When did you upgrade baby’s infant car seat?

My little guy is 8 months old and I’ve had a lot of family tell me he’s still fine but he looks so uncomfortable and big for his current car seat.

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We haven’t. We’re in sd so it’s still pretty cold and the last thing I want to do is pull a baby out of her warm car seat if she hasn’t outgrown the infant one yet.

Never had an infant one. We had a turn 2 me from Graco which can go as little as 4lbs! Then I baby wear or carry. I’m in Wisconsin and when it’s cold I just wrap baby in a blanket and he’s fine for the one minute walk from the car.

Not until one with our oldest…

I think we will do the same with our 2nd who is currently 7.5 months. You could definitely switch to a convertible rear facing car seat if you wanted too.

You are mama and you know best. I will just take the weather of the state you live in..into account. It’s freezing cold here and so it’s easier to leave our girl in her infant car seat so I don’t have to bundle her up as much if that makes sense. I can just throw a cover over the car seat or blanket going in and out of stores

So…the convertiable car seat might just take alittle more effort if it’s cold where you live. But you also won’t need to lug around the infant car seat anymore

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