Doona X

i love my Doona, for my babies first year i had to commute to work with him so it was a real lifesaver. i also used it when i traveled cross country to visit family. i still use it for short trips and if he needs to nap! ours was free from a friend and i cried when my husband brought it home

Love the Touran! We have a 6yo, a 3.5yo and a 9 month old, two maxicosis and a doona across the middle row. When we put the extra seats up for the grandparents, the eldest 2 love going in the back so the extra isofix is great. You will have to look second hand though. We test drove the Seat Alhambra first and it's a very different driving experience, bigger, higher up, didn't like it. The Touran is like a longer Golf so it's a nice easy drive and park, great boot size when the back seats are down

My son had the doona as an infant and is now 17 months old so we got him the evenflo revolve 360. He loved both. We would drive a lot when he was an infant so I guess he got use to it. We have toys solely for the car that he plays with on rides so I guess that also helps.

The Doona. It’s amazing that first year.

We hired the doona from tinyexplorers at that age for a holiday to Turkey. Our hotel was about an hour from the airport so didn't want to rely on the car seats provided by the transfer company. I think it was about £60 for the week? We received a brand new one which was excellent but I don't think that's common! We checked it in at the plane door. It was a bit scuffed up by the end of our holiday but the company never said anything. Just boxed it up and dropped it off to the post office.

We rented the doona for the week when we went to Turkey. Baby was only 4 months at the time so worked perfectly. We were at a resort so didn't really need a sturdy pushchair. Now baby's older, no idea what we'll do. I asked my SIL this and she said they just hold baby in taxis, etc which seems terrifying to me.