i just had the normal car seat but i think jamie is going to grow out of it by age 2 not 4 like it says but hes getting a maxirider when this baby comes along so i didnt buy 2 car seats then have to buy a booster especially coz he'll be almost 18 months old but yeah he was pretty good to transfer from car to bed even now that hes 10 months i suppose it would depend on the baby
I thought about a capsule but never got one. Just didn't feel the need and we've survived nicely without it. DS just got used to being transferred in and out of the car, no worries really. And we always tended to use a sling when going into shops etc. So its not a must. Really just personal choice.
We bought the birth-4yrs one straight up. The kids got used to being transferred and in the long run I think it helped them when they got older to be able to transfer successfully from car to bed.
My SIL bought one of those car seats that clicks into a pram. So it starts as a capsule, and you can put it into the pram, then turns around to a car seat when needed not sure what age is goes to and the pram is still useable after the capsule stage is finished.
Think it's a steelcraft brand??
I have another SIL who is a chiro and apparently you should't leave babies in capsules for extended periods of time as it's bad for their backs. This was not the whole reason we chose why we did, it did enter my mind though, in the end it came down to being able to use the car seat for the next kids that came along as well.
Have a good look around in the big baby stores like a Baby Bunting that have nearly every system you could think of and go with your instincts.
I know heaps of people who have hired the capsule and are very happy they did so.
With DD we brought a safe and sound convertible seat. With DS we hired out a capsual which came in handy (bout to give it back as we only got it for 3 months) but i wouldnt spend they money on buying one they arnt in it long enough.
We brought a maxi rider for DD to go into which will last her until she no longer needs to be in a seat. DS will then have the safe and sound car seat.
I wish I had hired a capsule. We got a safe n sound car seat that can be used both rear and forward facing. However the number of times I woke little one up when moving him from the car seat into the pram / sling drove me bonkers. Especially given how hard it was to get him to sleep in the first place!
We bought a capsule that goes to 12kg rear facing in a travel system. I absolutely love it. DD3 is still tiny (7.77kg) at 9.5 months so we will still get plenty of use from it. I prefer the capsule because it fits our lifestyle better. I also don't have to mess around getting her over the tether strap because it comes off on the occasions that I do leave the capsule in the car.
With my first i didn't use a capsule and hated it, second one hired the old style capsule was good, brought the unity with the third and last and loved it, she only went out of it at 20months of age.
We bought a Safe and Sound Capsule for both DD's which they were in until they were 12 months old. Once they had stopped using them we sold them as they had been purchased new and had been in no accidents. The most recent we paid about $300 for and sold it for more than $200 so we paid less than $100 for the 1 year. We then put the money we sold it for towards a car seat that went to 24kg.
So that could be an option to buy a new one and then sell it. I have seen them go for good prices on eBay.
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