Please help figure out Radian and SureRide puzzle

Olga

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We have baby #2 coming in the next few weeks and DD#1 has just turned 3 and is about 40 lbs and around 39-40" tall (long legs). She is currently riding RF in a Radian in our car and just recently FF in a SureRide in my mom's car (very occasionally).

Up until now my plan was to use the Radian for the baby and put the SureRide FF in our car for DD1 (taking out and moving to mom's car as needed). But I wonder if I should get the angle adjuster for the Radian to make it more upright and put it behind the passenger seat and put the SureRide in the centre? I can move the passenger up some but not a crazy amount (I'm 6' tall).

One thing I wonder is what that will mean when my mom is taking DD1 in her car, which may be more frequent after the baby comes. Even if I don't need to go anywhere with the baby during that time it seems like it will be a pain to adjust the SureRide from newborn to toddler (straps and the extra cushions) even though the actual install is easy. Though just writing it out it doesn't seem that bad, does it?

Am I overlooking anything? I'm pondering getting another "occasional use" seat if we do end up putting the SureRide in our car (thinking either another SureRide or the Titan65) but I'd rather wait till they go on sale. Just not sure that will happen before the baby comes so I want to have a plan.

If you've made it this far, thank you for reading! :p DH's perspective is that we can just turn DD forward facing, and since she's 3 now I can see his point. But since the Radian still fits her then I figure why not, right?
 
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Olga

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Just had another thought - perhaps if we do end up getting another seat I should make that one a combination/harnessed booster one since it's not likely that we will need another convertible? We currently have the Radian, SureRide, and a (outgrown but not expired) Scenera.

This is enough to make my head spin!
 

Pixels

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Can you fit either the Sure Ride or the Radian at a newborn recline? Both have tall shells which mean they take up a lot of room front to back at a newborn recline.
 

Olga

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Can you fit either the Sure Ride or the Radian at a newborn recline? Both have tall shells which mean they take up a lot of room front to back at a newborn recline.
That is a very good question. Which needs more front-to-back room out of the two? Ideally it would be the SureRide so we could keep DD1 RFing, I will need to grab it from my mom's car and give it a try.

What about using the scenera for the baby and keeping the sureride as the extra seat?
Interesting - this option I did not consider! The Scenera is my least favourite out of the seats for comfort but at the very least we could certainly use it until we get another seat. We only used it occasionally and not when DD was tiny though. Does a Scenera fit newborns well?
 

Olga

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A follow up question for you all:

So I tried switching the Radian from centre to behind the passenger seat and because of the different seat angle (I guess) I was able to get it more upright. According to the level app on my phone (measuring the back of the seat) it's at 33 degrees. Is it still a good idea to get the angle adjuster or would that make the seat too upright at this point?
 

jwilliams

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A follow up question for you all:

So I tried switching the Radian from centre to behind the passenger seat and because of the different seat angle (I guess) I was able to get it more upright. According to the level app on my phone (measuring the back of the seat) it's at 33 degrees. Is it still a good idea to get the angle adjuster or would that make the seat too upright at this point?

For a child with good head control, there is no limit to how upright the Radian can be. We had it quite upright for my daughter in our car and she liked it.

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