#1 we switched her when she was 7 or 8 months. #2 was in a convertible seat at 4 or 5 months and #3 started out in a convertible seat because there was no way to get an infant seat in my car between 2 convertible seats.
Post by pierogigirl on Aug 14, 2012 12:32:06 GMT -5
We switched at 6 months or so. DS2 is tall, but still had a few inches left in height and 12 lbs left in weight. It got too hard to carry him and we were switching his brother over to a Frontier to give him the Marathon, so it seemed best to switch them both.
I am considering only getting a convertible seat next time around since the infant seat for us felt like a waste. I can borrow an infant seat for the ride home from the hospital or maybe even walk home, depending on where I am if/when we have another baby.
DD came home in a TrueFit - they fit newborns really well. We had a TrueFit in one car and an infant seat in the other, and she is still in the TrueFit now at 2y9m (and still RFing). I'm waiting for them to pop back up on Woot to get another one.
Ooo, good to know. I have seriously been thinking about this as we TTC #2.
I guess we're a bit of an outlier, but we recently changed from the infant seat to a convertible at about 15.5 months, because she was closing in on the Graco Snugride 35's 32" height limit. (She is not a particularly short kid, either.)
Post by whitepicketfence on Aug 14, 2012 13:22:40 GMT -5
I don't really remember when we switched DD1 but it was around 8-9 months. We just switched DD2 last week at 12 months. Our infant seat was a Snugride 32 and my kids are tiny (DD2 is right around 19 lbs at a year old) so they were no where near outgrowing it. There wasn't any particular reason to switch other than it just felt like a good time.
We switched at 1. He was still within the height and weight limits of his snugride35, actually at almost 16 months he still fits in it.
Actually it is not safe to fly with a lap baby and all kids should have their own seat. The FAA doesn't even recommend flying with a lap baby but airlines allow it anyways. Always think what you would do when the kid is too old for being a lap baby and then do that. Babies turn into projectiles if they aren't properly restrained on an airplane.
we switched our second around 10-11 months. She was hating her infant seat and was about to outgrow it height wise anyway. We had a longer car ride so I just switched to make her more comfortable. We stopped carrying it around 6 months (most of the time).
If their head is within an inch of the top/back of the seat they are too large for it regardless of overall height (some kids have a long torso, others long legs).
I switched my oldest at 6 months b/c we were moving. I switched my 2nd around 8 months because he is a porker and was too heavy to carry around in the infant seat anyway.
If their head is within an inch of the top/back of the seat they are too large for it regardless of overall height (some kids have a long torso, others long legs).
I switched my oldest at 6 months b/c we were moving. I switched my 2nd around 8 months because he is a porker and was too heavy to carry around in the infant seat anyway.
Oh yeah I know. Sadly for my kid, he has neither long legs or a long torso He is about 4 inches frmo the top still!
Have you flown with him recently? Would you consider the CARES harness instead of the infant seat? The new environment might keep him entertained and not screaming.
Have you flown with him recently? Would you consider the CARES harness instead of the infant seat? The new environment might keep him entertained and not screaming.
I don't think he will meet the weight requirement by the time we fly. He is only 17lbs and the CARES harness requires 22lbs, plus I don't think they are supposed to use it until they can sit FF at 2. But I could be wrong about that last part.
We haven't flown since he was 2.5 months. He didn't scream then but he slept the entire way.