akc
12-29-2004, 08:29 AM
Hi -
We've got to get car seats for our daytime baby sitter, and I've got a dilemma. My older daughter is 2 1/2 and is tall (at 100% in height for her age) and thin (27 lbs, only 50% weight) - she's currently in a Graco Cargo that a friend gave to us b/c we had to put her sister in her original Marathon. My youngest DD is a "solid citizen" - at 11 mos, she's over 100% in height, weight (and head size - at least she's proportional!) In fact, she weighs about the same as her sister! I was pleased with the original Marathon - I'm not so much a fan when it's backward facing b/c it's so difficult to get at the adjuster strap in our Subaru Outback, but Charlotte only has one more month backwards, so that's fine.
I figure we'll give the sitter the Graco, but now the question is - do I spend on another Marathon? Or, would be fine in a different, less expensive seat? I saw some of the suggestions were some by Graco or Evenflo? What would you do - and what would your suggestion be for a seat? Money is tight, but I don't want to have to buy another one soon, so we'd like to be smart. Maybe there is a post-holiday sale somewhere for either?
Thanks for your advice!
Alexa
We've got to get car seats for our daytime baby sitter, and I've got a dilemma. My older daughter is 2 1/2 and is tall (at 100% in height for her age) and thin (27 lbs, only 50% weight) - she's currently in a Graco Cargo that a friend gave to us b/c we had to put her sister in her original Marathon. My youngest DD is a "solid citizen" - at 11 mos, she's over 100% in height, weight (and head size - at least she's proportional!) In fact, she weighs about the same as her sister! I was pleased with the original Marathon - I'm not so much a fan when it's backward facing b/c it's so difficult to get at the adjuster strap in our Subaru Outback, but Charlotte only has one more month backwards, so that's fine.
I figure we'll give the sitter the Graco, but now the question is - do I spend on another Marathon? Or, would be fine in a different, less expensive seat? I saw some of the suggestions were some by Graco or Evenflo? What would you do - and what would your suggestion be for a seat? Money is tight, but I don't want to have to buy another one soon, so we'd like to be smart. Maybe there is a post-holiday sale somewhere for either?
Thanks for your advice!
Alexa