Newborn pram and car seat recommendations needed

lilmissclass

I am looking to buy a pram for my 5 month old. Most important thing to me is that it is light and easy to fold, unfold. I would like a stroller type not the flat position ones.
I don't want the cheapest option as such, I'm looking something that will last through until she is two but good value is always good too lol. I was thinking mothercare but then I just get so confused with all the options.
I also would like a good quality light weight easy to use car seat.

I am not looking a travel system. I don't find them user friendly and find they are too heavy for me.
Any help is very appreciated.

notanewuser

Maclaren XT for the pushchair. Or the XLR if you want to be able to attach the car seat to it.

dizziblonde

5 month old - are you wanting a car seat that goes onto the pushchair or not? Not going to get that much use out of one of the newborn style ones at that age I'd think.

Pushchairs - I love the Out and About Nipper in terms of being light and easy to manouver but it's not a stroller type and is quite big folded - but I find stroller type ones to be very heavy now I've got a big lump of toddler to fit in them so I like my air tyres.

hawk30

What stage car seat are you looking for? Don't you already have one or has you LO outgrown it already?

Gillyx

Baby Jogger City Mini.

Folds small-ish and one hand fold, can take a car seat, large seat so will do until you no longer need a pram. Job done.

lilmissclass

No I don't have anything currently.

I don't want a 2 in one style, had one with my son and didn't like them.

I have medical problems so lightweight, easy to use and smallish for the stroller is important. I want to use it until she is walking.

Then the car seat is stage 1, she was quite premature.

Thanks for the help so far I will have a look at those.

littlemisssunshinee

Hello
Car seat - if you are not planning to put it on to the buggy you will get to the stage that it is too heavy to carry because of little one's weight. I had one of the maxi cosi ones - fab seat, very safe (particularly if you use it with the base) fine to carry without baby in. I think I stopped carrying it around before 5 months although sounds like your LO is a lot smaller!

Might be that you just didn't like the 2 in 1 you had with your son - there is a lot of variety out there. I love the Quinny zapp for most things other than it doesn't recline (tho the more expensive zapp xtra does). I was very keen on the baby jogger city mini as well.

Go somewhere you can try these out and see how your LO seems in them!

Nicki

Does the car seat have be be lightweight? Will you be wanting to take it out of your car much once it has been fitted, and would you intend carrying your baby around in it if so?

I agree with you about travel systems. We did have one with the last child but never ever used it in that way. I am very cautious about babies spending ages in car seats anyway because of the research linking it with sudden infant death syndrome (the position they sit in in a car seat slightly compresses their airway so they get less oxygen). A car seat is absolutely the best and safest option for your baby whilst travelling in a moving vehicle and is about the least safe option for them when they aren't so I have no idea why so many parents use car seats to transport their children around shopping centres and even to sit in whilst they are at home! NHS recommendations are not more than 2 hours per day in a car seat and ideally with breaks. That isn't always possible if you have to drive a long distance, but flouting the guidelines on a very regular basis seems to me to be a completely unnecessary risk for no benefit to anyone.

If you won't be moving the car seat a lot with baby in it, I would say go for the current safest car seat which fits in your car. We had a maxi cosi which was the best at the time but my youngest is 4 now so there may be better performing seats on the market.

For the pushchair, there are lots of light weight umbrella fold options around. Do you have any other requirements you would like to have? Parent facing? Big basket underneath? Adjustable height handles? Single handles or double handles? Do you live in the city or the country, which might affect the kind of wheels you want? Use buses much? Have limited boot space in your car? If we knew a bit more about your needs, it might help isolate which pushchair would be best for you

lilmissclass

I want everything as lightweight as possible really. The car seat will be going in and out of taxis constantly. The pram has no requirements other than lightweight, foot if and basket. I don't use public transport.

Nicki

The mothercare car seat for stage 1 is very light and compatible with most cars. We used to have this one for travel abroad rather than trust hire car car seats.

If you have no special requirements for your pushchair my experience is that all the umbrella fold buggies are much of muchness quality and weight wise so why not just go into a baby shop and have a browse and pick the cheapest one you like the look of.

fluffnutter

When you say stage 1 do you mean group 0/0+?