Comments on: Because Doing My Own Research Would Be Too Hard.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:01:27 +0000

I would definitely recommend anything Britax! My favorites would be Cosco Scenera or the Britax Marathon.

By: Painted Maypole

Painted Maypole — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:53 +0000

get one of the ones that go up to 35 pounds, so you won’t have to get a new one when your child gets to heavy for it at 4 months. yes, I speak from experience. Ours was from Cosco, Eddie Bauer had one, too.

By: mumma boo

mumma boo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:13:04 +0000

I also had the Graco Snugride. Made it to about 10 months with Cenzo in it, then my arms couldn’t take it anymore. And I vote for the side-by-side stroller, too. Much easier!

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:54:03 +0000

Hated the million pound Peg Perego and loved the Graco Snugride. I’m willing to lend for the very brief time that you’ll need it.

Definitely get a side by side stroller and skip the piece of shit Graco tandem. Got recs. if you want’em.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:53:52 +0000

I, too, liked the Graco Snugride, which I think is smaller than your Graco. FWIW.

By: Coco

Coco — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:01:01 +0000

Well, I loved the Baby Trend Latch-Loc seat, but they discontinued it and everyone seems to hate its replacement, the Flex-Loc.

Consumer Reports has good information about car seats (barring the one disaster where their data was flawed and they failed almost every seat) and they recommend Chicco highly. It’s a bit higher than your $150 price range, but still less than the Britax or the Peg.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:37:02 +0000

Go to http://www.elitecarseats.com
They have every car seat you could ever imagine, with tons of customer reviews for each on. I forgot to put that on my last post, sorry.

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:15:06 +0000

Graco seems to get a bad rap here, but I have to say I now have the third kid in the Graco Snugride that we bought for the first one, and I’ve NEVER had a moment’s unhappiness with it. I love that I can take the bucket out of the car and bring it into the house and leave the little sleeping monster in it. I love that I can use a warm cozy car seat cover so I don’t have to shove the kid into 16 layers of clothes for a brief trip to the car, there to roast until I get home again.

I don’t find the Graco too heavy to carry, and it has worked for my boys for at least a year for each of them. Then again, my boys are pretty small for their ages.

I second the motion about the double stroller – it’s been a lifesaver with the two that are only 13 months apart. However, and maybe this is just me, I HATE the front and back double strollers. They seem so icky because the kids can’t even see each other most of the time. I have a Peg Perego side by side and LOVE it. And Dean loves it too, so he can pet his brother.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:34:33 +0000

We have an Alpha Omega Convertible for Landon. The only issued we encountered was that yes, it is supposed to be able to be rear facing…but no, it will not fit in the vehicle we bought it for in the rear facing position (luckily we were able to switch with our other car seat for the rear facing time.) So whatever you get, make sure it will fit backwards in the vehicle it is intended to be in.

By: Ms. Moon

Ms. Moon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:27 +0000

Oh my. I remember when we just let the children bounce their tender little heads off the metal dashboard.
Oh wait- that was MY tender little head.
My kids at least had seat belts.