my son is too long for his infant carrier. However all the car seats I have seen that I can afford start at 22lbs or more. He is 20lbs 6oz and 30inches long @ 7mths. I don't have a car so he is rearly in one (4 times a mth at most) is it ok to use the carrier until he gains the weight or should I use the bigger seat even though he isn't quite heavy enough?
thats for forward facing......you are probably looking at the cosco scenera which would work out fine for your little one who needs to stay rearfacing until AT LEAST 1yr AND 20lbs legally....although it is safest to keep them rearfacing to the limits of the seat for rf.....you can rf in the scenera until 35lbs and when there is less than 1 inch of shell above babies head in the car seat.......to turn a scenera ff the child must be 22-40lbs, 1yr of age...AND 34inches tall....
hope this helps if you have more question please ask!
Quoting mosfatal:
the seat I saw that was in my price range can rf but online it list the weight rec as 22-40 ( this is me look online not in person)
Quoting bubbaboo:
Can't you rear face him? in a bigger seat that goes from 5-35lbs or more?
ohhhhhhhhhhh....duh....that was the one ...went and read the description on another site and your rite they had only posted the ff weights
Quoting mama2mycuties:thats for forward facing......you are probably looking at the cosco scenera which would work out fine for your little one who needs to stay rearfacing until AT LEAST 1yr AND 20lbs legally....although it is safest to keep them rearfacing to the limits of the seat for rf.....you can rf in the scenera until 35lbs and when there is less than 1 inch of shell above babies head in the car seat.......to turn a scenera ff the child must be 22-40lbs, 1yr of age...AND 34inches tall....
hope this helps if you have more question please ask!
Quoting mosfatal:
the seat I saw that was in my price range can rf but online it list the weight rec as 22-40 ( this is me look online not in person)
Quoting bubbaboo:
Can't you rear face him? in a bigger seat that goes from 5-35lbs or more?
My sister the GREAT Internet shopper found the My Ride 65 online for 70 dollar with free shipping ...and then paid for it ....I had asked her to look online and tell me what she found ...well she told me she didn't find much but Thursday my door bell rang and it was UPS with this....he LOVES it ...
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Quoting mosfatal:
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I think you were looking at forward facing only seats, which isn't what you would like at this point. A great part time seat on a low budget would be a Cosco Scenera you can get it for $50 sometimes less if you find it on sale. It rear faces to 35 lbs and then forward to 40 lbs. It's a very light weight seat so easy to move in and out of cars.
@jenb ...thanx
@amilanell...no i was looking for convert able but as my son is getting VERY close to 30lbs at 8mths old i didn't think a seat that rearfaced to 35 lbs was a good idea as he is likely to be that or above before he is one and able to ff and i ask help in find a seat the rf long enuf for him to reach the correct age that was lower than the 1150-200 price range...so thanx to my sister we now have a safe seat that he can rf in for quite some time (@ least another 6 mths...i hope)
Quoting mosfatal:
Awesome! This is the one I have too and Ethan loves it!
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on Mar. 5, 2010 at 11:13 PM