Do I need a carrycot?

[Katienana]

Currently 14w pregnant with my first and starting to research the arena of pushchairs!
I like the look of the Silver Cross Surf and Mothercare currently have an offer on £600 for the pushchair and car seat is free. Is another £165 for the carrycot. The babynest on the pushchair means it is suitable from birth, so I wonder if I would bother buying the carrycot too. Some context - we live in a 3 bed upstairs flat (like living on top floor of a 1930s semi) so space is limited to an extent. Have been gifted cot and swing crib so wouldn't need carrycot for sleeping at home. Baby due end of Sept and we would be spending Christmas visiting family, probably 2-3 nights away from home. At least 1 of the nights would be at my parents and they have a cot at their house. I don't see why we couldn't just have the baby in our bed at night, but it would still need somewhere safe to nap during the day, right? Or could it go in the pram?

I bought a carrycot for my Oyster and used it 2-3 times. Wish I hadn't bothered.

Can't it go baby gi in pram or swing cot. Also how heavy is pram - if you have to carry it up and down stairs weight (and ease of moving it) is a real issue.
Also if nest thing is like one on bugaboo bee I see no need for a carry cot (in fact never had a pram/carry cot with either of my dc ).

I would get the babyjogger versa. I've seen the surf. It's a show pram. Bulky and impratical once baby gets bigger

I wouldn't carry the whole pram up and down the stairs, but would leave it at the foot of the stairs.
Will have a look at the babyjogger, thanks.

Is that going to be ok (ie are they your stairs)? Seen stuff on why shouldn't do this before If it's left in a shared area

Yes if you imagine a normal semi detatched house the front door is ours, the downstairs flat is accessed from a side door. You open the front door and there is a small lobby and then the stairs. It's a Tyneside flat they are quite common in these parts.

Cool. Just remember an aibu that went to about 500 posts and got most heated about prams/flats.

But think the verdict is no carrycot

I have the Surf and I dont like the babynest part. The baby ends up right on the surface of the pushchair and it feels really exposed although you do have the footcover part you can put over the top. Plus the side straps of the harness end up really short. I have to say, I would have bought the carrycot for the Surf if I had used it from birth. No question. Also the Surf chassis is tiny when folded but the seat unit is a bit of a pain to store. It wont lie flat because of the curved bottom. Mind has ended up getting dirty because I couldnt find a sensible place to put it. It wont lie on top of the chassis or stand on end. Its a large chunk of a piece to be honest which is a shame because the chassis is tiny. I wish it squashed flat!! Just have a play with it and visualise how you would store it. It may well wedge really nicely into a corner, but I know my chassis has got slightly scratched from trying to store it and the base of the seat has got a little dirty too - not much because I have barely used mine - but if it were used a lot, I am sure it would be much worse.