Graco - Premier 4Ever DLX Extend2Fit SnugLock 4-in-1 Car Seat featuring Anti-Rebound Bar, Midtown Collection (Model Code: 2223921)

My take on car seats is there’s not a huge difference between mid range and high range budget seats. But there’s a HUGE difference in low range to mid range. I got a cheap safety 1st to keep at the grandparents and I hate it. It feels cheap, it’s hard to get secure, the cover wants to slide around. It’s supposedly “safe,” but it gives me the ick. Graco extend-2-fit is what I’d consider mid range and it’s awesome. Easy to install, feels secure, materials seem sturdier, etc. It’s the one I have in my car and I love it. It goes on sale periodically on Amazon and Target so I feel like you never need to pay full price. Point being, if you like the quality and other features of another mid range seat brand, just go for it.

We switched to it around 9 months and my kiddo is still in it at 3.5 and I’ll keep her in it until it expires or she grows out of it! Love it.

I have the Graco forever and it's honestly not that bad if you need to take it out and move it around. It's in my SUV for 90% of the time and when my sons dad takes him, it gets moved to his car.

I used the Graco Forever and it fits Ok in the i4 - but id I remember well you can't use it with the car belt as its too wide. Any seat doesnt fit well anyway, the i4 is the the best car for the back seats, but it works. As for the boosters it was not easy to find some narrow enough to fit with the seat belts, but one of the Evenflo made it. Thats what i am using now.

I got whichever version of this is at Costco, have used it since we took him home from the hospital with no regrets! He's 2 now.

Before this seat, Costco sold the graco 4ever extend 2 fit DLX. And we have 4 of them and the kids like them a lot. Every kid is different though.

I personally prefer having the infant car seat and transitioning to a convertible seat later. It’s more convenient for winter and you can keep them covered. We have a base in each car that we regularly travel in. My 1 year old is about to outgrow the infant car seat. Which makes me sad as it’s so much easier to pop him in and out of the car to the stroller for school drop offs/pick ups He’ll be going into his sister’s graco extend to fit and she’s (5.5years old) going into a high back booster. You can go straight to a convertible seat. Boosters come way down the road so I wouldn’t worry about that right now. An infant carrier is more referring a wrap/sling/structured carrier that goes on your body to hold baby hands free. I highly recommend getting one that is comfortable for you. We have ring slings and an ergo 360. I have used them for both of my kids. My 1 year old is a Velcro baby and has to touch me at all times in the evening. I was wearing him on my back to do dishes last night.

We have both the Graco Extend2Fit and the Cosco Scenera and we take the Cosco when we need to Uber to the airport/bring it on the plane. It’s considerably lighter which is helpful for carrying it around in the airport. I could see the Graco maybe getting installed quickly in an Uber if you know what you’re doing and it’s already configured for your child. It’s different though when the Uber driver is tapping their foot and waiting for you to install the thing. Generally for your use case I’d recommend the Cosco.

We bought the Chicco KeyFit 35 infant car seat and the Graco 4Evr Dlx convertible car seat. I panicked when someone said their hospital would only release them with an infant car seat, so we bought the KeyFit later. We bought the Mockingbird Single Stroller with the bassinet.

FYI: Travel system can be an infant car seat carrier, bassinet and toddler stroller. So I will have to buy a new car seat once he’s too big but I plan to buy Graco 4-1 car seat. My toddler is 4 years old and she’s been in the same Graco 4-1 car seat since she grew out of the infant car seat.

We have the graco dlx 4 in 1. It’s one that grows with them and has some cup holders for them ☺️