Maxi-Cosi - Mico XP Max

I got a MaxiCosi Tayla/Mico XP travel system on super sale. I love it. HOWEVER - I use it a TON (live in a dense city and use lots of over and underground public transport, plus I drive) - I rely on the cargo space - It is a BEAST (folded). Like… huge. - I bought it on super sale (under $300 including tax) If I were to do it again, I’d get a Babyzen Yoyo/Cybex Libelle/Uppababy Minu and then an inexpensive but well-rated infant car seat that is compatible, with adapters, with one of those travel strollers. I think any of these would suffice as far as cargo goes (meaning I could make it work), and they would be more versatile as baby grows. I, personally, would absolutely not spend >$500 on a stroller or >$700 on a travel system. Your needs are likely to shift within the first 6-9mos of baby’s life, and baby will very likely grow out of infant car seat within a year.

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).

Book a seat and bring her car seat. See [here](https://maxicosi.com/blogs/maxi-cosi-blog/how-to-travel-tips-flying-with-a-car-seatHowtoTravelTips:FlyingwithaCarSeat%E2%80%93Maxi-Cosi) from Maxi Cosi website where it should be flight approved. There was a story from the last day or so about sudden turbulence on a Delta flight that left 25 injured and had to make an emergency stop. Imagine if you were just holding her vs her being strapped in on a flight where that happened, and it’s much more common these days.

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)

Agree with this! Our infant seat is MC and I got it for $280 during a sale a couple years ago. So price and the fact that the seat was light were big selling features. Our daughter (and our arms lol) were happier when we switched her to a convertible seat around 6 months. We went with Clek Fllo for that... liked it so much we bought another for baby#2 due in a couple months. But definitely agree that the screaming is a sign that baby is either over the infant seat and/or they are making their opinions on car rides known now that they're leaving the potato stage lol.