Babystyle Oyster

[Littlecherublegs]

I think we've finally come to the conclusion that we're going to buy a Babystyle Oyster (hoorah!!! - this was a task in itself!)

We'll obviously get the pushchair and are getting the car seat as a package, though just wondered if we would need to buy the carrycot too?
Or will the car seat suffice for a newborn?

Many thanks in advance!!

The car seat will be fine for short trips, but because they do not lie flat you are not supposed to leave a newborn in them for more than an hour or two. So if you are planning day trips, or want to let your baby have their daytime naps in the pushchair etc, then you need a lie-flat option. If the seat on the Oyster lies flat, that might be sufficient - can't remember if it does, someone will tell you in a minute!

Also, they do grow out of the really small car seats quite quickly, so you might have a gap when baby is too big for car seat but too small for the pushchair seat... not an issue if it lies flat, obviously.

I have just bought a pushchair for dc3 without a carrycot, because the seat unit lies flat enough and is enclosed enough to use it for a newborn. Hope that helps.

The Oyster seat doesn't lie flat suitable enough for a newborn. It would be fine from 6 months. However there are quite good guidelines these days for using a car seat. I believe a newborn shouldn't be in one for longer than 30 mins and an older baby no longer than 2 hours. So with the Oyster, I would buy the carrycot TBH. If nothing else its often handy to have somewhere for the baby to sleep downstairs as well in your / its bedroom to start with.