We're done with the infant carrier, now what?

winery

B is not yet 4 months old, but is measuring 26.5" inches and the seat goes up to 26".

Makes since as he was 25" at 2 months.

I thought, because he was 2 pounds below the weight limit, that we'd at least get another few weeks out of it.

But now what do we do?  He's FAR too young to be in a conventional stroller and now we don't have the carrier. 

It's not real convenient to strap him on all the time. 

Poop. 

Marce921

Honestly, I'd still you the carrier in the stroller for a while. It'll be fine for just that use.

CleoKitty

Do you really use the stroller often enough for it to be a problem? I think we've only used the stroller twice with dd so far (and not in her carseat either- just in the regular stroller seat.) I'd imagine that your ds wouldn't be very far away from sitting in a stroller- no more than a month or two, no?

If the stroller seat reclines, I think that it's fine for even a newborn.

Oh, and FWIW, I've found that strapping the baby on is far less hassle then having to haul the stroller out of the trunk, unfold it, get her buckled in, etc. We have a nice, fairly compact and lightweight double stroller, but it's still a pain to haul around and folding it can really be a b!tch...
 

shouldbeworkin

Why is he too young for a stroller?  Can he sit up unassisted?  If he can't I'd put him in the stroller.  You can recline it a little for him too.  DS was 4.5 mos when we took him out of the car seat.  I put him in the stroller and put him in high chairs and the shopping cart with the floppy seat and a rolled up little blanket for some extra padding.  He did great that way. 

kevschickee2

My stroller has shoulder harnesses for infants are you sure yours doesnt?  4 months isnt too young if it has the shoulder harnesses

winery

Our stroller doesn't have infant straps and it doesn't really recline.

He's 3.5 months old, so he still doesn't hold up his head too well, much less sit up, kwim?

I think maybe we'll keep the seat in the car for stroller use.  And MH carries the carrier because it's easier for him.  Good idea, Marce.

Ciarrai

I'm with some of the others in the stroller.  I started my girls in theirs really early.  Can yours recline?  If you're not comfortable with him sitting up, can you have him laying down or reclining?  (Ours has three positions including laying all the way down.)  As to things like shopping etc., it's up to you if you want to wear him or just put him sitting up in the cart.  With the buckle, my girls could usually sit in the cart around 4-5 months.  I moved them over to the convertible carseat as early as possible because I hated lugging around the carrier.  As soon as they could sit in a high chair and a shopping cart, we got rid of it. 

heyitsme

The height limit is not absolute. If he has an inch of shell above his head then he's still OK in it. It's an average. But some 26" babies are all torso and some are all legs... if you've got a kid who is all legs they can be 28 or 29 inches before outgrowing the seat by height.

Check out this thread to see how to measure the one inch.

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=30201

 And when we moved DD into a convertible at 4 months, I kept her carrier in the car and used it on the stroller as needed until she was able to better support herself.

 

co18co

Just prop him in the stroller with blankets, and make the straps work as functionally as possible.  Benjamin hated being full reclined as early as a couple of weeks old, and also loathed being in his baby seat, so we reclined the bugaboo to the middle level, and just had him propped in there with blankets to support his head. 

  

JOEBunny

Can you get a stroller for 3 months and up.  There are loads of them.  DD used her Maclaren from 3 months. We also have Mountain buggy Urban that lies completely flat, which DD lived in for a long time.