Hi,

My DD is going to be 25 months when her little brother or sister is born. Of course that means I need a second car seat.
For DD1 I bought an inexpensive convertible Zuzu from BigW which has served us well so far. The only thing I don't really like about it is that it is pretty upright and when she falls asleep, her head keeps falling forward. Doesn't look too comfy. I bought one of those head cushion thingies, but it doesn't seem to work very well.

Now I am thinking of 2 different options:

1) buy a reclining car seat for DD1 and use the existing seat in the rearward position for the baby. I'm not into carrying baies around in capsules anyway (I find it too awkward and heavy and I much rather wear my babies. This is the cheaper option.

2) keep DD1 in her existing seat and buy a baby capsule for the baby. The reason for this being that now I will have to manage 2 different sleep patterns and it might be good if I can take the baby in and out of the car without waking. I have a Steellcraft Strider 4-wheeled pram and they even make a capsule that fits the strider frame now (didn't have that when I bought the pram for DD, but I do have the matching bassinet). I won't be using the pram much for the baby as I have a Hug-A-Bub which I am planning to use mostly in the first 6 months, then an Ergo (this is what I did wih DD1). But it would be nice to have the option of using the capsule on the pram as well. Once baby grows out of the capsule, I will still have to buy a new carseat, but I could sell the capsule (only planning on 2 kids). I could also hire a capsule instead of buying one...

What are your thoughts on what I should be doing. I'd be especially interested in those of you who have 2 kids (or more) that are close-ish together, cause you know about having 2 different day sleep patterns to deal with.

Thanks for everyone's input!
Saša