1 year old car seat

Need some help with getting the next car seat for my 14 month old. Best car seats that can be used up to 3-4 year olds? If there is any like that :) Help me plzzz xxx

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We bought the new silver cross one. It lasts until 12 years old! A little on the pricey side but we figured we don’t have to worry about buying another seat!
My other one is using the joie ispin 360. He is 3 and still getting on ok with it

We bought the Britax dualfix m plus and it's wonderful. Seems very comfy and steady

You can get some of expensive but very good rear facing ones that last until about 7! We have a joie 360 which is great and will last until age 3-4 rear or forward facing, because I didn’t know about the extended rear facing ones until after I had bought it.

britax safeway m is brilliant !!!

Axkid Move. It lasts til they’re 6-7 depending on weight. It’s rear facing aswell 😊

Don’t get silvercross or Joie, if you have a high centile baby you’ll need a ERF car seat. I’d contact specialist sellers on ERF with your babies details x

mine was high centile and perfectly fine in both silvercross and joie

Unfortunately if your child is high centile then they could have already outgrown the harness on the joie and the silver cross, which is why the joie are not recommended seats for high centile baby's and the silver cross isn't recommended at all.
Multistage seats are a con, the harness is usually outgrown around 18kg or 105cm and then it's to be used front facing with a seatbelt which can be outgrown as early as 2 in high centile baby's, and its safest to rear face until 4 minimum but preferably 5 or 6.
They also don't perform the best in safety tests when used as a high backed booster and you definitely won't fit a 12 year old in them when used as a hbb as they don't go tall or wide enough. For the price of the silver cross you can get a lot better seat.
However all that matters ultimately is that it's used rear facing, a crap rear facing seat is better than front facing too early

being a mum who had PN anxiety, I’m pretty OTT with safety and my babies. They definitely haven’t outgrown their harnesses and we are getting on fine with the seats. The silvercross all motion all size met all safety guidelines and came out as the safest all stage car seat so that’s the one we went with. As soon as they do outgrown them, we will just buy another 🤷🏼‍♀️ If there was any risk at all, they wouldn’t be in them. Thanks for your input though ☺️

Great help guys! Thank you all xx probably will go with silver cross :) looks so comfy and safe

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