What age did you stop using a bucket car seat?

[Anonymous]

DD is 18 pounds and just shy of 6 months. The car seat is becoming unmanageable to carry in and out of daycare. I'm petite, under 5 feet and weigh 90 pounds and just don't want to deal with it anymore if there is a safe alternative. When did others stop using theirs?

[Anonymous]

Five months. DD went into a RF britax roundabout.

[Anonymous]

I stopped when DD#1 and #2 outgrew it in length. For my Chicco KeyFit 30, it was 30". Both were about 7-8 months at the time, but I have tall girls (>95%).

Can you use a stroller to help transport the bucket seat? It was invaluable for keeping sleeping babies happy and I so wish they were made in toddler sizes.

[Anonymous]

6 months

[Anonymous]

You know you don't have to carry them both together, right?

With DS we went to 11 months, but had long stopped carrying him around him in it.

[Anonymous]

Just because it comes in and out of the car doesn't mean you have to. My second was tiny and she stayed in the bucket for a year but I very rarely took it out of the car from day 1.

[Anonymous]

Can your DD sit up without support? I think mine was 7 months before she could sit up reliably in a shopping car without slouching over. That was the only reason I kept her in the bucket. Absolutely hated it but it was a lifesaver when we were running errands and I could just plop the car seat in the back of a shopping cart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because it comes in and out of the car doesn't mean you have to. My second was tiny and she stayed in the bucket for a year but I very rarely took it out of the car from day 1.

I need to take it out because my DH picks her up. We leave the car seat at daycare. I could take her out of the bucket and walk her in and then come back to get the car seat later as someone recommended. I guess I just prefer to make one trip!

[Anonymous]

Mine outgrew it in length at 5 months. It sucked BC he couldn't even sit up unassisted at that point.

[Anonymous]

9 months for both kids.

Get a used snap n go off craigslist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just because it comes in and out of the car doesn't mean you have to. My second was tiny and she stayed in the bucket for a year but I very rarely took it out of the car from day 1.

I need to take it out because my DH picks her up. We leave the car seat at daycare. I could take her out of the bucket and walk her in and then come back to get the car seat later as someone recommended. I guess I just prefer to make one trip!

You're going to need two convertible seats eventually. Just put one in one car and keep the bucket in the other.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, OP for posting this. I'm debating getting rid of our bucket seat for our 7 month old currently. He's smaller than your DD though. 16 pounds and not sitting up on his own. Are bucket seats safer?

[Anonymous]

10 months

[Anonymous]

We used it until about 15 months, but I stopped carrying around 9 months. My DH still carried it up until the end.

[Anonymous]

10 months... DS was ok in the weight department but was starting to get too tall for the seat. Loves his new seat and car rides have less crying and wimpering than before.