https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:37:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1180032 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:30:10 +0000 jill_a55 1180032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: thank you for that info, I didn't really think about airway constriction! I will have to do some research. If you would have been in a car more often, would your opinion change, or do you think if you could do it all over you'd skip it even with driving more? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1178040 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:51:54 +0000 looch 1178040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's funny, I would have totally skipped the infant seat if I could go back and do it all over again, but I hardly used the car during the week, I was literally on public transportation if we had to go somewhere during the day.</p> <p>Also, it's not recommended that you keep infants in the car seat for extended periods of time outside of being actually in the car...their necks aren't strong enough and there is a chance of airway constriction, so if you have to have them out and about and not in the car, it is better that they are laying flat, so either look for a stroller with a full recline or a bassinet attachment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175928 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:41:26 +0000 jill_a55 1175928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: that site is amazing! Thank you for the link! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175750 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:02:25 +0000 brady80 1175750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The great thing about BBB is that you can return items from your registry. I feel like I was constantly returning and buying other items. You just don't know until gym your baby if here what you really need </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175701 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:10:35 +0000 tysonja 1175701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found Lucie's list <a href="http://www.lucieslist.com/1-car-seats-and-rtollers/?submit=Get+Started" rel="nofollow">http://www.lucieslist.com/1-car-seats-and-rtollers/?submit=Get+Started</a> super helpful for my first, and now that I have two I still recommend it to everyone when they get pregnant! I think except for a few exceptions everyone should probably get an infant seat for their babies:) so so so convienient! :) congrats on your pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175683 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:49:04 +0000 jill_a55 1175683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yeah, I kinda figured that's how it would be.. I have a friend that has a 18 month old that wants to meet up so she can tell me do's and don'ts for gear... I know every baby is different, but I am looking forward to it so I can get her input as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175561 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:02:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 1175561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jill_a55: you can do all the research in the world as you will still but some stuff you don't need and have to run out in a panic to but other stuff :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1175516 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:22:50 +0000 jill_a55 1175516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for all your great info!! From what you all say, the infant carrier makes total sense. I feel so clueless and don't want to over/under buy or register for things that I don't need! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174968 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:26:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 1174968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like others said, the infant car seat is really useful outside of just the car. Carrying baby to and from the car, if they are sleeping, having a place to put baby down when you go somewhere- we baby wear a lot and that is one big downside- I can't set her down anywhere! Also it's a lot easier to strap a tiny squirmy infant into the seat inside your house than in the car. </p> <p>We have a bassinet for our stroller and I have finally accepted, 12 weeks in, that she hates the bassinet. I finally used the car seat attachment instead and she is so much happier. The car seat hugs them more than the bassinet. </p> <p>Unfortunately you don't know what your baby will like until they are here! But my two cents is that the infant car seat is a must. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174841 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:30:01 +0000 Charm54 1174841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use our infant carseat on our stroller when out doing errands - so convenient and much easier than waking a sleeping baby. We use the bassinet when going for walks from our home (and it's also where she sleeps at night). We have the uppababy vista so the bassinet came with it - I wouldn't buy it separately if it didn't and would just stick with the carseat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174800 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:13:23 +0000 kodybear 1174800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i liked the infant car seat for the same reasons as mamamoose. we could bring her in and out of the car without waking her up. when going to restaurants or other sit down places we had somewhere to put her versus having to hold her (since she can't sit in a highchair till about 6 months). </p> <p>you don't have to use an infant seat, you can start with a convertible car seat. but you'd probably have to baby carry alot until they are old enough to use the stroller or highchair. they are just too tiny younger than 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174712 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:41:06 +0000 MsLipGloss 1174712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jill_a55: It also really depends on the size of your newborn . . . most convertible seats won't work for babies under 7 pounds, so if your newborn is on the smaller side, you would need an infant seat (there are a couple that do--like the Radian, I think--but honestly, there is no way I would put a new born in a massive convertible seat. but that's just me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174641 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:58:00 +0000 MamaMoose 1174641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked having an infant car seat because when LO was tiny she almost always fell asleep in the car. It was nice to be able to just pop the whole seat into the stroller, or bring it in the house with us when we got home. That way we didn't have to wake her up by pulling her out of the seat.</p> <p>But if you want to use a convertible car seat right from the start and skip the infant seat then you can always just use the bassinet with the stroller until LO is old enough to sit in the big seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carseat-amp-stroller-questions-b-ready-and-general#post-1174638 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:56:06 +0000 jill_a55 1174638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to BBB yesterday to look at a stroller I liked online, and managed to thoroughly confuse myself (which it seems I do every time I step foot in there). </p> <p>I like the Britax B Ready, but the seat that comes with it is for 6 months or older. I know that you can attach the infant carseat to it or the bassinet, but do you have to? What if you don't get want to get an infant carseat? The regular carseats can fit a newborn, so what is the necessity of the infant one.. just to attach to a stroller? </p> <p>As you can probably tell by my clueless-ness, I am currently pregnant with our first.. and there is just so. much. stuff! </p>