when to change the pram?

my son only turned 3 months yesterday but he is SO nosey. he falls asleep in the car a lot so i tend to just use the car seat instead of the bassinet. but when he wakes up he cries unless i take him out and carry him. and then he’s all up in everyone’s business😂 the seat unit for my pram does say it can be used from birth as it can lie flat, but i was hoping for him to be sitting up by the time i changed him over to that, and a bit bigger- he’s on the 25th centile, 12lbs 13oz as of yesterday. he holds his head up all the time now so i’m slightly less concerned in that sense. what age did everyone change their babies from the bassinet to the seat unit? and if i had him facing me would that be enough for him to still be able to look around, or would he be better off world facing? i’m just mindful that he’s still very young, but i’m a first time mum so i want to know everyone’s experiences and advice!

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Hello! We changed our girl around at 4 months, she waaaaay better proffered it but I think the guideline was 5 months

I think I changed mine at about 5 months and she was parent facing for a very long time because she hated it the other way around.

I also changed the pram to parent facing seat at around 4 months. She was happy in the bassinet for about 10 minutes then I'd have to carry her. In the seat she could look around and still see me which seemed to please her. As long as the seat can be reclined and your girl has good head control I'd say give it a try

Changed the seat to parent facing around 5 months when he was sitting independently / had very good neck control - advice is parent facing for a while as they can become overwhelmed world facing and don’t have the choice to turn away, whereas you are obviously their happy place! X

We did something controversial and actually only had a travel pram from birth, so my little boy was forward facing from birth! However, we did use the newborn muffler until he had good head support, which was at 4 months x

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