Ohhhhh car seats. They are expensive. There are a million and one choices. They range from cheap to a car payment.

We just installed B’s new car seat. He was outgrowing his Chicco Keyfit 30 and with the hot weather upon us, it was time to get something more spacious. I just wanted to say what I love about what we have chosen.

Chicco Keyfit 30

We decided on getting this car seat because I needed a seat that could sit in our BOB stroller. If we would have gotten a convertible seat to begin with, I wouldn’t have been able to put B in our stroller until 5 or 6 months old. So, when I realized I needed a bucket seat, I started googling top Carseats and the Chicco Keyfit 30 was a top contender.

What I liked about it:

It was AMAZING when he was a tiny baby. I could put him in his car seat, then into a grocery cart, then back into the car all without waking a sleeping baby. We could go out to restaurants and he could sit in the car seat while we ate. I could put him into his stroller and go for walks, easy peasy.

It had the handle which we could hang toys on which kept him distracted when he was awake.

It was easy to install the base and really easy to click in and out.

What I didn’t like:

It gets hot. Now that the weather is warm, B’s back is DRENCHED in sweat almost every time I pull him out.

It was easy to put him in it and take him out as a baby, but now that he’s almost 19 lbs, it’s hard to lift him up over the side to put him in it.

Once he got easier to carrier on my hip, the removable car seat aspect became useless.

Overall, I would recommend the Chicco Keyfit 30. Ours doesn’t expire until 2019 so we will be keeping it for baby #2.

We just upgraded to the Diono Rainier.

I asked on several mommy pages what car seats they loved. A TON of people loved the Diono Radian RXT. So I decided after so many great reviews to go with that. After more research though, we found that the Rainier was the newer version of the Radian RXT and decided to go with that. It’s FAA approved which means we can fly with it which is really important to us because it will be B’s seat in a small aircraft.

It has won awards and has amazing reviews, so we decided it would be the next seat for him.

What I like about it (so far):

It has memory foam cushioning, so it’s super comfy. Like… I wish my seat was made out of the same stuff as his.

It’s room-y. It doesn’t have super high sides so that B can spread out.

It has a lot of open space so that HOPEFULLY B won’t sweat as much.

What I don’t like about it so far:

It was ridiculous to get ready to install. All the straps, all the assembling,

The instructions were a joke. We spent two hours trying to figure it all out.

That’s all that I don’t like so far. 🙂