of seats for everyone *sigh*

 

[mylittlet]

Do you have an infant seat or are you using a convertible from birth? Britax seats don't work very good for a newborn, so I would get a new convertible that worked well for newborns. I would check out the truefit, raidan and truimph.

 

[Oceana]

Do you have an infant seat or are you using a convertible from birth? Britax seats don't work very good for a newborn, so I would get a new convertible that worked well for newborns. I would check out the truefit, raidan and truimph.

So far my other 2 fit fine in the britax at birth... well within the height weight requirements. I would rather spend money on a convertable than an infant seat which woudl need to be replaced. I am not a baby bucket kinda mom so that function doesnt appeal to me at all

which trufit, raidan or triumph?

 

[NannyMom]

The problem with the Britax convertibles is even though it says it can be used at 5 pounds, the harness slots have to be at or below the baby's shoulders. A 5 pound baby would have to be all torso and no legs to have the bottom slots at their shoulders. Baby S is 75th percentile for length, and just barely fits in the Marathon at 3 months.

First Years True Fit
Evenflo Triumph Advance

They both fit young babies well. Other say the Sunshine Kids radian does as well, but I haven't experienced that with BabyS.

 

[MANDY1234]

The radian was a good fit for Mya when she was born. Oh Mya was 8'10 and 20 inches at birth (I don't remember what her torso height was) I wish I would have just bought 3 Radians instead of teh SS1 since I hate carrying her in that thing lol

 

[Oceana]

The problem with the Britax convertibles is even though it says it can be used at 5 pounds, the harness slots have to be at or below the baby's shoulders. A 5 pound baby would have to be all torso and no legs to have the bottom slots at their shoulders. Baby S is 75th percentile for length, and just barely fits in the Marathon at 3 months.

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Both of mine had the shoulder straps just below their shoulders in the Decathalon... perhaps its a difference in the decathalon with the padding and the marathon? It lists 10.5 as torso length on the britax website and both of mine were over 21 inches...

Hum, this will be my 1st girl so she could be smaller...

 

[ketchupqueen]

where did you get an Oobr? They're not coming out until July... Sure it's not an Ozzi or Olli?

 

[NannyMom]

Both of mine had the shoulder straps just below their shoulders in the Decathalon... perhaps its a difference in the decathalon with the padding and the marathon? It lists 10.5 as torso length on the britax website and both of mine were over 21 inches...

Hum, this will be my 1st girl so she could be smaller...

Maybe it is the padding. I forgot the Decathalon has that And I've never seen a new baby in it either. Torso is butt to shoulder when sitting. New babies are almost 1/4 head.

Anyway, I'd look into the True Fit or the Evenflo Triumph Advance. Over the 2, my personal preferance would be the True Fit. But you can go to Babies R Us and check them both out (even try them in your vehicle).

 

[ketchupqueen]

SOME new babies are almost 1/4 head. Mine was only about 1/5 head and was 1/2 torso (literally) at birth. Maybe her babies are long-torsoed.

That said, I'm planning on a True Fit for my next baby to come home in, too (unless something better comes out by then!)

 

[Oceana]

where did you get an Oobr? They're not coming out until July... Sure it's not an Ozzi or Olli?

I am a spaz its an olli but as soon as the oobrs come out I am getting him the rainbow monkey... as I have latch I may as well use it... seems more stable than the graco seat belt only install ya know