Hi Archie, hope u r fine. How is ur son doing? I have a question for u, i need to buy stroller & car seat for my 2 month old son. Can u suggest which brand will be better for this? Is Graco convertible car seats(GRACO ComfortSport - Metropolitan ) good ? Also what about GRACO Quatro Tour -Cotton Tales Stroller? I saw this in Graco website. Pls advise me in this regard, it will be of great help. If u recommend any other, pls give me the model no. along with the brand name. Also i want to buy within $200. Thanks,
Manisha archie replied. Dear Manisha,
It's so kind of you to think of me on this query. However, I am as innocent as you are. All I can tell is share my own experience. I have had a travel-system from Graco for Advait and we loved it. Only drawback of this system is little too heavy to carry on bus or train, especially in subway without elevators. Advantages are many, has a large basal basket to stuff the material if you go to park or anywhere, so no worries where to keep food, bottles, formula, extra diaper, even used diapers, some wash cloths and water as well. It's 5 recline position and if baby is a sleep you can make it completely flat -baby can sleep while you are doing your chores. After 3-4 months your baby can be in reclined position when active. It has three point harness and I did not like due to this when Advait was 7 months and later. Also he got active and would try to turn backward. I think if you don't have to take subways and have your car then up to 6-7 months this is best deal. I could not put Advait more than 4 months in Carseat because he was outgrown. However all travelsystem offers car seat useful only upto 28 weeks or so and you need to graduate baby to different car seat thereafter.

You will need another stroller from 4-5 months baby and I had two of different, one crom Kolcraft light weight and Maclaren-Triumph 2004. Needless to say Maclaren is winner.

In summary you can go for simple light weight travel system so that be Graco or Evenflow but don't count on that for real long run as baby gets bigger you need indeed light weight stroller to take on walk.

I know I am not helping much here but this isn't my area and would not comment on brands. Perhpas people from earlier board will have their experience with different brands and you may be able to make choice on your own.

Graco and Evenflow travelsystems are less than $200 at walmart.

Archie