I haven't been in the market for an infant seat in a long time, so I'm a bit out of the loop. I had a Graco SafeSeat for DS1 and liked it, but it was a beast. By about 6 months, it lived in the car and never got taken out. DS1 fit in that seat until about 16-17 months, but I switched him over to a convertible seat at 8 months. With 3 older kids now (we have DH's boys 50% of the time) I anticipate we will be using the infant seat quite a bit.

This will be our last, and we just found out it's a girl!!! We currently have 2 sedans, but will be getting a used minivan very soon, likely an Odyssey.

What are the latest and greatest infant seats these days? We obviously have some time to decide, but I'm a crazy planner and like to research this stuff to death! Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated!