
Cosco Kids
Scenera Next DLX Convertible Car Seat
Super light, cheap, great for air travel, but outgrown fast.

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Recommendations. Please note these are not all necessary, but have helped me as a FTM. I am also not sure of budget. car seat: Nuna Pipa Aire. Unfortunately we were victims of a terrible car crash when my baby was a few days old. The car seat did its job and baby is ok. I will forever be loyal. Stroller: Nuna travel, Nuna Demi Clothing: gap & old navy zip onesies. Affordable. Not organic cotton, so if that’s important to you, disregard. Diapers: I use and like coterie, but I am sure there are less expensive options. Wipes: coterie & water wipes. Diaper rash cream: Boudreaux’s butt paste. Diaper pail: stainless steel diaper genie Bath: Mustela products, tubby Todd, aquaphor baby Diaper bag: lululemon new parent bag. I like that it is wipe-able and lightweight with good storage. I also use an LL bean tote with a zipper. They have inserts. Bottles: Phillips avent glass bottles Bottle washer: mom cozy (fits more than baby brezza) Pump: spectra. Recommend going on Amazon to purchase additional parts, but also this can be covered by many insurances. I also have the momcozy hands free one. Pumping bras: something relatively inexpensive from Amazon works for me. Monitor: nanit Bassinet: snoo Pack and play: graco Playmat: purple monkey mat. Lovevery play gym and play kits. Skipped swing. Other: owlet dream sock, grownsy nasal aspirator
Nuna Pipa Aire! My son has the Nuna rava … both have been great for him. Daughter is also in nuna pipa aire and loves it!
Purely a personal choice, as they are very similar. (https://www.babylist.com/hello-baby/uppababy-vs-nuna) I preferred the skydrape on the Aire over the Aria. I like the rigid latch system on the Aire. They also didn't have that lighter Ada color when we ordered 😮💨. We live in the desert, I do not want black or dark fabrics.
We loved our Nuna Pipa Lite RX and will be using it for baby number 2. I think they have now replaced that model with the Aire.
This is so true. My husband and I just did a longish flight for the first time and I was so stressed about flying with the baby in general, I didn’t want to ALSO deal with thinking about the wellbeing of another person in our row. We brought an infant car seat. We have a nuna pippa aire and had no problems fitting it in the seat with room for the other person to recline. My son slept on me for a good portion of the flight but I did transfer him into the car seat eventually for him to continue sleeping so I could get a break. We also brought a small blanket so we could cover the car seat which was clutch. It was like his own slumber pod.
We loved our joie mint latch!! We traveled a lot the first year and it was so convenient. And it has higher weight and height limits than the pipa urbn as far as I know
I will say we didn't use it as our daily infant seat (but i kinda wish we had not spent the money for the nuna pipa + bases). we did 20+ plane trips and rental car weeks/weekends the first year and it was so easy to install and take out, especially once you know what you're doing. I'd say it takes \~5 seconds longer than popping a standard infant carseat into its base. you literally click it on to the latch hook things in the car and it has little indicators that turn green when it's in on both sides I miss it so so much for traveling now that we have the clunky convertible seats :(

Cosco Kids
Scenera Next DLX Convertible Car Seat
Super light, cheap, great for air travel, but outgrown fast.

Cosco Kids
Scenera Next Convertible Car Seat
Portable, affordable, quickly outgrown, airplane buckle discomfort.

Joie
Mint Latch
Easy baseless LATCH install, lightweight, but quickly outgrown.

Nuna
PIPA Series
High-end travel, easy baseless install, but very pricey.

WAYB
Pico™ Portable Car Seat
Ultra-light, compact travel, quick install, but expensive and outgrown fast.

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Nuna - PIPA Series