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Okay so we are shopping for baby items now! Yay!
My husband and I really want a convertible car seat, particularly this one "Safety 1st Complete Air⢠65 Convertible Car Seat - Great Lakes" (here is the link http://www.sears.com/safety-1st-complete-air-153-65-convertible-car-seat/p-04918152000P?prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2)
But we are wondering if this car seat, or a similar convertible car seat would work for those new "snap n go" strollers, where its just a base, and you should just "click" the car seat in.
We want a travel system, but wish they wouldnt come with just the seat for the infant. Which is why we want the convertible seat, it lasts longer.
(this is what that snap and go stroller im talking about looks like http://www.sears.com/safety-1st-clic-it-33-infant-seat-carrier-black/p-04901811000P?prdNo=23&blockNo=23&blockType=G23 )
Please help.
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The Safety First Complete Air is a great car seat... but it's not an infant snap-n-go type of seat. There's no convertible that will work with the snap-n-go strollers because they are all 'install and keep it there' seats. But really you don't need the snap-n-go Travel System. They're not worth it.
First, SIDS recommendations are that babies lay flat when they're not being carried. Even sitting in a car seat causes their oxygen level to dip and babies have died sleeping in car seats. Car seats are the safest place for them to travel in the car, but it's not for sleeping or spending long periods of time in.
Second, a snap-n-go stroller is cheapest NOW, but once the baby outgrows the infant seat (some as early as 6 months, most by a year or two) the stroller is garbage. You can't use it without the infant seat. And I'll tell you now, most babies want to sit up more from 6 months on. Compared with a normal stroller that will go to usually 50lbs and will last you for 5 years? No contest which is the better stroller. If you want something that lasts longer you do NOT want the snap-n-go, you want a normal stroller. I personally like the Baby Trend 'jogging' strollers with the big wheels for an economical choice. Try them out in stores. Small wheels tend to have problems going through sand (like at parks) and going up and over curbs/cracks/stairs are harder with small wheels.
To point it out, strollers are also rarely recalled and you can buy them used without worrying about an expiration date. So you can go on craigslist and buy a used one without it being an issue. The strollers that don't lay flat the baby can use once they can sit up while propped and their head is steady, usually from 4-6 months on. In the meantime, babies are usually very easy to carry, or get something like a Moby Wrap or Ergo and wear them (for the record, you can't put a baby seat on shopping carts, and using a stroller to go shopping is hard since it's not a cart, but put the baby in a sling/wrap/carrier and they'll fall asleep. It works WONDERFULLY.)
If you really want a snap-n-go you may be able to find one and a car seat to go with it on craigslist. Do NOT use the car seat in the car, that's not safe. However, if you're just using it for the stroller, then you should be able to do that.
The Safety First Complete Air is a great car seat... but it's not an infant snap-n-go type of seat. There's no convertible that will work with the snap-n-go strollers because they are all 'install and keep it there' seats. But really you don't need the snap-n-go Travel System. They're not worth it.
First, SIDS recommendations are that babies lay flat when they're not being carried. Even sitting in a car seat causes their oxygen level to dip and babies have died sleeping in car seats. Car seats are the safest place for them to travel in the car, but it's not for sleeping or spending long periods of time in.
Second, a snap-n-go stroller is cheapest NOW, but once the baby outgrows the infant seat (some as early as 6 months, most by a year or two) the stroller is garbage. You can't use it without the infant seat. And I'll tell you now, most babies want to sit up more from 6 months on. Compared with a normal stroller that will go to usually 50lbs and will last you for 5 years? No contest which is the better stroller. If you want something that lasts longer you do NOT want the snap-n-go, you want a normal stroller. I personally like the Baby Trend 'jogging' strollers with the big wheels for an economical choice. Try them out in stores. Small wheels tend to have problems going through sand (like at parks) and going up and over curbs/cracks/stairs are harder with small wheels.
To point it out, strollers are also rarely recalled and you can buy them used without worrying about an expiration date. So you can go on craigslist and buy a used one without it being an issue. The strollers that don't lay flat the baby can use once they can sit up while propped and their head is steady, usually from 4-6 months on. In the meantime, babies are usually very easy to carry, or get something like a Moby Wrap or Ergo and wear them (for the record, you can't put a baby seat on shopping carts, and using a stroller to go shopping is hard since it's not a cart, but put the baby in a sling/wrap/carrier and they'll fall asleep. It works WONDERFULLY.)
If you really want a snap-n-go you may be able to find one and a car seat to go with it on craigslist. Do NOT use the car seat in the car, that's not safe. However, if you're just using it for the stroller, then you should be able to do that.
Mommies: Did you buy a travel system?
New mommy!
I'm debating on what to buy exactly, there are just so many to choose from. So, my question is, if you love your travel system, what is it and why do you love it?
Answer
Yes,
I have twins and have the double snap and go with Graco safeseats.
With rear facing seats snap and go's just make sense. They are the easiest to use. You don't have to wake / unstrap the baby. Just lift the car seat from stroller to car back to stroller.
YOu can get them really cheap from Craig's list, and they work with most infant bucket car seats.
Without them, I am lugging TWO 40 pound car seats around. This is about impossible.
I bought it used. It was $180 for 2 car seats, 2 bases, and the double snap and go strollers.
My twins are 8 months and still in their travel system. They can use the travel system until they outgrow their infant bucket seats. With twins leg length can start to be a problem, but my guys are tall and still using it at 8 months, we just have to be careful with the twin in the back putting his feet out of the way when the front one goes in. Singletons don't have this problem.
My twins love outtings in the travel system and hate slings. Most babies love strollers, and I think slings look a lot worse then a stroller, so that is a pretty silly argument!
Seriously? Reason against travel system is it is made of plastic and cloth?
I can see someone not liking the look of them, I think strollers are neat, but slings look kinda tacky. But that is personal taste.
I am taking a trip today possible without the snap and go stoller, and dreading it. It means every bathroom stop I have to take my twins out of the car seats, which is undoing a bunch of buckles then wrestling them out of a backwards position, waking them up while putting them into something else (umbrella stroller) snapping THAT up, wheeling them into the bathroom with me, unsnapping the umbrella stroller wrestling them into the car seats OR removing the car seats (which involves pulling the car safety seat belts through loops) then doing the 5 point harnass AGAIN just to go potty. I can't leave them in the car at a gas station.
Okay, that does it, I'm taking the snap and go! I wanted the umbrella stroller there, but that isn't worth it! I'll take both or just the snap and go. Seriously, wrestling sleeping babies in and out of REAR facing car seats just to use the bathroom is a nightmare! Its a 6 hour drive and I can't hold it that long. :( Glad you asked this. lol.
Yes,
I have twins and have the double snap and go with Graco safeseats.
With rear facing seats snap and go's just make sense. They are the easiest to use. You don't have to wake / unstrap the baby. Just lift the car seat from stroller to car back to stroller.
YOu can get them really cheap from Craig's list, and they work with most infant bucket car seats.
Without them, I am lugging TWO 40 pound car seats around. This is about impossible.
I bought it used. It was $180 for 2 car seats, 2 bases, and the double snap and go strollers.
My twins are 8 months and still in their travel system. They can use the travel system until they outgrow their infant bucket seats. With twins leg length can start to be a problem, but my guys are tall and still using it at 8 months, we just have to be careful with the twin in the back putting his feet out of the way when the front one goes in. Singletons don't have this problem.
My twins love outtings in the travel system and hate slings. Most babies love strollers, and I think slings look a lot worse then a stroller, so that is a pretty silly argument!
Seriously? Reason against travel system is it is made of plastic and cloth?
I can see someone not liking the look of them, I think strollers are neat, but slings look kinda tacky. But that is personal taste.
I am taking a trip today possible without the snap and go stoller, and dreading it. It means every bathroom stop I have to take my twins out of the car seats, which is undoing a bunch of buckles then wrestling them out of a backwards position, waking them up while putting them into something else (umbrella stroller) snapping THAT up, wheeling them into the bathroom with me, unsnapping the umbrella stroller wrestling them into the car seats OR removing the car seats (which involves pulling the car safety seat belts through loops) then doing the 5 point harnass AGAIN just to go potty. I can't leave them in the car at a gas station.
Okay, that does it, I'm taking the snap and go! I wanted the umbrella stroller there, but that isn't worth it! I'll take both or just the snap and go. Seriously, wrestling sleeping babies in and out of REAR facing car seats just to use the bathroom is a nightmare! Its a 6 hour drive and I can't hold it that long. :( Glad you asked this. lol.
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