Pram/doona car seat stroller

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This is our first baby & I’ve heard great things about the doona car seat stroller. Would I also need a pram for longer walks? Or is it easy enough to move baby from car seat to pram?

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I've got the donna carseat/pram its the best! So easy to use and don't have to take them out when getting in and out the car

The doona was pricey but it was so great. I can't imagine doing the early part of parenthood without it. It gives so much ease and therefore confidence when you're first learning to go out with the baby. I traveled with her, just me and her at 6 months. We took an Uber together. So grateful to it for those experiences.

It’s very good. It converts from a pram to car seat with a few different clicks. Very efficient and also worth the money. It doesn’t lose its value.

They can’t stay in the car seat for longer than 30mins then 2hours as they get older. They need to lie down. It’s not the best safety wise either sadly. Too many people are leaving their babies in the car seat whilst they do a shop forgetting that it took them etc 15mins to drive to the shop then 45mins to do a shop then 15mins back home and if asleep then leaving them in it as they unpack the shopping.
I’d highly recommend joining an extended rear facing group on Facebook for the best advice on car seats.

I’ve had the doona for both of my kids. I highly recommend. It’s very convenient especially for when you have a baby. The only thing is the weight limit is 35lbs so around like 1-1.5 yrs old you’ll need to upgrade to a bigger car seat and a new stroller. We just got a nuna car seat and a travel stroller since we travel often.

Hello I have Puggle travel sistem if you interested

I looked into the Doona recently but read that the baby can’t stay in it longer than 2 hours, and it’s quite small, I think the max baby length is 32”. I have a tall/long baby… if I extrapolate his height using the WHO length charts he’d outgrow the Doona at 9 months. So I decided not to get one.

We were looking at the doona originally, but as it’s a car seat it’s not recommended to stay in it for more than 30mins approx. However I believe the newer version - think it’s called Doona X - fully reclines so is more suitable for longer journeys (not 100% sure on the recommended length of time though) but might be worth looking into the newer version instead xxx

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