Mother of all conception months Graduates

[gilz82]

There definitely is one of the Britax second car seats that does go with a separate isofix base Peanut as we looked at it before we decided we weren't getting a Britax pram. But you are right the majority come with their own base

I was just trying to find it, it was in the mothercare catalogue but I threw the old one out they were blooming side by side in the advert as well! Its not the same in the new catalogue.

 

[pinkclaire]

peanut.

I had a madly prediction already it was

We're getting a rear facing car seat for james, after everything I've read I just can't put him in a front facing yet, he seems too diddy! He's only 18lb and his first seat lasts until 25lb or when his head out grows so we'll get one around his 1st birthday I expect!

I did a lot of research on car seats if I can help in any way xx

 

[molly85]

i love the lie flat car seats i'm pretty sure they would go on our pram to

 

[molly85]

pink whats it going to belike having 2 so close together. I'm thinking of putting it to my OH

 

[madcatwoman]

'Fraid not madcat! But you don't buy a second, they are built in as the seat is much bigger and not designed to be transported about like the infant seat. There are seats with isofix, without or that can be fitted with either. We got a Britax King Plus which was seatbelt only but after my crash we got a voucher to replace the seat and the one we got can be either. It's Britax but I forget the model. It's gorgeous!

Ohhh...... we had thoughts of being able to carry on using our iso fix base...oh

 

[PeanutBean]

Are you getting the First Class pink? They're very popular as they're group 0+1 and can be rear facing. The infant seats are no longer suitable if the child's eyes are above the back of the seat; it's not just weight. I know rear is safer but Byron so wanted to be looking about him that we changed quite early on. Ours went up to 13kg I think.

Gilz are you sure it was Britax? On their website they only have separate bases for the infant seats.

It's all about weighing up cost. We considered getting the ones that go right through but they were loads more expensive than the seat we got plus a booster when he's older. We also thought Byron might not want to be in the sane seat for about 8 years and that it probably wouldn't actually last!

 

[molly85]

once tehy hit about 1 the car seat stays in the car so isofix is just not needed. unless you want to carry a 1 year old around in a car seat. Nooo thank you they are heavy

 

[molly85]

you can't do it now but my parents were very careful the had mini racing car seat belts bolted into the back of teh car until i was about 7 I was going nowhere.

 

[PeanutBean]

i love the lie flat car seats i'm pretty sure they would go on our pram to

If I was going to get the carry cot attachment for our pram i'd ge the lie flat seat as it's not much more and we do quite a lot of long journeys and breaking them up is very annoying! But they are pretty small, much shorter than you might expect so don't last long; they also take up an enormous amount of room in the back meaning it's not always possible to fit a second seat in.

 

[PeanutBean]

once tehy hit about 1 the car seat stays in the car so isofix is just not needed. unless you want to carry a 1 year old around in a car seat. Nooo thank you they are heavy

Isofix is supposed to be safer than a seat belt fixing but I'm not sure that's not mostly down to people fitting their seatbelts incorrectly and you can't really go wrong with isofix! Oh but not all cars are compatible so that's yet another thing to check! Britax list the car makes and models that are accredited on their website.

But yeah kids soon start waking at the end of journeys plus they get far to heavy to lug about in a seat! It was useful having the base for ours as Byron would carry on sleeping quite a while after a journey so we could just carry him in.

 

[molly85]

eeek. obviously they go with the huge pushchairs i had a quick look at the britax samrt B it's massive. Would never fit in my car. I think my car would only take 1 isofix anyway.

 

[PeanutBean]

We have isofix in the side back seats and the front passenger but not the middle back seat. Renault apparently have been leaders in adopting the new technology. I suppose their new models will have the top tether attachment too.

 

[pinkclaire]

Grr I just wrote a big long reply and it disappeared!

Yes he's only diddy he still fits in his nicely, but I will change by 1 anyway!

We're probably getting the britax hi-way, our car is small so we're a bit restricted by that!

I like the flat car seats, and like peanut said if your getting the carrycot you may as well get that, if your do lots a miles it's useful as you don't have to stop, but your LO will probably have grown out by 2 months old so it's a lot of money to spend

I'm pooing myself about the second, I'm taking a gap in my career, I'm still working but not a job I want to do iykwim? So I'll need to retrain and it made sense to have our babies first rather than stop starting! I was still bf when I fell pregnant so even though we were kinda trying (well not protecting) I was still shocked as I didn't think it would happen that quickly! I guess you could say it was fate!

Oh my doctors response was funny 'how did you manage that when you were bf?' I was like well your the doctor!!

Sorry I do tend to ramble a bit!!

 

[molly85]

lol it's quite common bfing is not the pill. our pram carry cot is monstrous its def meant to for up to 6 months.

I dnt want a new pram so am figuring out how long we would have to wait orif going over toa baby carrier would be easier

 

[PeanutBean]

Lol at your doctor! Despite exclusive BF I had every period and ov from 9 weeks after the birth. BF is really not a recognised form of contraception these days and your dr should know that!

 

[PeanutBean]

What do you mean Molly? Can you not use the carry got after 6 months?

 

[molly85]

oh yes if baby fits, its will last longer than a moses basket. the car seat seperate. this is what i get for being lazy. i will double check but the puchcair top can go on from 6 months. than fully its all light.

 

[PeanutBean]

Oh I see separate attachments. I think quite a lot of pushchairs don't do lie flat so need a carrycot at the start.

 

[pinkclaire]

Which pram have you got Molly? One thing to consider is your LO might not like lying down after a certain age. James wanted to be upright b 4 months and would scream if he was down!

Um I am not impressed about the double buggies, they are so expensive and not that nice! I'm going to use a carrier and my single as much as possible. Normally around 3 your LO is able to walk a fair distance x

 

[molly85]

yup thats why we went with this monster. weirdly the actual website is telling me noting i can't see from looking at it