Well I hadnt even thought about a highchair! Do you think by the time #2 is 6mths old and we use a high chair Noah will be about 27months old is that old enough to sit at the table of will we want another high chair?
I googled the maxi rider, it seems a lot of ladies on here have them. Anyway the pic that came up was a velour looking one. Do the come in other material. It's wierd but neither Phil or I can stand the feel of the material makes me all goose bumpy and I couldn't stand it....sad but true!
Also with the Phil and Teds, is that seat underneath comfy? Sometimes kids seem a bit sad in them so low to the ground? What do you all find? Also does anyone have any experience with the bertini? I'm not sure exactly what is out there? I think I would prefer a pram with toddler attachment rather than a twin or extra long pram but I would like the seat to be suitable for sleeping and would prefer a 4wheel pram.
DD#3 stayed in a cradle till 8 months, then we bought a second hand cot off ebay (new mattress of course)....we felt DD#2 at 27 months was too young to go into a big bed.
Pram: Have got a three wheeler and todd. seat - great for when bubs was newborn.
Ive also got a twin side by side stroller - which is what i use now. Oh, and ive got a maclaren single stroller for the quick ducks into the shops....
Carseats: DD#3 went in the SNS convertible, and DD#2 went into the newly purchased Maxi rider - this is our second maxi rider (DD#1 has one too).
Highchairs: We got one of those booster seats too that strap onto your dining room chair. We also found our bumbo great for DD#3 when she was starting solids.....
I don't think your DS will need another highchair at that age. We got the booster seat thing as our DD wasn't high enough at the table which made it hard to eat.
There are other brands out there that do a similar seat to the maxi-rider but off hand I don't know who, and I don't know what type of material they are. Maybe look into a booster seat with a H harness like Infa Secure or something. The H harness will be a lot safer than normal seat belt and your little darling shouldn't be able to wiggle out of it either.
As for the Phil & Teds. I never liked the underneath seat either, but the thing that sold me was, the toddler seat sits on top when you have a newborn and its still like sitting in a normal pram so sleeping was never a problem. I got a coccoon when I bought the pram too so that it was easier to get DS in and out when you have the toddler seat on the top.
We hardly use the toddler seat now as DD is 2.5 yrs and walks most places and has done since about 2. If we are out and she does want to sit in the pram I just put her in the bottom seat. She seems happy enough.
Just thought I would add some info, my first two are 3 years one month apart and dd1 wanted to be pram as bub was though only lasted a month or so so bub was in a baby carrier for that time, my sister who has 2.5 years between hers had a carrier two as her dd wanted to sleep etc still when out.
If I was starting over now I would buy the ABC pram that has a toddler/newborn seat on the top of hood, google it and you should find it.
Car seat things, new laws hopefully to come in soon say upto 6month reverse, then up to 4 years carseat then 4-7 years booster, so in your case I would look at the maxirider or similat that concverts from car seat to booster seat my second dd is in one and just converted to bosster as she is 5 and now to heavy for the built in harnes, it is better to keep them in the carseat to they physically out grow it.
on the bed front by dd1 went into a bed at 2.5 as wanted her in there before bub so she did not think bub was taking it from her and she was fine so if you get a bassinette for the second the your #1 can stay in cot till around 2.5 then move to a single bed.
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