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.
Easily one of the safest on the market, and is a birth to 18kg's I think. I love mine
A lot of people decide to get a capsule because it is easier to get bubs out of the car asleep, turn a tot makes it really easy to pick up a sleeping bubs and means you don't have to do heaps of twisting & reaching yourself to get a little one out, you just turn, un buckle & pick up.
my mum is head of childrens services in our area, and looks after the capsule hiring, she finds many new parents don't have the full information when it comes to capsules and they try to educate before leasing one.
Many believe it is ok to leave a bubs sleeping in a capsule, but it is not as bubs spends too much time in that curved position, lugging a heavy capsule around is also not good for you, or your back.
Capsules are however still one of the safest ways for a new born to travel, just need to use them as a car safety restraint and not a carriage device or bed while you are out and about.
we asked the RAA about what they recomended and they said the old style s'n's capsule is still the safest for a newborn if your in an accident but they recomended not to leave bubs in there for more that 2hrs at a time.
when bubs exceeded the weight of the capsule at 9kgs they recomended the s'n's meridian ahr tilt and adjust which is birth to 4 years and bubs can face backward from 9-12kgs before being forward facing.
not sure about other states but in SA RAA and red cross hire out capsules for between $60-$80 depending if you want it for 3 or 6 months. you can also hire other car seats for bigger babies & kids from them but not sure on the costing.
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