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Car Seat conundrum
Baby car seat prices these days are ridiculous.
I don't know who sets the market on these bad boys, but man, where's the coupons when you need em.
Wednesday the wife and I decided we needed to pony up and buy a car seat.
Something that would last and something that was as safe as possible. It's our kid we're talking about.
We had some cash from a family member and we decided we were going to make the best decision possible.
We already bought an "infant" car seat. For those who don't know there are basically three stages of seats.
Infant, toddler and not tall/heavy enough to use just the seat belt. I went to Storkland's to buy on. Storkland's may be a little expensive, so I hear, but the customer service compared to other companies locally that sell those kind of things is top notch.
Thanks ladies.
Anyways during the decision making process we run across the car seat brand Britax. You can just look at the thing and see a huge difference in quality and more importantly safety.
But the price tag on the 5 pound to 65 pound car seat was $260...on sale.
We really didn't know what to do.
We figured the safest thing we could purchase would be the car seat. I know every one makes a seat that by some crash safety test is passable, but this is my first kid, so I figured "might as well."
I was customize one thing about the seat that I like - sports print cover. It's awesome. I don't think I've been as excited about a purchase that I will never use.
I guess all this blog proves, and most people already know, is that kids are freaking expensive. I'm just now finding out.
Thanks mom and dad for everything.
Posted by Clayton Hein at 02:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
