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

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.

I got a Doona to make my life easy until I absolutely need something bigger. It’s amazing!

Are you willing to carry around your car seat and possibly stroller all day? I went on trip lugging both around, it was such a hassle that I eventually rented the Doona overseas.  You could consider renting the Doona just for your trip too. My baby is around your baby’s length and it was only slightly cramped. (Our longest car ride was 1 hour, it wasn’t that bad for baby.)

Doona!!!!!!!! Especially if you travel. You don’t need anything extra.

My kids lasted to a year. It depends on how long your babies are.

We traveled with the doona. I recommend that. Sometimes you can rent a doona from places (in the US before you leave for your trip). We would have been screwed if we did not have our own car seat. Also, not every uber driver is okay with having a car seat in their car. Either bring the seat cover as well or just make sure to mention that you have a car seat. In Italy, one driver tried to have us put the car seat and baby in the trunk 🤦🏻‍♀️ lol we didn’t take that one. ETA: I want to add- we lived in France at the time and were traveling around like on weekends, so it wasn’t as big of a deal for us to bring out doona, plus we wanted the stroller. However, I 1000% agree to use public transportation whenever you can. It’s way better there than the US and often easier.