Maxi-Cosi - Mico 12 LX

You can hire! We hired a maxi cosi capsule though “hire for baby”

I second these two Maxi-cosi options - they’re what we got and they’ve been great for us too. I did get the big buggy ‘bundle’ (Uppababy vista with bassinet and seat plus the maxi-cosi infant seat with adapters). I wanted this because we do lots of walks and visit places like Nature reserves, National Trust etc so having a sturdy pram that can do off-road was important for us. We went for the Vista rather than Cruz as it can become a double, and now we’ve got a second we’re using it that way. I also use a baby carrier a huge amount, but I am glad I’ve got a pram for longer trips out when I want to be able to put baby down (eg to eat, for my own comfort, etc) and as others have said, the bassinet is rated for night time sleep so it’s great for trips away while baby fits in it. We also ended up getting a travel buggy second hand which we use for holidays (this one isn’t a double but we’ve now bought a buggy board that fits both so we can switch between them when we need to).

If you decide to go the full crib route, definitely consider Ikea Sniglar. Very sturdy, minimalistic, excellent materials/no toxic paint and the cheapest crib you will likely find from a reputable source. Unfortunately it doesn’t have storage but you’ll save so much money you invest in something like a dresser instead possibly. We lowered the crib recently and it also converts to a toddler bed. In terms of Canadian brands, r/buycanadian has some good previous posts! Dorel is a Canadian company which owns Maxi Cosi, Safety First and Cosco. Could consider their stroller/car seat? I personally have maxi cosi Zelia and the Mico seat but I’m not super fond of the stroller - it takes some getting used to and needs two hands to collapse and is bulky.

Our LO came home at just under 1.8kgs. We have the maxi cosi. Looking back at the pictures she was insanely small for that thing! But we got home and she grew into it 😅

We had a Maxi-Cosi infant seat and moved him to the Graco Extend2fit at about 8 months. He had started to hate the bucket seat and I got it on a good sale. He was instantly happy! He just turned 2 and still loves his seat. It can rear face until 50lbs so that was one of the reasons we went with it. We eventually got one for my husband's car (had a Cosco Scenera before)