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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Sorry, confused my Britax names! We have the B-Ready, not the B-Agile, so the bassinet connected just like the car seat. To be honest, I wish we had gotten the B-Agile instead. We rarely used our B-Ready after he outgrew the infant seat. It is an awesome stroller, but it is SO heavy. I got so tired of lifting it in and out of the car, so we ended up getting an umbrella stroller that we use almost exclusively now.
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Just a note regarding babywearing: I love the idea, and my friend whose baby refused to be put down for six weeks swore by it. But my son was sort of lukewarm to the concept when he was smaller, and I have a lot of postpartum lower back pain. So babywearing doesn't work for us very well. My husband uses the carrier sometimes. I don't regret buying it, but it's not as integrated into our lives as I expected it to be.
You may need to wait and see what works best for you. We got the infant car seat and definitely found it handy for awhile. At 7.5 months we are talking about finally ditching it but have not bothered to install the convertible yet. At this point the baby is way too big to leave in the car seat overnight, so the benefit of easy transfer no longer applies. (He can crawl and stand up, so if he woke up fully strapped into his seat he would protest a LOT!)
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Is there anyone that you can borrow an infant seat from? That's what I wish we did!
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@ElbieKay: I never left the baby in the car seat at night, just for naps when she fell asleep in the car. Overnight would be too long for my comfort level.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Just realized I didn't really answer your question. We walk to do most of our errands, with occasional short car trips if we're buying heavy stuff like the entire week's groceries. But hopefully we'll end up with both our Ergo and a wrap so we can figure out which one works best for us. I'm due in April when the weather is starting to get nice so I'm hoping to do LOTS of walking around outside wearing baby!
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I'm definitely appreciating all the input, and feeling pretty good about skipping straight to the convertible. I figure if we end up with a baby that hates being worn and won't go back to sleep after being taken out of the carseat, it's easy enough just to buy an infant seat at that point and then resell it for most of its value a few months later. I'm willing to take that gamble from the outset, in the name of minimalism and hopefully money-saving.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: we didn't look at britax strollers so i'm not sure about what they recommend or what other users have experienced, but we did use our stroller that reclines from very early on with a similar neck/head support insert for short walks around the neighborhood.
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We skipped the infant seat and I would definitely do that again. We have a Combi Coccorro and an UppaBaby Vista which came with the bassinet. Worked great for us.
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