capsule or convertible car seat?

[nagromeyk]

Hi we had hired a capsule from our local council and it was the BEST! Perfect if you wre just ducking in and out of a shop or post office etc, it meant i could pop bub down and still have two hands free much easier than carrying baby or getting out the pram for a quick job. i was devasted when bub got too long for it at about 4 and half months! I would not buy one as we had the option of hiring one which cost about $40 with a $50 bond that we got back when we returned it.
It seriously was great, especially if you got home from being out and bub was still asleep we could just carry him in and he would usually stay asleep.

Yep I have done the same thing! Was great for him as a NB, didnt have to worry about waking him up if I just wanted to quickly pop into a shop but K has very quickly outgrown it so I am changing to a carseat (which I purchased when I was pg) this week.

You could maybe even look at a 'travel system' (where the capsule clips straight into the base of your stroller - steelcraft do one; the strider DLX) so you dont have to take the baby out of the capsule at all. In the excitement in finding out I was PG I went out and brought a Valco Runabout stroller without really doing much research first and I kind of kicked myself for a while but then thought K wouldnt of lasted long in it anyways as he is 4 months old and already nearly 9kg LOL