https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 06:38:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-861365 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:12:53 +0000 MamaMoose 861365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO is only six months old but I expect to be at least at a year before we switch her. She's still under 15 pounds and only 26 inches. The bucket seat is so much easier because we only have to have a base in each car vs a huge convertible seat in each car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-861360 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:05:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 861360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: he has his 15 mos (and month late hah) well child next week, he'll be weighed/measured and I'll see how close he is! Our scale gives us a 3 lb variance for him which is a huge difference for a toddler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-858325 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:11:42 +0000 stargal 858325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: p is 11 months and still in his infant car seat. he's only 20 pounds and under the height limit but he's creeping towards being to tall for it. I STILL put him in the infant car seat in the stroller. im insane, but its easier and I like seeing him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-858211 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:30:41 +0000 twinmama 858211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We could have waited as we have snugride 35 buckets and the kids are still within the specs. But it was clear that they were getting uncomfortable around 9-10 mos, and are now so much happier with the extra room in their radians. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-858156 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:12:17 +0000 Freckles 858156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also switched at 9 months because we had the snugride 22, not those massive 30lb bucket seats everyone has. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-858132 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:06:08 +0000 tysonja 858132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i waited until the last minute (and probably past the last minute) to switch A.... it was the week before his first birthday! however he is pretty heavy (24lbs) and tall, and we have a small seat (22lb limit) so we were late in switching :(</p> <p>my car's a 2 door civic, so you can only imagine how huge a rear facing convertible is.... and with my 27week belly... i don't know how i get him in there everyday! LOL</p> <p>i say that if J still fits and it's safe and comfy for him, there's no reason to switch yet! that way when you do buy a convertible, it will be able to last longer than if you bought it early (to use for other kids, etc)!</p> <p>eta: he hadn't been weighed in a loooonngg time so i really thought he was still under 22lbs! ack... seeing what i typed above makes me feel like an unsafe carseat parent! oh my... o_0! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-858087 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:54:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 858087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: Yup, that's us too. We have been putting it off cause it's expensive to buy a new seat!</p> <p>@mrsmate: haha I NEVER carry our infant seat. It does stay in the car. I haven't carried it since winter.</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: that eases my mind! I was just afraid there might have been a hard fast rule about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857837 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:39:08 +0000 prettylizy 857837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched her at 7 or 8 months only because I was sick of lugging bother her and that seat around. She's 15 months and 19lbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857833 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:38:18 +0000 loveisstrange 857833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. C outgrew hers pretty quick. We switched her at 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857829 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:37:02 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 857829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 17 months and we JUST switched her ... like this week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857823 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:34:36 +0000 Weagle 857823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have friends that just switched their 18 month old. He's a peanut, and they didn't want to spend the money until they had to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857816 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:32:21 +0000 mrsmate 857816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched at about 14.5mo but only bc we were going to Korea to a month and I didn't want DD to outgrow her bucket seat while we were there. She probably still had a few more months to go in our Graco SnugRide 35. She moved into a Combi Coccoro.</p> <p>I don't really understand when people say they switched bc the infant seat got too heavy to carry. You can just leave it in the car like a convertible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-switch-to-convertible-carseat-after-a-year#post-857754 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:06:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 857754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J is pretty light for his age, just over 20 lbs, and not extremely tall - he just hit 30". He has a really long infant seat, so we've just kept him in it because he is well within the height/weight max.</p> <p>He is 16 mos so I realize it's not common to wait this long! Did anyone else wait until after a year? </p>