Graco - FastAction SE 2.0 Travel System

I have the Graco fast trax travel system and I found it to be too rough on gravel for the first 3-4 ish months, even when using it with baby in the car seat. Since then, it’s been fine, but something to consider if you’ll be walking a lot in rough terrain in the early months

I like our carseat/stroller. It’s the Graco FastAction Fold Jogger Travel System (Im sure there are other options) but my son - being on the smaller toddler size - is STILL using that car seat and it was easy if we wanted to put in him a stroller when he was an infant. We are having another baby in April so I’m just gonna go with the Graco Extend2Fit Convertible Baby Car Seat, Rear and Forward Facing (or the one the swivels) since he will need it till he is about 4/5 and HOPING then by the time he is 5 we can just switch him to a booster and his brother to the Graco Extend2Fit since they will be about 2.5 years apart.

We spent $1200 on our wagon which I don’t fully regret. But we don’t use any fancy diaper holder or warmer or cleaner or maker. Having a good reliable method of transportation is important. That said, we just buy the graco click connect set for car seats - not fancy all around. This is our third so for clothes we are going majorly second-hand/leftovers from last baby 😂

We got a graco baby click in bucket seat that we used the first six months and then a safety first all in one that she’s still rear facing in at 3.5, but it forward faces and boosters in the future. Doing the same thing with little brother!

We got a graco travel system with the infant car seat. I loved it. The infant carseat we were able to use it for awhile. I know a lot of people complain the infant carseat gets too heavy to take out all the time, but that's what we did. I loved the bassinet feature with the stroller. And then it converted to toddler stroller. We still use it and my daughter is 2. It is not the smallest when folded, but that's my only complaint. We mainly use it in the neighborhood so keep it open in the garage for easy use. I have an umbrella stroller to take on errands that I know I need it to keep her contained, like the DMV.

We bought a graco travel system on sale (Black Friday) for like $250. The infant seat was great, I loved that it locked into the stroller, and the basset function was great. We never used the toddler seat because we got a BOB stroller. We then got one of the Graco rotating seats after we were done with the infant car seat.

My advice would be to find a stroller you like and get the infant car seat that’s compatible with it! You can usually get a travel system for a decent price and it includes both the stroller and the infant car seat. I personally have the Graco and I love it but I’m sure others are great as well!

I love my travel system. I have a graco one. Use all the time.

I had a January baby in New England!  I went back and forth depending on my preference, the surface, and how cold it was.  We used a graco stroller and car seat combo a lot, with the baby in a fleece jacket and tucked into a blanket.  We also got a fleecy bunting thing that could go in the stroller seat (not the car seat), and if it was frigid I would put her in the baby carrier and zip my coat around us both.  We had her in a hat all the time.  I loved our walks.  I would flip flop the car seat attachment for the stroller seat pretty easily, so I kept both in the car and would just use whatever I felt like at the time.  Takes up the whole trunk lol but otherwise this worked well for us.   I’m pregnant and due in January again lol and the only thing I might change is to get the bassinet for walks, as i think it would be nice for napping. I would do fleece plus bunting or blankets again with that.

I want that Doona infant car seat with the wheels attached so bad but its $600 and you might use it for like a year? I keep seeing them everywhere and everyone says its a game-changer. I just don't want to get a used carseat just to afford it. I decided on a Graco infant seat to snap into my BOB jogger (used but mint condition and love it) and then will get one of those transitional ones that rotate for after a year old. My friend just got the rotating one for her 2 year old and she loves it.