Britax - Willow® S Infant Car Seat with Alpine® Base

We chose our car seat (the Britax Willow S) based on safety ratings and price! Check out a comparison if safety ratings here: https://www.babygearlab.com/topics/vehicle-safety/best-car-seats

U.S. NICU based CPST here- My favorite seat for small babies is the Evenflo Litemax, specifically [this one](https://www.evenflo.com/products/pivot-xpand-travel-system-litemax-infant-car-seat) due to the supportive insert. It has harness adjustments that make it fit small babies *beautifully.* I would personally suggest making the hip and crotch buckle adjustments for a 3-6lb baby yourself prior to bringing the car seat in, because not all nurses (or even CPSTs) realize that these adjustments exist. But when done correctly I don’t think there’s anything else that fits a small baby so well. Some other really great options for 4lb babies at different price points: - Evenflo NurtureMax (also has small baby adjustments I suggest doing yourself- this one is almost as great as the Litemax!) - Chicco Keyfit 22/30/Max - Britax Willow (also has small baby adjustments I suggest doing yourself) - Clek Liing - Nuna Pipa Urbn Seats I’d personally avoid for a 4lb baby: - Graco Litemax line (often fits poorly before 7-8 lbs- it’s fixable with certain techniques but I’d rather have a seat that just fits as designed without all that) - baby trend (some will work well with adjustments but some won’t and they’re all hard to adjust) - Uppababy Mesa (huge headrest + awkward insert = poor head position)

Hey we live in Toronto and purchased Britax Willow S infant car seat for our baby a few days ago from Amazon. However, they sent us the car seat with the manufacturing date of September 2023. As the date was 2 years ago, they sent us another seat but with the same manufacturing date again. Now we have an extra (unopened car seat). It is compatible with the Uppababy adapter. Let me know if you are interested and we can split the cost and keep one car seat each.

You don't need to get a crazy expensive car seat & stroller for it to be good. Britax is a pretty good brand and is what I got for my son. [Here's an example ](https://a.co/d/5HYr8Li) [If you want a more budget friendly option, Graco is pretty good too.](https://a.co/d/1tKJGoW) [here's a comparable price to the Britax with a Graco system ](https://a.co/d/3jBqUKr)

We briefly had this for my LO when she was 3ish, but found out you can still rear face with the Britax Romer!

Meillä ollut britaxin istuin, kaksi lasta viihtynyt siinä hyvin. On kyllä aika iso ja raskas vehje. Oli hetken aikaa myös motonetistä hommattu joku Cybexin malli, mutta siinä ei lapset tuntuneet viihtyvän. Se lähti sitten kiertoon ja pienemmälle tuli tuo vanha britax kun isompi muksu tarvitsi isomman istuimen. Tosiaan, käykää liikkeissä koeistuttamassa lasta noihin, ja lukekaa noita autoliiton testejä niin hyvä tulee. Monissa paikoissa myyjät ei kuitenkaan mitään tiedä niin kannattaa pari minuuttia perehtyä tuohon asiaan.

We started out with the britax travel set up. Came with a jogger stroller and infant car seat that popped in the stroller. Can be placed in a car with a seat belt and no base if necessary. Its lasted us 4 kids, still looks great. I still use the jogger stroller for my 1 year old. But also I had purchased the britax double stroller since it was all compatible and I had my kids close together. And I have a decent umbrella stroller for tight spaces and easy grab and go. But, the jogger stroller is definitely the most durable, good quality and still glides quiet and smoothly after 7 years.

I bought a Venicci travel system in 2021 and I'm still using it for #2 now. I can't recommend the pram enough, and the car seat with it is also very safe - however, we went extra extra and bought a Britax infant car seat, and then adapters, and it fits on the frame of the Venicci. But I'd advise what everyone else has said on here: decide on a carseat (I highly recommend Britax, they have amazing safety ratings, built in Germany, etc etc etc etc), and then check out a pram that it can fit on to. And check out FB marketplace / Vinted etc. :)