MSE Pregnancy Club 24

jen77_2

Hi ladies... Hope everyone's well ... Sorry to interrupt this 'bloody' conversation ... But was wondering what your choices were on car seats?
Having finished the nursery,my mind has now moved to car seats and I've set my head spinning googling them for the last few days.
We were kindly given an iCandy apple pushchair and my first thought was to get the maxi cosi (Cabrio is the one that fits I think) baby car seat to click onto it.
The money saver in me though is thinking its going to be quite costly.. The seat is £100+... Then I'd need adapters to fit the pushchair which are £30.. Then OH likes the idea of a clicky base instead of using seatbelts which is easily another £100...and baby might only be comfy in it for 6mth!
I started looking at the group 0+ 1 I think they are called.. The ones from birth to 4yrs but there's only a handful of decent models and none seem to have rave reviews.. They work out a bit cheaper at about £150 ish but would last longer too.
I like the Britax first plus but most of comments say seatbelt gets in way when u put baby in.
My main priority has to be a comfy baby.. We regularly drive 2.5 hours to visit family which could be longer if stuck in traffic and Im not keen on baby being squished in a little car seat.
Any recommendations would be greatly received before my head explodes!

Molly41

The lady shop assistants in Boots/ Mothercare are very helpful with sheepish looking dad's trying to find the right product. I sent mine twice and he didnt even bother to look but just went up to a kind looking shop assistant and asked her advice. It works even better when you send Dad and baby out to shop.....they always fussed over him and baby:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Molly41

Sorry I will go back to lurking and stop posting. Im a retired Midwife (ill health) and miss my job very much so enjoy reading everyone's progress x

BB1984

Molly I'm sure others will agree that you're more than welcome to post as much as you like (especially someone like yourself who no doubt has many pearls of wisdom to share...!)



BB x

Kitten_Pie

I bought 2 of these from Kiddicare last year. Gave them both to my mum and don't know what she has done with them, whether she gave them away or still has them. I will check closer to the time.

Baby Weavers Shuffle SP Car Seat - Galaxy Green Suitable From Birth-18Kg

Miss_Money

Molly41 wrote: »

Sorry I will go back to lurking and stop posting. Im a retired Midwife (ill health) and miss my job very much so enjoy reading everyone's progress x

hi Molly41, I'm sure the ladies don't mind if you keep posting I bet being a midwife is so rewarding x

BB1984

Jen,
I got the Maxi Cosi cabriofix, as it's the only (decent) one which fits onto my pushchair. However, we've decided not to get the easyfix base, as it's really not that difficult to strap the seat in using the seatbelt. Plus I don't like seeing babies being traipsed around the shops for hours on end in their carseats, so I'm not planning to take the car seat in and out of the car all that often anyway.

Having said that, if we end up doing so more often than expected, we can always buy the base later! I know what you mean though - does seem v v expensive!

BB x

Kitten_Pie

BB1984 wrote: »

Molly I'm sure others will agree that you're more than welcome to post as much as you like (especially someone like yourself who no doubt has many pearls of wisdom to share...!)



BB x

Only just joined this thread but totally agree.

MissMonkeyMoo

Jen - I previous read up on the maxi cosy car seats and bases; I seem to remember (but may still have to check!) that the diff with the maxi cosy base is that it is suitable for any maxi cosy seat so as your child grows you may have to buy a new seat but not a new base. I'm not sure if there are many other brands that do this? I do recall the maxy cosy got very good reviews too. My friend swears by her Mamas and Papas Cybex (+base) which she is giving to us and can be used with the M&P Zoom travel system.

Molly - keep on posting! x

Triangle

Ladies, am I being ridiciously optimistic....I only have 'maternity pads x3' on my things to buy list?! Sounds like I will need a lot more!