Big girl car seat

As of last night Lydia officially has a big girl convertible car seat! She is still tiny at 19lb so she has still fit in her infant seat but she is starting to grow a tiny bit length wise so we needed to plan ahead!

I went yesterday and grabbed Jilli's old convertible car seat which has a lover rear facing height limit then her current one as we were planning on using it for Lydia since she is a ways from the height limit. I had read online that getting the Evenflo seat installed correctly in my Senna (we used this car seat in the Oddysey) was hard and they were not joking. I have installed a lot of car seats over the years between baby sitting and such that I've gotten pretty good at it but no matter what I did I could not get a safe install because of the angle of the seats in the Senna. That seat might work forward facing however we do extended rear facing at our house and Jilli is still very comfortably rear facing so turning Lydia around isn't happening any time soon.

So thankfully Brent works right by a Toys R Us that is going out and they marked all their car seats 30% off yesterday so he popped in and picked up a second Chicco Nextfit. Jilli has had a Nexfit for a while and we really like it! Its easy to use, clean and install. Jilli had a different infant seat then Lydia and for Jilli's I cried once when Brent took the base out because the base was such a pain to get in, but that is not a problem at all with the Nextfit. The latch system is so easy on it! Its not as easy to install as Lydia's infant base but I'm not sure any convertible seat on the market is!

So we are now the owners of two Nextfit seats! The girls are excited because the one Brent got yesterday is purple sparkles because thats the color they had!


My tops pics for seats we have used:

Infant:
Uppababy Mesa: It is SO easy to install that base. I have installed it in multiple cars and it goes in like a dream and shows you with an indicator if it is in right and leveled correctly. I never have questions if it is in all the way. The seat itself is nice and has some nice features. For every day use car seats I love non rethread harnesses, it just makes it easier to get the right fit, especially with kids who have muscle tone to sit up all the way some days but then slump really badly from low muscle tone other days. The only downside with this car seat other then its price tag is its limited stroller compatibility. We bought it when Baby Jogger still made adapters for their stroller with it however they have discontinued those. The UppaBaby customer service is also amazing too. The belt buckle accidentally got washed one day and they overnighted us a new one. The cover is also very easy to remove. We have been using this seat for 23mo now

Convertible:
Chicco Nextfit: It is easy to install.  It has been easy to clean, my kids don't eat "food" in their car seats so I don't have that mess to clean but we have had bathroom spills on it. It is super easy to adjust the height. With its rear facing limits Jilli (who is small for her age) has been able to stay rear facing til almost 5 and a half.