DS went straight into a car seat when we bought him home from the Hospital as i had a c section. we knew from 20 weeks that i would be having a c section so we thought that it would be much easier for me to get him in and out of the car in a car seat rather then try and lift a capsule in/out of the car and carry it around. it worked out much easier too. no fiddling around after a few months with trying to put the car seat in as it was already there. HTH