Car Seat Shenanigans

Yesterday I went to 4 stores to buy an infant seat for Little Man.  He is 3 months old and 15lbs. So why am  I am just now buying an infant seat?

Initially I was very against the infant seat for us.  I have used them plenty as a nanny and they are so heavy especially considering our second floor apartment.  I also knew we would have a sizable baby and figured he would outgrow it quickly.  I figured that our money would be better put towards a nicer convertible car seat.

I did a ton of research for the convertible carseat.  Then we went to Babies R Us and tried them in our car.  Now we have an average sized car, a Toyota Matrix.  None of the seats fit.  We put the car seat behind the passenger seat because of the way the seats fold in the car (we use this feature a lot).  We left  very frustrated.  We ended up going to a boutique store and finding the Pria.  We love love love this car seat.  It is a convertible with an infant insert for tiny babies.  Little Man has already outgrown the infant insert.

So this spring is crazy for us.  We are going on a road trip, a plane trip, and moving with the baby.  We decided it would be nice to have somewhere to be able to park Little Man while we were at the wedding we are going to in California or when we are at social functions meeting new people in Cincinnati.  This hunt took me to 4 stores in one day in search of the best deal I could find.

We ended up getting a relatively cheap Evenflo infant seat that is purple and black.  Little Man now has a purple car seat and stroller.  It seemed like the best car seat for the price (it goes to 35lbs!) and it was the color they had. He doesn't care.  We have had it a day and are already loving having an infant seat.