Carseats

I wanted to get advice from you all. I am so confused about carseats. We have our infant carseat (from the travel system carrier and base). We are looking for something for after that. I was hoping to find something that converted from carseat, to booster, etc. My hubby really wants the carseat to have a cupholder. I put some options below but I wanted your advice guidance!

We regisereted for the Graco Nautilus carseat below. There are great reviews and then a few about croch strap being small. So I don't know if this is the best carseat.

http://www.target.com/Graco-Nautilus-3-Car-Seat/dp/B0011URFRE/ref=br_1_10?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&qid=1273076707&searchView=grid5&sr=1-10&node=12953781&searchRank=reviewrank&searchPage=1&searchSize=150&id=Graco%20Nautilus%203-%20Car%20Seat&searchBinNameList=purchasing_channel%2Csubjectbin%2Ctarget_com_age%2Ctarget_com_gender-bin%2Ctarget_com_character-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin

Another one I was thinking about is the Graco My Ride below. But, it would only go up to 65 and then we would buy a booster after that correct? 

http://www.target.com/Graco-My-Ride-Car-Seat/dp/B002C3I8WA/r ef=br_ln_reviews_1_11?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&node=12953781#com munityReviews

I have the Graco MyRide....Matthew loves it.  He always falls asleep in it.  You would have to buy a new booster seat but in my opinion once your LO gets that heavy that seat is going to have ALOT of wear and tear on it.  Matthew has already threw up in his more times than I want to remember and poured a sippy of water in his....and he's only been in his 8 months or so.  To get to 65 lbs your looking at a 5 to 9 year old or even older child.  I can't imagine using a car seat THAT long without getting a new one.  But, this is just my opinion. 

I have to agree with the previous poster. My daughter is 4 1/2 and weighs 54 lbs. She is 100% for weight so most children won't be at 65 lbs. until later. The only bad thing about the convertible car seats is that when its time to use the booster, it is so heavy and clumsy that it's a pain to move around. If you buy a cheap booster when its time, it's much more portable. I didn't think that we'd ever be moving her car seat around so I got the convertible kind. It was a pain and we ended up buying a cheap booster so we can easily give it to Grandma or Grandpa. Oh and the cheap booster has a cup holder as well as the convertible one.

we have the true fit by first years... i LOVE it and so does jayson.. he was out of his infant seat by 3 months... so im getting ready to buy another convertiable for jaylyn.. i will prob get the same thing



it has infant inserts... and that top part comes off for kids under 22 lbs

I have true fit also and love it. It goes 5 pounds to 80 or more I think. We did not do the infant carrier this time around. ( this is our 4th baby) It works great!

 We have one First Years True Fit and then a Recaro.  We love both of them.  I got the true fit at BabysRUs with a 20% off coupon, and a year later found one on clearance for $38 so I bought it for my brother.  They love it as well.  The Recaro I got on Amazon because it was a super deal, and the highest rated carseat since it is not made in America.  It was normally $300+ and I got it for $120.  I just couldn't pass it up.  It is rather large and sucks to move, but Libby likes that one in my car a lot more since she can see out the windows in it.

It depends on what you want, for safty sake I wanted something that was going to rear face as long as possible (for at least two years), so my choices where somewhat diffrent then what you have listed. 

Check out http://www.car-seat.org/index.php they have extensive reviews of each car seat, the science behind why it is safter to rear face longer, which boosters will work for what time period, etc.