Car Seat ?

I got Austin a seat w/ cup holders when he went to a real booster-well the booster that has a back and now just the bottom. Aidan has a envenflo something (how horrible I can’t remember but it’s raining here so I’m not going outside to look-lol) without cup holders, I think they’d be of no use since he’d probably just throw them down anyway!!! Try to get the lightest seat you can if you’re going to move it back and forth, Aidan’s is HEAVY and such a pain in the butt to move. Also, make sure you try it in your car before you buy it, they should let you take the display model out and try it (but bear in mind, the display model probably has been in and out of a ton of cars so I use it as a “will it fit in my car” check only). Also ease of use is SO important. Aidan’s straps adjust with a little knob you turn to tighten them and a lever you push to loosen them and it SUCKS!!! I thought it would be so much easier than the other kind when I bought it but I was soooooooooo wrong!!!!!-I love britax seats, we just couldn’t afford one. They have changed SO much (for the better) since I bought Austin’s when he was little. His britax sat up so high that it barely fit in my car!!! But aidan is comfortable in his (it’s the evenflow that’s black and gray and the strap adusters are yellow) it’s just a pain in the butt for me!!

I’d also try putting her in the actual seat before you buy it, some babies fit better in different seats-another reason why I had to chuck the britax before I wanted to with Austin, he wasn’t comfortable in it b/c he was (ahem) VERY square and pudgy and needed a wider seat.

If I were you, I’d buy a more $ model for the car she rides in the most and go with a less expensive one for your husbands car (I have no issue with putting it in my dh’s car, he has a tiny Celica and the car seat is SO not safe in there so we take my car everywhere).

Good luck, there are SO many choices out there, but you’ll find the right fit for your car, for Sarah, and for your budget!!! My mom has a great seat that she bought for her car when Austin was little, he was SO comfy in it, and it is rock solid when you put it in (we still use it on occasion, but rarely-it’s in her car), I forget the name, I’ll look and post it later b/c I’m sure they have an updated version!

Hi Amy,
We’re thinking of buying the Evenflo Titan for all three of our boys. We’ve done some research, and it’s supposedly one of the safest, but is very inexpensive.

IMO, I think I would just buy one car seat and move it to the other car when needed. We have to move our boys’ car seats quite often when they go with their grandparents, and it’s no big deal. Of course I guess some car seats are worse than others.

Good luck with your search!

Dh takes them to day care every morning, so we have seats for both cars. Right now we have a Britax Wizard in both cars. We’re getting ready to switch Alex over. I’m not sure what we’ll do for her. My MIL has that seat with the knobs and it’s a major pain!

We have 2 car seats, one for each car. That way, we are always ready to go should something happen. DH and I switch cars all of the time, so this is most convenient.

We have the Britax Roundabout – do they still make them… i think we were told they were going to be discontinued but i may be making this up. We love them – we had Matthew rear facing until 2 weeks ago and they are easily changed etc. Only thing i do not like about them is that Matthew sweats a little bit – but he is always kind of hot… but the car has some velvety type cloth on the sides (Not sure if those are in all of them or not. The roundabout only goes to around 40pounds vs the marathon which is higher… we thought about this… i have friends who switched to the boosters (I think it was at 4 years old or/and 40pounds) and they did not use the Marathon for up to its weight etc… who knows

I purchased an Eddie Bauer seat once. I had it for two days and drove 100 miles to return it. I thought it was extremely difficult to get a good tight fit with the straps. This was a few years ago, so they may have improved their seats since then, but like you said I’ve seen it on the bad list for several years now, so I’d stay away from it.