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I didn't - we used the infant bucket for right about a year so a convertible would have just sat around in storage all that time.

I didn't and I wish I would have. DS1 was in a convertible at 5 months and we switched DS2 at about 2 months. Both my kids are heavy so lugging that infant seat sucked!

I didn't and we bought them ourselves, when Ds was 7/8 months

I did. I was surprised it was purchased. Some people will surprise you with their generosity. It worked out great because when we switched DS around 7-8 months we only had to spend money on one convertible for DHs truck!

I didn't but I wish I did. You'll definitely need at least 1 in the future - maybe within the first year if you plan on driving a lot with LO. It's not something to buy used and they can get to be expensive.

I wouldn't because it would expire sooner, I wouldn't want to store it, and I might change my mind about which to get. We used our infant seat for a year, but next time I might switch sooner.

We purchased our own seats (intended to use convertible from birth then changed our minds last minute), but I wouldn't register just because you could loose a year or more off the expiration date...

For example our first outgrew the infant seat by 8 mo. We used the same seat for our second and she can still fit in it at 19 mo. Had a convertible seat been purchased for her during pregnancy we would have lost over 2 years off the expiration date (we did switch her around 14 mo to a convertible but she still uses the infant seat as our extra seat). Our infant seat is also one with a much smaller weight and height limit compared to the one you are registering for, so we would have gotten even more use out of yours. Now that she is older we just leave the seat installed in it's base in the car and use it like a convertible.

No, we ended up using our infant car seat for almost 18 months w/ DD1 (she was tiny) and then just bought a convertible when we finally needed it. Regulations can change between when you have the baby and when you need it, so we thought it was better to wait.

Register for everything! You never know what people with gift and if nothing else you can use the registry completion discount later to buy them.

No, we bought the seat later.

We did not. I wasn't sure what we would want and I didn't want to lose a year of use off the expiration date. We were in our KeyFit 30 until about 14 months. We had no place to store Convertibles in our condo.