2 Months, Consignment and Car Seats

So about a week and a half ago I mentioned that Lucy had graduated from her newborn covers and into her big girl panties.  Well, that became partially true.  She definitely moved into the size smalls, but her thighs were still a little too skinny for the cloth inserts, so after a couple of days (and pretty consistent pee leaks) I went back to the disposable inserts.  They take up less space in the diaper cover and make it easier for little thighs to get a better seal at the leg hole.  But she's been chunking up lately, so we'll probably give cloth a go again here in another week!

2 months old already!

Lucy on the left, her brother Delano (16 months ago) on the right.

At the beginning of February I started tagging items for the Sweet Wee Peets consignment sale, which happened in mid-February.  I knew tagging my stuff would take some time, but GOOD GRIEF it took FOREVER.  Granted, I had a TON of clothes to put into the sale (about 250 baby items/sets, plus a bunch of maternity stuff), which meant a lot of tags.  But I did walk away with $222!  And I actually brought home a lot of stuff that didn't sell.  Consignment sales are great because a ton of people shop through your stuff over typically an entire week, and you don't have to do anything besides tag your items (unless you choose to volunteer).  What stinks about consignment is that you usually only bring home 70% of your sales.  70% sounds like a lot, but that (along with the $8 entry fee) was almost $100 of my sales.  So I actually sold $329 worth of stuff, but only brought home $222.  For that reason, I debated just trying to sell everything on the Chattanooga Area Moms Resell Page on Facebook.  But I ultimately decided that, with as much stuff as I had, that it would have potentially turned into a long, drawn out nightmare.  Maybe once Lucy gets bigger and I start purging through the bigger items, I'll list them on the resell page.

I'm going to put the rest of my stuff into the Chattanooga Area Mothers of Multiples consignment sale, which happens March 14th and 15th.  The entry fee is higher ($15) but you bring home 80% of your sales, so you still bring home more overall.  If I sold everything I have left at full price, I'd make $240 - $15 x 80%........so $180.  I'm certain I won't make $180, but one can hope!!

Are those toys about to riot?

Months ago, during Black Friday weekend, I bought a Chicco Nextfit convertible car seat for Lucas's car.  I got it for a STEAL ($139) during an apparent (and brief) Amazon pricing glitch.  We put it into Lucas's car because I already had the Graco MySize 70 installed in the van, plus the Nextfit takes up a little less space from front to back, which is better for his car.  Lucas doesn't have any issues with the seat itself, BUT since his car is a 2-door, and since the Nextfit has a deep bucket seat with really high sides, he said it's a real pain in the butt to lift Delano in and out of it.  He said Delano can't help to get himself in and out of the seat, and that since he's only going to get heavier, it's only going to get more difficult.  So we've decided to get a different convertible seat for Lucas's car, and to save the Nextfit for Lucy in the van.

It's like a baby cocoon.

After doing a little research and reviewing the list of recommended car seats by some passionate and knowledgeable car seat technicians, I have decided that a Diono Radian R100 will be the next seat I'll buy for Lucas's car.  It has a high rear-facing limit and is low profile, which means it has low sides so no extreme lifting in and out of a bucket seat (and Delano should be able to help get in and out of it himself).  It's a tall seat, but with an angle adjuster (only $10 extra) it makes it fit better in smaller cars.

Diono Radian R100

Diono Radian RXT with and without an angle adjuster.

The Diono Radian RXT has headwings for more head support.  It also comes with a higher price tag than the R100 - about a $60 difference on average.  I thought about going for the RXT, but since the kids are in Lucas's car so very little, I think the R100 with an angle adjuster will work out just fine.  But we'll see.  Depends on what kind of sales I come across over the next couple of months!

Well it looks like my laptop battery has "11 minutes left", so I guess I'll wrap this up.  Everybody's asleep except for me, so I will soon join the pack!  Got a busy week ahead with an appointment on the calendar every single day, along with wedding dress shopping!  I'll talk about my wedding dress finds in my next blog.
Goodnight!  :)

Wink wink!