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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 16:38

Hi,
I am having my first baby in a few months and trying to get a suitable car seat and a stroller before I get too big to walk around ^^.
Any advice on brands/ types etc. what specifications to ask the shop sellers for, etc. I got confused the other day when I was checking the mall. So many brands and kinds of items. Very hard to chose from, for a novice :/
If you have already a baby, what would you recommend?

THANKS a MILLION :)

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Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 11:01

Did anyone hear of or use Peg Perego strollers? What do you think of mamas n papas strollers Voyage and Cruise? Thanks.

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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 09:21

Thanks a lot !!!! indeed very useful info :D.

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 17:16

Very useful, thanks all! Any recommendations of where to go for help on this in Dubai?!

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 14:51

Whatever you buy make sure you can easily fold it down lift it and put it back together , the nice sales assistant is not going to be there when you are loading and unloading your pram in 50 degree heat :) Absolutely! Back in the UK (and for my first year in Dubai), I had an iCandy with all the trimmings, which was a lovely stroller, BUT it required a very strange knack to collapse it - you had to press the button and slam the handle down with a bit of a jump to actually get it to go down. BUT I didn't need to collapse it because it was my walking buggy and I had an umbrella one in the boot of the car. Fast forward to when I needed a double, the iCandy magically transformed into a double, but in the show-room I didn't test it fully loaded and instead just swizzed it round on the carpet... lovely. Apart from when you're trying to manoeuvre round aisles in a shop, it handled like a container ship, so I had to get rid. I replaced it with my most beloved P&T - you can get an adaptor to fit a maxi-cosi too, and I think you can get a carry cot along with a whole load of other really useful additions. Brilliant buggy, can turn on the spot one-handed even with 30kg of assorted children in it, collapses in one easy move and can be folded into its flight-bag in 2 minutes. The only downside (apart from it not being able to make your tea) is that the children can't face you (unless you have your newborn in the car-seat, which does, or indeed the carrycot). In comparison to my P&T, the little umbrella stroller has got square wheels! Oh, and the thing about car-seats is that they aren't fantastic when people leave their babies in them on a regular basis to sleep. The Maxi-cosi certainly has a sort of rocking feature and if you flip the handle right back, it secures the seat in a sort of, well, anchored seat position. A long car journey in an infant capsule isn't going to maim your child, nor is spending a couple of hours a day in it.

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 14:42

My favs: Car seat: Maxi Cosi Cabriofix (I have a pebble and think the cabrio seems roomier) stroller: Love my Bugaboo Bee but its a little low to the ground and DD wont sit in it now (But she is rebelling against all restraints like her high chair and stroller - so far so good with her car seat phew). The bee has a really nice fleece insert (cant remember what it was called) and DD used to LOVE sleeping in it. This for me too! We have the Cabriofix and it's great. My bee is awesome ... the insert is called the Cocoon ... 14m on ours still all looks brand new and we've traveled with it ... love that you can take the bee to bits and wash the fabric so easily. DD has her moments where she doesn't want to be strapped in too!

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 14:17

I have the maxi-cosi and the mothercare my3 (which comes with its own seat that converts from mummy-facing lie flat bassinet-ish to forward facing toddler seat and also takes the carseat. I agree with Novice that its not good for them (especially as newborns) to spend hours in a carseat , If I'm out for more than an hour I would use the seat, but I often use the carseat in the pram when its is a quick trip to just one shop to save waking the baby or mucking around getting him in and out and it is also very convenient if I am taking a taxi so that I am not left with a carseat to lug around, so travel systems def have their plusses. The base is not essential, you can fix it using the car seatbelt, but it is worth buying the base for the convenience of being able to clip the seat in and out. I like 3 wheelers, and the big wheels are good for uneven ground, stairs, kerbs etc, the little umbrella strollers serve a different purpose and people often seem to end up buying both. :) Whatever you buy make sure you can easily fold it down lift it and put it back together , the nice sales assistant is not going to be there when you are loading and unloading your pram in 50 degree heat :)

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 13:50

Took me about 6 months to decide on a stroller & car seat so good luck! I love love love my Inglesina Zippy Free, and the matching carry cot which we used for the first 3 months (DS even slept in it at night for the first month). Other mums always ooh and aah about my stroller, it really is very sturdy, even with lots of bags & a shopping basket hanging off the handle bars it is nearly impossible to knock it over, yet it has the easiest fold I have ever seen.... 1 second, 1 hand. I also have a Mclaren Triumph and to be honest I never bother using it as the Inglesina folds nearly as small, is only marginally heavier, easier to fold, and much more comfortable and sturdier. And the seat is easily reversible so baby can face you or the street! Sadly I wasn't crazy about the matching car seat and for my next baby I will get a Maxi Cosi like everyone else. There is a reason why those are so popular! I don't think having a travel system is that important and prefer to just leave my car seat in the car to be honest and just lift baby out into a carry cot or pram. Apparently it is bad for their backs to sit in car seats for any length of time so no idea why it is so normal to push babies around in car seats in the malls for hours! Good luck.

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 12:37

whatever one you go with make sure you check if it requires the car base. I believe all of them, unless they are those that transition to a forward facing carseat, need the car base. Of course here, like most things, is something that needs to be purchased separately. If you don't buy it your carseat won't be secured properly into your car. I agree with what H.A.K. said. I loved my Graco travel system that I bought back home. Its coming up on four years old and I finally have to replace the stroller. You do not need a car base. These are new things that have come on to the market so you can easily lift I'n and out of a car. All car seats can be put I'n a car just as safe with a seat belt. Also your car has to have the right fitting to secure the car base so it also depends on your car. Quinneys are great pushchairs they are light and u can fit the newborn car seat onto it and we have a Maclaren as well for traveling and mall shopping if we don't have lots of room I'n the boot.

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 12:19

whatever one you go with make sure you check if it requires the car base. I believe all of them, unless they are those that transition to a forward facing carseat, need the car base. Of course here, like most things, is something that needs to be purchased separately. If you don't buy it your carseat won't be secured properly into your car. I agree with what H.A.K. said. I loved my Graco travel system that I bought back home. Its coming up on four years old and I finally have to replace the stroller.

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 12:07

love our maxicosi infant seat...but be careful-get a cotton-lined seat instead of the 'reflection' synthetic seats. we had the black reflection & wish we had the other...he always hated the car till we switched. just too hot here to take them in & out w/the synthetic! oh, love your buzz (for mall/home/neighborhood) & zapp (for travel). good luck ;)

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 21:46

What HAK said. Sound advice. My favs: Car seat: Maxi Cosi Cabriofix (I have a pebble and think the cabrio seems roomier) stroller: Love my Bugaboo Bee but its a little low to the ground and DD wont sit in it now (But she is rebelling against all restraints like her high chair and stroller - so far so good with her car seat phew). The bee has a really nice fleece insert (cant remember what it was called) and DD used to LOVE sleeping in it.

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 18:08

To help break it down, think about what your need your stroller to do. Do you like walking? Do you go to the park a lot? Do you just need something light to trundle around malls? Do you think you'd find a buggy that can hold a car-seat useful? Would you be thinking of having another baby sometime in the next couple of years (and therefore have 2 children in a buggy)? What is your budget like? Everyone has their favourite buggy and have their own criteria... but no buggy is absolutely perfect. The "umbrella" buggies are good, light, cheap little run-arounds, but hard work on anything but flat pavements. They often don't have much storage for shopping. The bigger buggies do more, but are more expensive and heavier. They all offer different features and there's something out there for everyone really. When you go buggy shopping, take a couple of bags of shopping with you. Put the heaviest one where the baby will go and the other one in the storage - then test-drive it! Travel systems (the ones that can safely hold a car-seat) are useful too (I found), because if you're often out and about, you can just take sleeping bubs in the car-seat from the car and clip into the buggy without disturbing them. Check which infant capsule is compatible with the buggy you have your eyes on and take it from there. It's important for a baby to be able to lie flat in the buggy until about 4-6 months old. Some buggies have a carry-cot option, others just have a reclining seat... some aren't suitable from birth.

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