We are having our first child soon! My 2003 MCS is being very picky! Does anyone out there know what Car Seats for Infants will work? We have been looking at: Graco Snugride, Maxi-Cosi MICO, Britax - Companion, and the Peg Perego Primo Viaggio. They really range in price and wanted to get the one that will best fit! I know you guys can help! Any would be great! We really want the Britax - Companion... Thanks

 

Go with the Britax and you're set. It will offer the most room for the passenger. Also search the forum, this question pops up a lot...
Oh and why the drama with the title? Are you having the baby tonight? Last I checked you had 9 months to make a baby... well probably 7 months that the father knows. Not a real emergency on a Sunday night.

 

My guess is that the wife demands everything in order right now and threatened to sell the MINI for a larger car if a solution was not found soon.

 

I concur. Sounds like nesting has hit full force, and it's the first kid. It's that same strange drive that causes parents to start buying high chairs a full 6 months before they can be used. Been there, done that.

 

Thanks for the help from what I can tell I thought the Britax seemed the largest... Got a Pregnant wife that had a small meltdown thought this would be the place for some quick answers... BTW thanks for the parenthood counseling session!

 

I comfortably had a Birtax in there this weekend!!! It could fit all 6'2" of me with ease and comfort in front of it and left plenty of room intherear seat next to me.

 

+1 for Britax

 

Thank God I am past this phase of life... Please God, don't let me be wrong.

 

Hey, you think it's over...

And then there's the grandkids!

(We've got a few years to go before that one, I HOPE!)

 

I hear the Britax Seat is it! Which is a good thing! My next question is that the Companion or is that the roundabout seat... Thanks again for the help!

 

Well, the roundabout definitely works.

We also have the Britax Regent in my wife's mini-van. That's definitely too large for a Mini. Almost too large for the van...

 

+1 Roundabout

 

I've got the Britax Diplomat in mine. We're using it rear facing right now and will switch to front facing in August.

Oh... nobody mentioned the best part... the hands down easiest way to load the kid is entering from the boot! Open boot, fold down left rear seat, slide kid into carseat and buckle up. Super easy and you get some really odd looks from strangers!

Not sure when the due date is, but Britax usually runs a sale in September. Amazon has sales occasionally also. We bought 2 Britax and saved 20% plus free ship and no tax from Amazon. Keep an eye out. They are spendy, but worth the coin.

 

Peg Perego Primo Viaggio "bucket & base", and then when baby's older, move up to the Britax Roundabout.

And for when baby can sit up by themselves, a Quinny Zapp mall stroller fits nicely in the boot with plenty of room to spare.

Experience +1.

I loaded our youngest in through the boot and over the seats, since I had the 6 y/o sitting beside him. He was actually quite cooperative in tucking his little head in. I guess it helped that I am tall and have long arms. (I just left the parcel shelf out for a little while).

 

+1...in my (limited) experience, the convertibles (including the Roundabout) are usually too big until the baby is 4 months old or so. The Britax seats are fantastic but you're likely going to want an infant seat for the first few months, then switch over to the convertible.

 

Speaking of convertibles, the really easy way to load the kids is to first put the top down.