Firstly, congratulations Dom
(and Shug!)
Funny how the dads always tend to make the pram their thing isn't it!?
My wee one is 4 now so this is written from reasonably recent experience, although not as much experience as some on here have!
Dominic wrote:
What we would like is an Isofox car seat, that can come out of the car and attach to the pram. We would like the seat to be tilt-able and to be forward or rear facing in the car. Also, some seats seem to be adaptable to accommodate the child as it grows. Any recommendations? So far we have found a seat that is isofix and will attach to the pram, but does not tilt or have the option to face rearwards and is only suitable for up to one year olds. We have been told that all of our requirements exist, but not all together on the same product. If we could find something that fitted a few more of our requirements it would be progress.
Yeah, that simply doesn't exist.
The protection you need for a baby is very different to the protection you need for a toddler so it isn't possible to have a one-size-fits all seat.
You don't need tilt adjustment for a baby- they should only face rearwards as it's safest and they will always be in a semi-reclined position which they are quite happy in when they are awake and perfectly comfortable to sleep in.
Once they get into the next stage up (forward facing) you can think about tilt etc but that doesn't need to interface with your pram and it's a long way off for you yet.
Dominic wrote:
We reckon our requirements are to have a pram, a car seat and to start with a sling type carrier, then later a rucksack carrier.
We do not want a huge monster pram; - don't see the need to have something too big or expensive; and don't want to get sucked into the racket which appears to be the baby equipment market (saw one pram at £2000 FFS!!!).
Everyone is different but...... I could not imagine not having a 'buggy'. Sling/rucksack carriers are great but not as a sole option for carrying the wee one around. They get heavy pretty quickly and imagine if you go shopping and you're carrying half a dozen bags and a child!? Sod that- take the buggy and the child and bags can all go in that.
We had the travel system type which is by far the most popular these days.
So it's a frame which can take the car seat, a carry cot or a buggy seat. We could have done without the carry cot bit to be honest, that wasn't used much but I thought the rest was excellent. We got an iCandy Apple but I'm not sure you can get that anymore and yeah it was expensive at about £900 all-in four years ago.
Some people are happy enough with the smaller stroller type buggies which are much better if you use public transport but we borrowed a couple for holidays etc and never got on with them.
Car seat wise, go for the MaxiCosi cabrio-fix (seems to win most awards) and get the isofix base which stays in the car. Most travel systems have adaptors to take it. And if you want a car seat which goes into the pram then I'm pretty sure it will need to be a travel system.
I think you're thinking about it too much to be honest. You're looking for stuff that doesn't exist because it's not what a baby needs- tilt and reversability is not needed for a new born.
When are your sproglets due?
