Gratuitous icon post...

[rivka]

...and announcement that, with the completion of Alex's November and December albums, I am finally caught up on uploading her pictures to Flickr.

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

To begin with, we had a Snap N Go - the thingy that infant carseats snap into. Loved it. Unfortunately, Alex became too long for the infant carseat before she was five months old.

Now we have a Combi City Savvy. Things I like about it: extremely lightweight, easily maneuverable, folds up very small and has a shoulder strap for carrying while folded. Things I don't like about it: the basket is very hard to access when the baby is in the stroller, and it's too small.

(And congratulations!)

[riarambles.livejournal.com]

We're going to get a convertible carseat that you can use both back and front facing, from newborn to 40 pounds, so we're not in the market for a stroller that a carseat attaches to. Does the other stroller work from newborn up, or is it only for older babies? The problem I'm having (in online research; haven't gone to the store yet) is finding a lightweight stroller that fully reclines so you can put a newborn in it.

(I posted a comment to you in Christie's journal a while ago, hinting at this development, but I don't know if you saw it or followed up on it. :) )

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Lightweight strollers pretty much don't recline fully for newborns. My friend Emily is crazy about her Zooper, and that does fully recline - you might look into that. But at 16lbs and only partially collapsible, it's more of a middleweight stroller. Still, she does take it on the bus.

[riarambles.livejournal.com]

Lightweight may be the wrong term to use; I want something that is not *too* heavy, and something that folds up to go in the trunk, but what I really don't want is one of those HUGE strollers or travel system dealies.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Also, I have serious doubts about how well newborns really fit into convertible carseats. Is your husband really big? Do you have reason to suspect that you're having a larger-than-usual baby? Is there anyone you could borrow an infant seat from?

[riarambles.livejournal.com]

Well, both Mr. R. and his brother weighted about 9 pounds when they were born, but that doesn't necessarily mean we'll have a big baby. I would check out what you say about convertible seats, but as it happened a colleague has given me an infant seat, so we can use that for a few months at the beginning.