pricing used baby stuff?

[MonkeyMama]

I was reading some modern reviews on Britax vs. Roundabout and doesn't look like much has changed.

I just had to point out that buying the Marathon "because most kids hit the 40-pound limit on the Roundabout, by age 2 or 3" is absurd, in my opinion. My kids have always been on the large side. My 4yo just hit 40 pounds. I had to rub my eyes and reread that. Most parents are happy to switch to a booster at age 2 or 3 anyway (I certainly was!) So I find that advice rather suspect. Who wrote that - the manufacturer? Anyway, I heavily disagree with that advice. People get sick of big car seats. You don't need a carseat that goes to 60 pounds. Your child will most definitely protest once they are age 4, 5, 6. If you buy it, buy it for the safety features.

Just some other food for thought.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Good points, thanks! Actually MM, I know a lot of people whose 1 year olds hit 20-25 lbs. So they don't grow much between 1-4? Is 40 lbs normal at 4 then?

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

You can probably find some online growth charts to get an idea how big your baby might be at various ages. There may even be some which take races or nationalities into account.

I just looked in my kid's baby book and see he hit 20 pounds at 5 months. (This was the only point at which he was actually off the charts.) I think I do remember changing car seats at that time. He was 23 lbs at 12 months, 28 lbs at 18 months. He was a chunker, though. I'm pretty sure we went through only two car seats in his infancy and toddlerhood. At four years old the state still required some sort of safety restraint, but he was really getting too heavy for car seats, yet not tall enough for a booster seat to be safe. There are now way more choices in both booster seats and cars seats , so I don't think any children get caught in the no-man's land (no-babe's land?) of not fitting any of the contraptions on the market.

The other day I looked in Target at carseats just out of curiosity. I was baffled. I know if I looked at Babies R Us I would be stymied. They've got a lot of them!