Car Seat Question!

[laurenlou83]

As of right now, DH and I are registered for one car seat, the Britax B-Safe 35 with an additional base to keep in his car, and we're very happy with our choice!
However...
When LO goes to daycare, it'll depend who drops him off/picks him up based on the day of the week and our work schedules. There are some days I could drop him off and DH picks him up because DH sometimes gets out of work before I do. If I drop him off in the mornings, DH wouldn't have the car seat to pick him up in, and vice versa. My question is this, should we register for an additional car seat instead of just an extra base? I am tempted to register for another one, that is less expensive, to keep in DH's care for the days he would need it in his car. 

How has everyone else handled situations like this? I feel like it's a really silly, FTM question, but I had to ask!

[dogmama22]

Most preschools have a place in the infant room for you to store the carrier during the day. Once they move up to the next size, you'll probably want two seats, but for now, just one should do.

[laurenlou83]

Hmm I will ask our daycare if they have an area to store the car seat in. I guess I didn't even think of that being an option!

ETA: I just called the daycare we are registered at and she said there is a place to store the car seat and most parents do that. See, questions I didn't even think of asking the daycare! I swear, I'm smarter IRL without pregnancy brain and FTM issues

[Deleted]

This is a great question. I've been wondering the same since DH and I will be alternating between dropping off and picking up our LO.

I thought we would just have the one car seat/infant carrier that comes with our travel set and two bases (one for each car) and then once the baby is in a real car seat we would have to get two so that we're not going back and forth switching between the cars. I think it just makes life easier that way.

[veggiemo]

We have the B-Safe, it's a great seat!
Yep, you won't have to worry about 2 seats until you move up to a convertible.

[tulips114]

Well, I'll be in the minority here. I don't like leaving the seat at daycare, which I do drop off and pick up so for us it's not an issue.

At our first daycare the seats stayed out in a kind of hall near a common area where the bigger kids played and the bigger kids were always all over them. From a germ perspective that bothers me.

At our current daycare they stay in the staff bathroom. It's separate from where the toilet is, but still. Just yuck.

I also just don't like the seat out of my possession not knowing if it gets dropped, knocked over, whatever.

So maybe go visit the daycare and see the storage area and make sure you're ok with it.

ETA to add a word.

[Widget123]

Feb 27, 2015 15:19:27 GMT -5 laurenlou83 said:

Hmm I will ask our daycare if they have an area to store the car seat in. I guess I didn't even think of that being an option!

ETA: I just called the daycare we are registered at and she said there is a place to store the car seat and most parents do that. See, questions I didn't even think of asking the daycare! I swear, I'm smarter IRL without pregnancy brain and FTM issues

Yes, every daycare I've toured has a car seat drop off.  As long as the infant car seat goes wherever the baby goes you are fine.  I also agree with other PP that after your LO switches to a convertible, it is better to have one car seat per car, or at least one per parent. 

[Deleted]

Babies aren't in the infant seat for that many months so I would just get one and then later consider getting 2 convertible car seats when the baby outgrows the infant one.