I don't own a car, but will need a car seat for taxi journeys (I know you don't have to in a taxi, but it's safer), and the very occasional journey in other people's cars.
DS3 is 7.5mo, but it on the 100th centile for height - right now, when sat in his infant carrier (which was a hand-me-down from DS2 who is 7yo!), his NECK is at the top of the seat, so I am pretty sure he is too large for it - he weighs 9.2kg.
However, all the car seats I can find that are the next step up from an infant carrier (the 9mo+ ones) seem to be isofix. Which is no good AT ALL if you are going to be using the seat in numerous different cars, a lot of which are too old to even HAVE isofix points. So, what car seat can I get, that's cheap but will do the job I need it to?
I am on a very limited income, and this is something that I just WON'T get the use out of, and won't be able to sell on, so I can't justify spending much on it when I will lose that money. Am I being hopeful thinking that my budget is around the £30 mark? It is genuinely all I can afford to spend on this.
I need one before Christmas, as we will be travelling in a family car on Christmas day, and a different family car on Boxing day. Most of the ones I have seen cost £100+, and they are all bloody isofix.
I don't know what to do - my other dc are older, only car seats they have had since being tiny are just booster seats, as DD had already been out of a car seat for 4 years when the new regulations came in, DS1 is so tall, he doesn't use a booster seat at 9yo (he is 4ft9). And DS2 has been in a booster seat with a back since he was 4yo.
I haven't got my old 9mo+ car seat - after seeing 3 dc, and spending most of the time lurking in cupboards, I threw it away nearly 4 years ago when DS2 was 4yo.
Sorry for long post - to recap, I need a 9mo+ car seat, NOT isofix, VERY cheap, preferably £30 or less. HELP!