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Never used a bucket seat, so she's always been in a convertible.

We used the infant seat until they out grew it. My kids were on the small side. I loved the option to bring them places or inside the house with out waking them up.

Eta: over a year old for both

At 9 months, still in an infant seat. We switched around 11 months and she got much happier in the car.

LO 1 was in a convertible at 7 months. LO 2 used a bucket until 12 months and I am in no rush to move LO 3.

My big girls stated in convertibles. My youngest is still in the bucket but is so heavy that I'm entertaining switching her. Just trying to wrap my brain around carrying two babies to the car.

Not at 9 months, but we switched at 10.5, maybe 11 months? They weren't close to outgrowing their seats, but I was tired of dealing with the infant seats. Also, they hated their infant seats and were always so sweaty every time I got them out. Getting them bigger convertible seats helped a lot with them getting so sweaty because they don't hug their bodies as closely as the infant seats did.

I switched at 7/8 months. She was average size but would wake up when transferring the seat so it wasn't worth lugging around the extra weight anymore.

We switched @ 10 months.

convertible.

I felt like I was squishing lo in to the bucket at 9 months we switched. He was very big, and now about to outgrow his combi corcoro rear facing at 15 months. I guess I need to get a full sized convertible seat for him. I know I'll use the combi for number two but I should have just gotten a bigger one to start.

We're going to switch her before then. She's almost at the height limit and we're going on a road trip the weekend she turns 9 months. I want her to be more comfortable and less sweaty on the ride.

DD1 was in a bucket til almost two!! She was tiny and we didn't own a car.

DD1 switched around 15 months. She's taller and we had a car so it made sense.

My daughter switched at 9.5 months because she had less than an inch before outgrowing it. But my niece didn't switch until 18 months!

My daughter does about the same in the convertible. I was hoping she'd be more comfortable but she is still fairly fussy.

We switched around 6-7 months. DS had reflux and was miserable in the bucket seat - apparently reflux babies are likely to hate them. We don't even spend that much time in the car but it was still night and day happiness-wise. He was on the bigger side, too (75% for height and weight).

Convertible. She was well within the height and weight limits but it was getting super heavy to carry and she was starting to look squished from side to side.

We switched at about 8 months, but she was getting crowded at about 7 months. I wish I hadn't spent the money on the infant seat.

I switched her a month ago, at 8 months, in my car at least. I got a good deal on the convertible, so I bought it a few months ahead of my original plan. She hated the infant seat, so I figured I'd just switch her. She hates the convertible slightly less. We'll keep using the infant seat in my husband's car until she outgrows it, but she's only in his car once a month, if that.

Almost - we moved him at 10 months bc the seat was backordered. He still had about an inch in room and plenty of room weight-wise but it was close enough height wise where I wanted to move him, plus he was happier to be more upright. Bonus was our convertible seat took up much less front to back space than the bucket.

We just moved at 15 months not because she had outgrown the seat but because she commutes with me and I wanted to see if the convertible helped cut down on crying in the car! It hasn't really
She's still sweaty too but I think that's more a problem with my car's air conditioning not cooling down the whole car rather than the seat.

Convertible. DD isn't a big baby but she hated the bucket seat.