Clek - Foonf

Unfortunately, it sounds like your baby is outgrowing the infant seat. You should switch to a convertible. We have Cleks—Foonfs and Fllos. They are great.

We just upgraded to a Clek Foonf FF in the captain’s chair because the seat we had wouldn’t go past the headrest. We did not have issues with the seatbelt or use an extender on install. We also opted not to use the Diono because of the safety ratings, and the Foonf was the only one that was left. Let me know if you have questions!

We looked at everything, read a metric ton of opinions on Reddit (I don’t trust any publication’s “best of” or rating system, they’re all paid ads), and the standout choice seemed pretty clear after a short while: Clek. Best safety, best materials, best design. The bigger choice for us was less which brand and more infant seat vs. convertible. For our lifestyle, convertible makes more sense, we just won’t need to carry the baby in the carseat or clip the carseat into the stroller often enough to make it worth spending $600 on a whole separate seat she’ll outgrow in months.

 I personally don't recommend starting with a convertible car seat just because in my experience they dont fit newborns/small babies well. Even my high percentile 4 month old felt too small and didn't have the neck control for the extend2fit when we tried to switch at 4 month and didn't fit well until closer to 6. If you do go that route the only one that would probably be okay is the cosco next from what I've read from CPST. Even though its convertible though it only works rear facing and baby will probably out grow it around 2 year old and you'll have to get a second seat. I think the Cleks convertible also fit newborns well, but they're very big back to front so I'm not sure it'll fit your car tbh.  We have a Kia Soul and got the chicco key fit 30. It worked pretty well and we used it a similar amount (or even less tbh) than you plan to. We ended getting a travel stroller that was compatible with it to leave in the car instead of our big stroller. Like everyone said the Graco and Clek Lling would work as well. I will say I think I wish I had gone with the Lling instead but it just seemed too expensive for a seat my son outgrew by 7 month.