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Infant Carseat and Stoller

24 years ago

Hi - I have a question for all you Moms out here. I am due in March and am trying to decide on which brand carseat/stoller to go for. Also do you prefer a combo or did you prefer to buy the two seperately?

Thanks for your input.

Mary

EDD 3/13

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jayme24baby
24 years ago
we have graco and we've really like it! it's not that expensive yet a very good brand. we bought the car seat and the stroller sep. but they match. the stroller is great and i like that you can put the car seat right on the stroller and it fits really good and our dd can look at us.:)
JacksMom
24 years ago
I also bought Graco. We got the stroller/carseat combo. They are reasonably priced. However, if you are strapped for cash, I recommend buying a convertible car seat. The ones that are part of the "Graco Travel System" are only for infants to 20lbs. So we have to buy another car seat in a few months.
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