Britax Bdual carrycot

[LaTristesse]

DD is 4 months, I never bothered with a carrycot but am thinking now I might like her to be able to lie down properly to sleep rather than snooze in her car seat. What do you think? I'd there any point now? What age will she grow out of the carry cot? Thanks

She can use the pushchair seat as it is from birth and lies flat. Not good to stay in carseat for longer than a couple of hours.

Carrycots say they are up to 6mth but lots of babies don't manage that long as they grow and want to see a bit of the world when awake

The only issue with putting the baby straight into the lower seat is that the babies legs by 4-6 months hang over the end of the seat unit rather than being flat. I usually suggest using the soft cot to keep the legs straight but I hear the Britax footmuff does similar too. I believe soft cots like the Graco and Petit Zia ones fit too but please check. If you put the carrycot on the top, then it does really compromise the toddler who will need to be reclined. The people I know who bought a hard carrycot eventually swapped to having the baby in the lower seat.

The Graco and Zia soft cots will be too small at 4 months for most babies IMO, I don't know how big the britax one is though, never seen one. Also as Tiggy says I would not buy the hard carrycot now, although it will be big enough and should last another couple of months it doesn't work terrible well on the top with the toddler underneath. You can do it but it's not that great iyswim.

The Britax one is pretty long TBH - its stretches right to almost the end of the basket.

Thanks all. So it's looking like a soft cot in the lower position will be good for a couple of months? Might do it then... Thanks again.