Comments on: All-in-one Car Seats Save Money and the Planet http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/ Earth Friendly, Budget Friendly Wed, 23 May 2012 04:30:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Antonella http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-14375 Antonella Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:01:58 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-14375 Hey there!!! Is it time to update this post? Would love to hear more of what has come out on the marked in the last 2 years!!! :) Very useful blog, and I really enjoyed the book! Anto Hey there!!! Is it time to update this post? Would love to hear more of what has come out on the marked in the last 2 years!!! :)

Very useful blog, and I really enjoyed the book!
Anto

]]> By: Eileen http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-4254 Eileen Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:34:28 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-4254 Okay, this was 8 years ago (OMG!!) but I remember I couldn't use the all-in-one because it wouldn't fit in my small backseat. It seems like I was able to use the infant seat for both kids though (3 years apart) and the other nice thing about the infant seat was that the babysitter, grandma, etc. didn't need a whole other car seat in their cars, they just needed the base. Car seats are SO confusing. I remember trying to weigh all the safety features, size requirements, fitting in my car, working for 2 kids, expiration dates, state vs. federal laws, installation, crash test ratings, price, and on and on! Trying to pick a car-seat can make your head spin. Easier to just walk!=) Okay, this was 8 years ago (OMG!!) but I remember I couldn’t use the all-in-one because it wouldn’t fit in my small backseat. It seems like I was able to use the infant seat for both kids though (3 years apart) and the other nice thing about the infant seat was that the babysitter, grandma, etc. didn’t need a whole other car seat in their cars, they just needed the base. Car seats are SO confusing. I remember trying to weigh all the safety features, size requirements, fitting in my car, working for 2 kids, expiration dates, state vs. federal laws, installation, crash test ratings, price, and on and on! Trying to pick a car-seat can make your head spin. Easier to just walk!=)

]]> By: Kacie http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-4213 Kacie Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:12:24 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-4213 We didn't get an infant seat. We got a 5-65 lb. seat, the First Years TruFit. It DID legitimately work for my newborn who was under 6 lbs. when we brought him home. He's 23 lbs. so there's still a long way to go with this seat, hopefully. We will need a booster, but two seats instead of 3 aren't bad. In the car seat reviews I've read, the 3-in-1s don't do any of their individual tasks perfectly. It's either good for a newborn or bad for big kid, or whatnot. We didn’t get an infant seat. We got a 5-65 lb. seat, the First Years TruFit. It DID legitimately work for my newborn who was under 6 lbs. when we brought him home.

He’s 23 lbs. so there’s still a long way to go with this seat, hopefully. We will need a booster, but two seats instead of 3 aren’t bad.

In the car seat reviews I’ve read, the 3-in-1s don’t do any of their individual tasks perfectly. It’s either good for a newborn or bad for big kid, or whatnot.

]]> By: rebecca http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 rebecca Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:30:00 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-4212 That is what I was afraid of, Allyson! That's too bad your plans didn't work out. It is really confusing trying to figure out what car seat will work for your child. Like both of you, I also had an infant car seat, and it did prove useful. That is what I was afraid of, Allyson! That’s too bad your plans didn’t work out. It is really confusing trying to figure out what car seat will work for your child.

Like both of you, I also had an infant car seat, and it did prove useful.

]]> By: Larisa http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 Larisa Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:49:17 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-4211 While I do wish that my toddler carseat coverted to a booster, I don't at all regret having had a separate infant carseat when my son was a baby--it allowed me to enjoy meals out, shopping, etc. while he napped away comfortably, completely oblivious that he'd even left the car. It made the early days of parenthood much easier. While I do wish that my toddler carseat coverted to a booster, I don’t at all regret having had a separate infant carseat when my son was a baby–it allowed me to enjoy meals out, shopping, etc. while he napped away comfortably, completely oblivious that he’d even left the car. It made the early days of parenthood much easier.

]]> By: Allyson http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/02/02/all-in-one-car-seats-save-money-and-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-4210 Allyson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:49:30 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=4295#comment-4210 A week ago, we thought we were all set to bring our little guy home from the hospital. The nurses took one look at him in our all-in-one seat (A Safety 1st seat) and said "Nope, won't work." No matter what we did, the seat tilted him at a bad angle for his airway. And he's not that tiny--7.5 pounds. So despite our careful research and having the seat inspected for use, we had to rush out and buy an infant seat to bring our baby home. Since we've had the infant seat, I'm discovering some perks: we can load Blake in inside where it's warm (in the Northeast's 3 degree weather, that's a bonus), and not wake him getting him out of the car. I wish the all-in-one had worked for birth to toddlerhood, but it looks like it's only going to work for toddlerhood and beyond. A week ago, we thought we were all set to bring our little guy home from the hospital. The nurses took one look at him in our all-in-one seat (A Safety 1st seat) and said “Nope, won’t work.” No matter what we did, the seat tilted him at a bad angle for his airway. And he’s not that tiny–7.5 pounds. So despite our careful research and having the seat inspected for use, we had to rush out and buy an infant seat to bring our baby home.

Since we’ve had the infant seat, I’m discovering some perks: we can load Blake in inside where it’s warm (in the Northeast’s 3 degree weather, that’s a bonus), and not wake him getting him out of the car.

I wish the all-in-one had worked for birth to toddlerhood, but it looks like it’s only going to work for toddlerhood and beyond.

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