I NEED to buy Peyton a convertible car seat like yesterday. She is just 2lbs shy of the weight limit on her infant carrier, and an inch or two short of the height limit. Yes, I have a gigantor baby on my hands, I am well aware of this as I can barely keep her in clothes!!! Anyway... back to the car seat issue.
Desires in a car seat... Has to be easy to use, comfortable for Peyton (meaning that $45 one at Walmart is a nogo, NO padding), and most importantly it has to be SAFE. So of course I go and check out the National Highway Safety website to see what they say about the latest car seats... of course Britax wins! Ugh. Who really can afford a Britax car seat?? Not me thats for sure.
Car seats are EXPENSIVE. And yes, for good reason. There is no price you can put on the safety of your children. But in a sense, there is. I cant afford the top rated car seat. Makes me feel like I am cheating my children out of their own safety. Overreacting? Maybe.
Why don't car seat companies come with lay-away programs? Haha. That would be FANTASTIC wouldn't it?? That way when a person finds out they are pregnant they can slowly pay off the balance and have the seat paid for and ready when the little one is ready to sit in it. Ahh... just dreaming obviously.
I was looking into the ComfortSport by Graco. A pink one at Target is about $80. It only lasts to 40lbs as well, so in a year or so your child could very well be out of it. I want something to last for my money. It also got horrible reviews on the Target website. My 2 year old Baylee has had the Alpha Omega car seat since she was 5 months old. It was a gift from my parents to Baylee and ran about $170 at the time. Personally, it doesn't snug around her the way I feel a car seat should protect. Yes, it goes to 100lbs when used as a belt positioning booster, but still not a car seat I love.
So where do I go from here? What I want for my baby and what I can afford for my baby are two very different things. What to do?? I have NO clue!
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We are going with the Evenflo Symphony. It is 200 at Babies r Us with a 20% coupon. It is a 3 in 1 so we figure less money in the long run because we won't have to buy a booster.
Carseats...BLAH I hate looking for carseats. We got lucky and found a Britax Roundabout on clearance online... it has a collegiate cover and they were discontinuing it so we lucked out and got it for 150. We also have 2 Evenflo Triumph 5s that we got for 150. That is what my Peyton uses, and we have liked that so far. LIke the PP mentioned, there are coupons for babies r us and any given time. Also, search online (I am sure you already have) for hte lowest price for the carseat. Sometimes buying online is WAY cheaper (hence my britax). Good luck!
http://www.zwaggle.com/index.php
Try this website, I am not sure all the details, but you can trade things your kids have outgrown, and use the points for other items. That way you really aren't spending any money, and able to get what you need. Good luck. There are other sites out there that are similar to this.
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