ISO Rear Facing Car Seat (not infant seat)

Looking to borrow a rear facing car seat for 3 months for my 9 month old who is too big for his infant seat, but needs to be rear facing until 1 year old. If you have one to lend, please pm me. (I'm in brooklyn)
Thank you!

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Can I ask a silly question? What's the harm in getting a convertible car seat now which will change from RF -> FF when he's good and ready and then you can keep it? IY"H you'll have future kids to pass it down to anyway, so I don't think of it as a waste, and then you won't have to get a new car seat in a few months either for your older son or this one...
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Posted: Mon, Jan 12 2009, 1:33 pm Post subject:

He must be 1 year AND 20 lbs. as the bare minimum to forward face.
The AAP recommends keeping them rfing to the limits of the seat. It is much safer to have him rear facing longer.
And please reconsider using a borrowed seat at all, which you cannot be sure of the history of and may be expired or recalled.

Please do some more research on this subject.

You are in brooklyn, where you can get a new cosco scennera for 40$.
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Posted: Mon, Jan 12 2009, 2:48 pm Post subject:

Posted: Mon, Jan 12 2009, 2:51 pm Post subject:

So why not get a birth to 4 years seat for your 2 year old and move the 9 month old into the seat you have?
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Posted: Mon, Jan 12 2009, 2:54 pm Post subject:

So get a birth to 4 year seat, use it temporarily for your rear-facing DS#2, then swap them when your DS#1 outgrows his current seat and DS#2 is big enough to go front facing.

ETA: We just bought the above mentioned Cosco seat. The manual says it goes to 40lbs. My almost 3 year old would still fit in that.
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Posted: Mon, Jan 12 2009, 3:35 pm Post subject:

if you want to go a bit cheaper I vote for the evenflo triumph advance and a booster with harness that converts to a belt positioner like a graco nautilus for the older kid. If the fit your car and your kid.

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britax marathon is convertible and has very high weight restrictions.. it is pricy though
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