Can I use this with my 18 month old child who is ~28lbs? Or should I use a full car seat?
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Depends on how your toddler is. I started using it with my son at 23 months. The decision didn't have to do with age or weight, it was just his age when we first purchased him his own seat. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for my daughter who is currently 20 months. I don't know her weight, but it's about the same as your child. I find this much easier to use than lugging a car seat through the airport. It's guaranteed to fit in the plane seat, which isn't always true for regular car seats. One warning, you have to distract the child from the plane belt buckle. At first, they want to keep undoing the seatbelt. My son got over it rather quickly (or I flipped the buckle so he couldn't lift the flap). Depends on how your toddler is. I started using it with my son at 23 months. The decision didn't have to do with age or weight, it was just his age when we first purchased him his own seat. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for my daughter who is currently 20 months. I don't know her weight, but it's about the same as your child. I find this much easier to use than lugging a car seat through the airport. It's guaranteed to fit in the plane seat, which isn't always true for regular car seats. One warning, you have to distract the child from the plane belt buckle. At first, they want to keep... » Read More Depends on how your toddler is. I started using it with my son at 23 months. The decision didn't have to do with age or weight, it was just his age when we first purchased him his own seat. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for my daughter who is currently 20 months. I don't know her weight, but it's about the same as your child. I find this much easier to use than lugging a car seat through the airport. It's guaranteed to fit in the plane seat, which isn't always true for regular car seats. One warning, you have to distract the child from the plane belt buckle. At first, they want to keep undoing the seatbelt. My son got over it rather quickly (or I flipped the buckle so he couldn't lift the flap). « Show Less
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Absolutely. ! We used it for my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter and she was very comfortable and we had so much more room to move around.
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Depends on how your toddler is. I started using it with my son at 23 months. The decision didn't have to do with age or weight, it was just his age when we first purchased him his own seat. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for my daughter who is currently 20 months. I don't know her weight, but it's about the same as your child. I find this much easier to use than lugging a car seat through the airport. It's guaranteed to fit in the plane seat, which isn't always true for regular car seats. One warning, you have to distract the child from the plane belt buckle. At first, they want to keep undoing the seatbelt. My son got over it rather quickly (or I flipped the buckle so he couldn't lift the flap).
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I would follow the instructions and wait until she is 40lbs. That is the safest option. The 5 point harness car seats are the safest for every child. Britax makes one that can be used up to 80lbs.
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The car seat needed a bit of added head support for our infant in the first two months (he was 6lbs7oz and 18.5inches at birth). He's now 28.5 inches and 18 lbs (10 months old) and can ride in the stroller without the car seat but needs additional support or a blanket tucked around him to keep him secure if we roll on rough terrain (we frequently walk with the stroller in the woods) since the straps don't quite tighten down enough over his shoulders. We love the stroller- it's functional and easy to use and the sunshades are some of the biggest out there.
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Short answer: I don't think soWe put our son in there at about 30 months and 35 pounds. Our chicco keyfit 30 car seat worked pretty well up until then, and I think the official recommendation is to keep your kids in a rear facing car seat until 2 years or close to 30 lbs. When our son got in this it still seemed a bit big since the seatbel strap was located too high so it would slide into his neck (not bad, but you could tell it wasn't quite right). We bought the maxi cosi priori seat as an "in between" seat as our baby was outgrowing the car seat but wasn't ready for this seat. Note that I do highly recommend the Kobuk seat Short answer: I don't think soWe put our son in there at about 30 months and 35 pounds. Our chicco keyfit 30 car seat worked pretty well up until then, and I think the official recommendation is to keep your kids in a rear facing car seat until 2 years or close to 30 lbs. When our son got in this it still seemed a bit big since the seatbel strap was located too high so it would slide into his neck (not bad, but you could tell it wasn't quite right). We bought the maxi cosi priori seat as an "in between" seat as our baby was outgrowing the car seat but wasn't... » Read More Short answer: I don't think soWe put our son in there at about 30 months and 35 pounds. Our chicco keyfit 30 car seat worked pretty well up until then, and I think the official recommendation is to keep your kids in a rear facing car seat until 2 years or close to 30 lbs. When our son got in this it still seemed a bit big since the seatbel strap was located too high so it would slide into his neck (not bad, but you could tell it wasn't quite right). We bought the maxi cosi priori seat as an "in between" seat as our baby was outgrowing the car seat but wasn't ready for this seat. Note that I do highly recommend the Kobuk seat « Show Less
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have not tried that yet, bec my 1 yr old can sit in front w/o the infant car seat. Without the infant car seat, my 3 yr old girl sits comfortably..it has straps too so it is safe esp when your kid decided to stand up while your crossing a street. just the compartment below i found it small BUT its not a deal breaker for us.
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I think it depends on the size of the car seat and also the size of your older child. I find that we have plenty of room with ours (although our 2 year old is small), and my 2 year old loves being able to chat to the baby, although she has to lean forward a fair bit to do it. We have a fairly large car seat and we haven't found this to be a problem.
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Once baby can sit up well you can think about making the switch. Babies vary so much in size and it is really more of a developmental issue. You could of course "prop" your baby, but if things start shifting, while you are jogging, you won't have a happy baby anymore. As a car-seat, the limitations are: 32" or 35 pounds, which ever comes first. But this is for crash safety, which shouldn't be a problem for stroller use, as long as your baby is comfortable. Hope this helps you sort it out. ENJOY your baby!
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You have to buy a separate carseat adapter - there is a special for Chicco car seats. My son is over 37" and fits fine! I have the canopy in the lowest position, too, so my daughter can see over his seat better from the back seat (I use it as a double with two seats facing forward usually). No complaints about room, but there is still more room for him to grow since we can put the canopy higher!
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There is no age requirement for this car seat, only weight requirements. The weight requirements are 5 lbs to 70 lbs. This car seat works great rear facing while your child is under two and then can be turned around and used until your child is over 70 lbs. There are great infant pads that keep the little ones snug as a bug, but can be taken out for kiddos who are older or bigger. It easily adjusts for your child as they get older. All around a great car seat that can be used from infancy through pre-school.
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The front of the Instruction manual says age 3 or over, 30-100 pounds, 38-57 inches. There are car seat safety guidelines on different websites (highway patrol,consumer reports, etc) and car seats are still believed to be safer. We waited to switch over until our son was 40 pounds, over 40 inches and almost 4 years old. We are pleased with the booster and it is easy to use.
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I guess it depends on what size or how old your little one is. I can tell you that car seat manufacturers do not recommend putting anything extra in the car seat that the car seat didn't come with for safety reasons. What some parents of little babies do is roll up receiving blankets and put to the sides of head for support. I only used this car seat after my lo outgrew the pumpkin seat. So he was old enough not to need extra support.
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Most of the car seats work for babies from 5 pound but if your baby its smaller (most of newborns are) than that you can buy a head and body support pillow so your baby can fit and feel comfy in his car seat. This car seat supports children 5 to 45 pound and forwrd facing for children 22 to 70 lbs its a excellent quality seat, confortable por babies a great long term inversion, my baby girl loves it, its made with breathable material so your baby be well care.
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My wins wieght 13 and 12 lbs as of now with the car seat it should be aroung total 30 lbs. It really works good for us. What we are looking was a lightweihgt stroller and we got it form this baby trend. There is a strap to hold each car seat for the stroller. For me the strap is good enough to hold both stroller. I used evenflo car seat for this baby trend stroller.
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You can use the seatbelt. Most cars LATCH systems are only supported until 40 pounds. Love this carseat!
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We bought it for our 18-month old and never used the seat. It's the shorter O-bar that we were shooting for and still use. Our son is now 28 months and is still using the O-bar.
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I use this car seat for my son who is 3 (turned 3 in august) and he weighs 32lbs. There are multiple strap settings and my son fits well in this seat.
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Yes. I have a 4 year old who is 40 lbs and he rides along next to the baby in the car seat. There is plenty of room for both but the stroller still feels compact and is so easy to push. We really love this stroller. The other stroller we considered was the City Select. It's also nice b/c it can convert to be a single stroller when the older one's not riding. (Or you can get a glider board for them to stand on). Good luck!