My first and only child, Anjalie, is now 20 months old. I have tried, tested and used many of the baby and toddler products and happy to share my experience about those products. Knowing how difficult it is to make a decision on these things, I appreciate the need to look and hear about what is available before spending our hard earned money. Please feel free to share any comments/suggestions/experiences that you might have as well.
This is one of the first baby product we used other than clothes, nappies etc. We brought Anjalie home from the hospital in the car seat that came with the travel system. Since day 1 we have used it almost every single day until now (Anjalie is now 17 months old). It is one of the good decisions we have made. After seeing 2 winters (& snow), and being used in all kinds of weather, it still is great and just needs a little cleaning and could do with re-fitting of the wheels now. We had bought it for its light weight, since we mainly use the public transport. It does get a bit bulky when used with the car seat, but is easy to fold otherwise and can be stored easily in the trains. We used to use it along with car seat to make it into parent-facing ride for our little one, since as a newborn, Anjalie was happy to be in the cosy car seat and facing her parents. Once she got curious about her surrounds (around 4 months), she was happy to go into the forward facing pram and we did not use the car seat after that excepting when taking the car. We were told that the car seat fits with ISO-fix as well, although, we did not care about it. The only real criticism I have for the pram is that the seat does not go all the way up to let Anjalie sit straight. So most of the time she sits up straight by coming forward in the pram. Despite this, Anjalie loves the pram and goes to sleep there. She would share anything else (including food and toys) with her friends but her pram! If I were to nit-pick I would add that the foot-muff has started to slide down since the Velcro attachment is worn and also Anjalie is now heavier. I doubt that even a new Velcro piece will hold it in place due to Anjalie weight (9 kgs). Wish it was designed better to take her weight. Be warned that it is not an all terrain pram and we have only used it on proper side walks etc. Also the car seat is appropriate for rear-facing only. We will soon have to get Anjalie a toddler car seat.
