Comments | dancer: Carseats and Strollers

dancer

Carseats and Strollers

Jul 19, 2011 09:34

I know that preference for these items is akin to religion, and some people spend more time researching than they do buying a home. I want to be informed but not obsessed. Using our Consumer Reports online membership has been extremely helpful in this. The things I think we would be looking for ( Read more... )

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tigira July 19 2011, 13:47:59 UTC

I must have missed a post - congratulations!

As for my preferences, I can't even remember, anymore. I haven't even needed a car seat for almost two years, now (he's been in a booster seat), so I have really forgotten. Besides, there's so much new stuff out, now, that what I had would be obsolete, anyway.

dee_cee July 19 2011, 14:30:31 UTC

We have the Graco system, which may not fit into your requirements.

What we liked is that we could pick up and carry the bucket part around, which made MR very transportable from the car, to the restaurant, into a snap-in stroller, and even into a snap-in swing (OMG I loved that thing).

What I liked about it was that to me, it lowered the separate STUFF we needed in our small house.

dionysia July 19 2011, 15:16:30 UTC

"does that huge discount baby furniture place in Reading sell strollers and car seats?"

They do indeed. Or they did 5 years ago. ;)

We got our Zooper stroller there, as well as our crib.

The Zooper was kind of neat, because if you reclined the seat all the way, you could fit the baby bucket on it to make a travel system. We used the Graco baby bucket that snaps in to the base. We bought 1 baby bucket, but 2 bases (one base for each car).

buxom_bey July 19 2011, 15:35:19 UTC

I've seen the Uppas around and fell in love with them, but found the cost to be prohibitive. We went with Baby Trend; a car seat/stoller fram combo. I took a lot of time a Babies R Us testing out the different styles and I found this one to be the simplest to use. Also, when we didn't get the stroller at the shower, I picked one up for cheap off craigslist ( ... )

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Discount dee_cee July 19 2011, 16:56:36 UTC

Speaking of BRU? We also discovered that Toys R Us was 5-15 dollars cheaper for the SAME THING at Babies R Us. So nonsensical.

dancer July 19 2011, 17:34:41 UTC

I added a Moby wrap to our registry, though I'm thinking now that we should try those out in person too.

I didn't realize that DiaperLab carried things beyond Diapers. I should make a trip there. In concept I love cloth but since our babe will most likely be in a daycare out of the house they won't be an option during the days once I'm back at work (at most places). Brian is also very freaked out by them (not me, since my Mom used old fashioned cloth and pin with all of us and I was old enough to help care for my brother when he was born).

Thanks!