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I agree with @venice4504 about buying the smallest weight rating for an infant car seat. I purchased the Graco Snugride 35, which can accommodate for a baby up to 35lbs. My LO is less than 5 percentile in weight, and we will switch to a convertible car seat before he ever reaches 35lbs. The Snugride 35 is heavier, and I hate carrying it back and forth, especially as my LO gets bigger.

I got a graco snugride 30 and like it. I'm glad I didn't get the lowest weight one since that one only goes up to 22 lbs. At 7 months she's over 18 lb and really long, I feel like she's quickly outgrowing even this bigger seat but they're supposed to stay rear facing for awhile.

http://babyproducts.about.com/od/carseats/qt/rear_facing.htm

We have a Britax Marathon 70. We can rearface in it until she is two and then she can be in it until 70 lbs. It's roomie but not huge and we really like it.

We got the Peg Perego SIP 30/30. My LO's in the 98th% for height so we switched to a convertible when she was around 7 months old. We have the Britax Advocate 70cs. LOve iT.
Both are rear and forward facing.

We went with the Britax Chaperone for an infant seat, then the Marathon for the convertable, based on safety ratings and the super cute cow pattern that I'm in love with!

Britax Chaperone and the Britax Marathon here. We have only used the chaperone so far. Very happy with the price (it was free, since they were running a promo when we purchased the Britax B Ready Stroller)

I wish I skipped the bucket, but as a first time mom, I wanted to make sure I made my life as easy as possible!

I really think the "right" answer depends on lifestyle. We rarely take the car anywhere, so it would have made more sense to skip the bucket and go right to a convertible that can be rear facing and forward facing. The amount of times that DS actually fell asleep in the car and was still sleeping by the time we got to our apartment...I can count on one hand.

@JustlikeHeaven: Don't get me wrong, it's not spacious with the car seat in there, but at least it fits, which is more than I can say of some other car seats.

Which infant car seat do you have? - Britax Chaperone (Silver)
Are you happy with the purchase? - Yes, it is pretty large, doesn't fit into a lot of booths at restaurants because its too wide but since we have a bigger baby we are happy we got the bigger size
How much did it cost? - I think they are like $180 but I got it free with my stroller ($400 for B-Ready and carseat)
Is it rear facing? - Yes.

We also bought a convertible seat (can rear and front face) that we started to use instead of buying a second base.

We had the Chicco Keyfit. It was awesome. Loved that thing. I know some people go for a convertible straight away, but I can't imagine not being able to take him out of the car in the seat when he was little and snoozing all the time.

At just shy of six months, we switched to the Britax Marathon. It is also awesome. But I sure miss the convenience of the Chicco!

We have the Britax Chaperone also purchased during Britax's free car seat with purchase of B-Ready stroller. Our little girl hasn't arrived yet (38 weeks!) but it made sense for us since we drive to most places we go to.

@ElisaT: I'm sure you'll love it. I loved that the stroller was basically a snap and go frame while she was little and stayed in her infant seat. So easy to run into stores and such.

We have the Orbit G2 car seat. It's rear-facing. I used it at a previous nanny job and love it!

we put the chicco keyfit on our registry - the guy we talked to at buybuybaby was explaining all the car seats to us. he said it's easy to install the base and easy to take out and put back in the car. easy to take out the baby, etc.

@Mrsbells: Wow, good deal! I know people always say bad things about travel systems, but we have a chico and I love ours, bulky stroller and all.

@Mrsbells: Excellent! Nice deal!!

We decided to register for the Britax Marathon and the Britax B-Agile Stroller. As much as I'd love the more expensive versions of both, these seem more than capable.

For an infant seat, we're getting my husband's best friend's infant seat. Their daughter was born 6 months ago, so she'll be out of it by the time we need it. Even if she's not, she will fit just fine in the convertable until we can get it from him. We'll get one of those snap and go strollers for the infant car seat. Cheap and easy.

@tequiero21: I think Buy Buy Baby is one of the greatest stores ever. The people there are so knowledgeable and there is always someone to help. I love that!