We are due soon and I would like some advice. I've put a lot of info on what I think we're after.
We were given a second hand travel system (car seat, bassinet, upright seat, with the pram frame).
My husband has broken the car seat that goes with it, it's unfixable and we are wondering whether to replace. It's no longer manufactured so we would have to find something that's compatible. How useful is it having a car seat that goes into the pram frame?
I have been reading that you don't want newborn babies in a car seat for too long, so would I be generally taking the Bassinet pram out in the car most days?
Problem is the pram is quite bulky even when collapsed and taking the Bassinet also is going to take up a lot of space. It's also not the easiest to collapse so I am a bit worried about how easy this is all going to be on my own - slightly tempted if I'm buying anything to buy a new system that's a bit smaller and compact.
We have a spare car seat (not compatible) so that's not an urgent need.
We do a lot of dog walks, so driving places then on a long walk (would baby be best in bassinet for that?). Plus useful to have the bassinet pram kept in the house for daily dog walks.
Another huge issue is we have to park on the road away from the house, so something on my mind is that ferrying her to the car from house and back isn't going to be easy, if I have dog or bags to tow on my own. Has anyone else been in this situation where they live away from the road and can give advice?
I guess if I'm replacing a car seat i would prefer to get one that's a swivel base.
But yeah if you have a travel system, how often and in what situations are you plugging car seat into pram?
I know we won't be using bassinet after 6 months, is that right? So I don't know whether to wait till after 6 months to see if we have a better understanding of what we want before buying something else - can we make do with just the bassinet pram? It does have the upright attachment for when they're older.
As I say the pram is fairly bulky, don't know whether we should wait and see how wee get on and either buy 1. New car seat, 2. New pram that's got big wheels good for muddy dog walks, 3. Smaller pram that is easy to collapse and keep in car and use our other one for dog walks.
Any advice from people in similar situations would be good! I will be walking the dog with baby up a huge muddy hill dog walk, plus driving to different places.
The travel system is the discontinued ickle bubba stomp. And then we have an incompatible car seat with newborn attachment.
Sorry for the brain dump!