I was wondering if i should be in the market for a bigger carseat. My son is 7 months. abuot 20 lbs and between 28 and 29 inches long. I still have him in the newborn carseat. If so what do you reccomend?
Check the limits of his newborn seat it does not sound as if he should be out of it by now. Once he reaches the limit of his seat then it is imperative that you keep him rear-facing in a 5 point harnessed seat until at least 2 years of age preferably longer.
check your carseat weight height limits. I know I had my daughter in the infant seat until about 9 months could have gone longer bc she is little but there was a sale on carseat I wanted to I bought it and switched. Plus I wasn't ever taking the infant seat out because it was too heavy for me to carry with her in it. I bought a britex.
and whichever one you choose, keep him rear-facing until 2 yrs. that is the new recommendation now from pediatricians (AAP).
http://www.thecarseatlady.com/car_seats/rear-facing_seats...
We had Britax Chaperon for our 3 rd child she was 15 months old before we moved her out(it goes to 33" /30 lb so even being over 70% in height it still lasted that long) For convertible car seats ........we love/have these
http://www.albeebaby.com/maxi-cosi-priori-convertible-car... (it's very much like Britax Roundabout only ALOT cheaper)
and
http://www.albeebaby.com/diono-radian-rxt-convertible-car...
(this is one tank of a car seat and it does not fit in my hubby's smaller car)
So those are my recommendations depending on the budget/car size
PS also please do some research about extended rear facing, it saves kids lives .
A convertible - it will serve you longer. You can have him RF to the limit of the seat (some go 40lbs) and FF to that limit. Ours is a Marathon and DD will be RF til she is 35lbs (we have an older model). She's 3.5 and she just crosses her legs and hasn't had a problem being extended rear facing. Then the seat will serve us until she's 65lbs. A Marathon can be used with an infant as small as 5lbs, and many other convertibles are the same way - some people skip the infant seat altogether.
Our infant seat went to 20 lbs so then we switched to the more comfortable convertible seat, still backward of course! From research and personal experience in a fatality accident I always recommend the britax marathon.
Most of our kids we moved to a convertible carseat (facing backwards) around that time...but with our last, we somehow just never got around to it and he never seemed to care...so he was in his newborn seat until he hit...18 months? Something like that. He is way stoked tho' now to be sitting up more. So...I wouldn't 'stress' about it...I have never heard of a health or safety reason to...if someone else has, I'd be anxious to know! It's probably more stimulating for them sitting up a little taller (maybe? I mean, how much more can they really see but the back of the seat anyway?). It might be better for back muscles or sitting muscles...or something? It never seemed too detrimental for our little guy... *shrug*. Good luck :)
(I agree - check the limits on the carseat...ours went up to 35 pounds)
