What age did you change your pram from lie-flat bassinet to seat?

[mysteryprize]

My DD is 20 weeks old and is starting to get bored and upset in the bassinet of the pram. She'll sleep in it for a short period, but once awake she's not happy.

I know it's usually advised to change at 6 months, but does depend on the individual baby. My DD is not sitting independently yet but has excellent head control.

We have a Bugaboo Cameleon.

At what age did you change yours?

They say 6 months, but my DS is 3 months and has outgrown the bassinet (he’s huge). He’s much happier in the seated bit as he can see us. Having said that we only use it for short walks and he doesn’t sleep in it. I guess it depends how much time your DD will spend in it?

Once she could sit up by herself - so about five months. She hated being in the bassinet. She was so much happier when she could see things!

We changed at 18weeks. He was just too squashed init.we had an oyster 2 and I was very upset the day I had to move him up.

I think by 4 months. DD hated laying flat so we used the sling most of the time and then decided on lifting the pram up to its first setting. She was fine like that.

We have a bugaboo bee 5 and it has two sitting up positions. The first one is still quite low.

5 months. Dd wanted to be able to see what was going on.

I never used a lie flat bassinet so from birth.

Both children changed around 4 months. They were both very nosey and hated laying flat, so were much more content as a result. Luckily by then it was no longer Snowsuit weather, as I find strapping them in much harder in a Snowsuit!!

DS hates the bassinet so we changed him at about 10 weeks. We have a pram that can recline flat though that's suitable from birth. Shouldn't have bought the bassinet in hindsight!

I think about 4.5 months. She wasnt far off sitting up by herself. Admittedly I was early compared to my NCT friends who let theirs in a lie down til 6 or 7 months, but my DD was very nosy.

6 months, I wanted to enjoy every bit and not rush to the next thing. They are tiny for such a short time.

Mine sat up in her carrycot section until she was around a year or so. I love the more traditional style of pram though.

4 months - age was getting bored and fussy in it and loved sitting up and being able to see out

Four months, if I recall correctly.

DD1 at about 3 months as she HATED lying flat - but still used the seat in the almost fully reclined position for the first couple of months after that. DD2 was much later, some time between 5-6 months.

We changed at 3 months, LO wasn't happy lying down and besides - he had already outgrown it he's a big boy!

About 5 months, once she was starting to sit up. Sounds daft but I wanted to get my moneys worth from the carrycot! I did add a cushion to one end from about 4 months though for when she was awake so that she could see more and that worked well.

6 months as recommended

3-4 months for sure. I always had the type which hinge and so go completely flat, though. I'm not as keen on the type which just tip backwards and have a moulded seat. But I can't see it would do any harm, I just don't like it.

I did it at 5.5 months and got flamed for it on a MN thread - I was told it would harm the development of his back! Looking back it was bonkers but it really upset me at the time (he'd outgrown the bassinet, which I was also told wasn't possible!)

We have a bugaboo bee, DD was on the leaned back but not flat setting at least part of the time from about 2 months because she kept throwing up and the GP suggested keeping her upright for a while after a feed (hourly feeder!)

Wouldn't have wanted to do it in a shaped seat because I couldn't have flattened her out especially when asleep.

2.5 months. He was massive.

Luckily the pushchair seat also lay flat

About 4 months here too as DD was getting so long and not always napping in the pram so was getting a bit grumpy. We have the icandy peach which lays flat anyway so we never found it an issue.

5 months and she was the oldest of all the mums I knew to still be in the carrycot. She was still small enough to fit but really hated being on her back and it was a nightmare pushing her anywhere when she wasn't napping so I'd often use the sling or the carseat (ducks for cover)

Loads of her friends simply got too long for the carrycot long before 6 months. I think the lie flat until 6 months is one of the many idealistic but impractical pieces of advice given to new parents.

Just after he was 5 months and confident with sitting up. I think we were the last out of our NCT friends, but they had much bigger babies and/or always do things v early as they think their children are advanced in everything...