I read several car seat reviews online.

I studied the car seats in the store every time I went to Target.

I posted questions in two different Facebook groups dedicated to car seats.

I read a hundred more car seat reviews online.

I went to the Baby Guy’s seminar at MommyCon.

I asked the opinions of the sales associates at Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby.

I read approximately one thousand car seat reviews online.

AND I COULD NOT FREAKING DECIDE WHICH CAR SEAT TO BUY SO I PICKED THE PRETTY BLUE ONE. It has polka dots.

I bought a Chicco NextFit Zip Convertible Car Seat. The Chicco seats were always near the top of the millions of Car Seat Comparison Charts that I read. I love that the cover zips off so I can easily clean the inevitable baby messes. And I had a 20% off coupon for Babies R Us that was expiring THAT DAY so I had to finally make a decision.

The car seat was $349.99 before the discount.

OMG. Now I have to install it.

I also bought another car mirror because I was tired of switching the one that we had from one vehicle to the other. And of course I kept forgetting.

And we bought the Sensory Balls like they have at the library. Grand total at Babies R Us was $326.45.

RAISING BABYSTAR: $7,248.26