Orbit Baby - G5+ Infant Car Seat

That's fair! If there's no budget, take a look at babyark. It's parent-friendly. There are tons of recommendations for rotating car seats. We had one for our newborn, the orbit baby one. It was great, but the babyark is just engineered better. When I was picking, I also read that rotating ones fly off the base in car crashes. I think the one that spurred the debate and the news cycle was the Evenflo, but I could well be wrong. I just couldn't bring myself to get one after reading that. The other piece was that once your kid can climb/walk, you no longer need to lift them into the car seat. It feels like it's so so far away, but the time fliessssss so fast, it's insane.