Car Seat Woe - Maxi Cosi Pebble + Family Fix Deals?

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Hey all!
I'm getting myself in a right old tizz trying to sort car seat! I'm nearly 34 weeks and this is the last big item on my list to get.
I am so torn between just getting a cheaper £60 Kiddicare car seat or getting the Maxi Cosi Pebble FamilyFix base for ease of use (and because we have the Oyster pram so it will clip on top!)
I spotted a great deal of both for £240 from Kiddsave a few weeks back but I just missed it :-( I'm checking the usual haunts everyday but price seems to be static at £150 for each.
Just wondering if anyone has spied them at a discount anywhere or has seen any significant discount codes that I may have missed for Mothercare/Kiddicare etc. etc.
Thanks guys
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I'm getting myself in a right old tizz trying to sort car seat! I'm nearly 34 weeks and this is the last big item on my list to get.
I am so torn between just getting a cheaper £60 Kiddicare car seat or getting the Maxi Cosi Pebble FamilyFix base for ease of use (and because we have the Oyster pram so it will clip on top!)
I spotted a great deal of both for £240 from Kiddsave a few weeks back but I just missed it :-( I'm checking the usual haunts everyday but price seems to be static at £150 for each.
Just wondering if anyone has spied them at a discount anywhere or has seen any significant discount codes that I may have missed for Mothercare/Kiddicare etc. etc.
Thanks guys

(you can tell I'm a first timer right

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I think ours was from amazon when they had it cheap, might be worth having a look on there. It is expensive but we're planning to keep ours (as long as it doesn't get damaged) for baby number 2, so saw it as an investment.
At least the Familyfix base will fit the next size up car seat when you get to that stage (Tobi/Pearl??) so you get a decent amount of use out of it..
Alternatively, you can get car seats that go from birth to toddler. I now have the Britax Dualfix which can be used from birth to approx 4 yrs. I haven't used it with a newborn, as we had the cabriofix to start with, so can't comment on it there, but I like it. The only downside is that you would not be able to take the car seat out if the baby fell asleep in it (which they often do).
If you do get a infant car seat that you can remove from the car, remember the 2 hour rule! Babies should not be left in their car seats for more than 2 hours (as a maximum).
Hope your next few weeks are easy ones, I remember I felt like the last month went on forever!
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Might be worth looking into it before you take the plunge.
I'm in a similar situation - our baby is due 1st Feb so waiting for the Pebble Plus and 2WayFix base deals to appear.