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Rocio
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.
Answer
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.
What is with these travel systems?
Kimmie
I'm trying to find a full size stroller for my 1 month old, but all I'm seeing in stores are travel systems. The kind of stroller I'm looking for is one that has a flip it handle on it where you can flip the handle back to where the baby is facing you, and you can flip it back later. I've found only two that matches what I want, but I can only order it online, and I'd like to look at it in person to make sure it's what I want. But one of them where I can purchase at Walmart.com is a travel system. I'm just wondering, when did these travel systems start coming out? And why does it come with a car seat? Is it some kind of new safety rule or something? We already have a car seat that my daughter can grow into, and I feel like we won't be putting that seat to good use till later on. How does everyone like the travel systems?
Answer
The travel systems started coming out around 10 years ago or so and have become very popular. Its not really a safety rule, most parents just find them to be more convenient since you don't have to risk waking a sleeping baby moving them from the car to the stroller.
I don't think there are too many strollers with the flip handles anymore (I know of a Graco one and there's this one http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-First-Years-Wave-Stroller-Urban-Life-Black/13352099 )but there are alot of stroller that have a seat that you can face in or out, the only problem is you have to remove the seat to turn it so its not as convenient as the flip handles. There are a lot of choices for strollers like that though, there's the higher end ones like the bugaboo's or the more affordable ones like these http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mia-Moda-Atmosferra-Stroller-in-Nero/14555772 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kolcraft-Contours-3-Wheel-Standard-Stroller-Cinnamon/13004572 . I have a Rock Star Baby stroller and love it. Even though I do have to take the seat right off to turn it the other way I don't find it too inconvenient. It has a car seat adapter bar so I can use it as a travel system but I usually only used it with the car seat if I was just quickly running in somewhere, other wise I would take my daughter out and put her in the bassinet seat it came with or the regular seat when she outgrew the bassinet. I never liked leaving her in the car seat for too long because it wasn't as comfy as the stroller seats are.
The travel systems started coming out around 10 years ago or so and have become very popular. Its not really a safety rule, most parents just find them to be more convenient since you don't have to risk waking a sleeping baby moving them from the car to the stroller.
I don't think there are too many strollers with the flip handles anymore (I know of a Graco one and there's this one http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-First-Years-Wave-Stroller-Urban-Life-Black/13352099 )but there are alot of stroller that have a seat that you can face in or out, the only problem is you have to remove the seat to turn it so its not as convenient as the flip handles. There are a lot of choices for strollers like that though, there's the higher end ones like the bugaboo's or the more affordable ones like these http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mia-Moda-Atmosferra-Stroller-in-Nero/14555772 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kolcraft-Contours-3-Wheel-Standard-Stroller-Cinnamon/13004572 . I have a Rock Star Baby stroller and love it. Even though I do have to take the seat right off to turn it the other way I don't find it too inconvenient. It has a car seat adapter bar so I can use it as a travel system but I usually only used it with the car seat if I was just quickly running in somewhere, other wise I would take my daughter out and put her in the bassinet seat it came with or the regular seat when she outgrew the bassinet. I never liked leaving her in the car seat for too long because it wasn't as comfy as the stroller seats are.
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