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Originally Posted by Eff-1
So the situation is we have an infant car seat that was loaned to us by a trusted friend. It's currently rear facing behind the front passenger seat which is cranked forward. My wife sits in the back behind the driver.
The friend however needs us to return the infant seat in about 4 months so we're going to have to switch to a convertible at that time. Baby will be about 9 months old, so a bit earlier than we normally would have switched but not the end of the world, especially considering we saved $$$ by not buying an infant seat.
I agree, we're going to have to go to a store and test fit a bunch. The hope is to find a rear facing convertible seat that can sit behind the front passenger, but allow us to move the seat back to the position where my wife can comfortably sit up front (which she can't right now). I'd like to test the Nuna, but also I heard the Diono could work as long as you also have the angle adjustor that makes the seat sit up a bit straighter. Anyways, we shall see.
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I think all convertible seats can easily accommodate a 9 month old and even much younger than that. The only reason why an infant seat is preferable is because you can remove the seat from the car while the baby is sleeping, which you can't really do in a convertible seat.
As for seats, I've bought a total of 8 seats (so far) and will choose the ones with some sort of seat lock off so that install is easy. I own both seats with and without the lock offs and trust me you want it especially when installing seatbelt method when you child/seat combined weight is getting close to 65 pounds limit of the latch system.
So Clek, Nuna Rava, Britax (Clicktight models only), Graco (Snuglock models only). Unfortunately these are also the pricier ones.
I also prefer seats with rigid latches, but they don't work that well in my sedan as the latch points in that car make the installed seat off-centered from the car's seat bottoms so make sure you check your car first.
Diono is tempting and looks great and sturdy, but no seat lock off feature plus no "no re-thread" harness made it a no for me. Maybe I'll get one of their high-back boosters one day. Clek Foonf/Fllo also requires manually rethreading the harness when your child grows and it's hella heavy, but at least it has the lockoffs plus rigid latch (Foonf).