Stroller Without Car Seat?

[stephanie]

Has anyone else tried their LO in the stroller without the car seat? I can't remember when I did this with my older two...
Isla HATES her car seat so like a week ago when I had to take her shopping I thought fk it-I'm going to just put her in the main seat of the stroller. She now only rides like that as so far (like 4 outings) she hasn't had a meltdown like she does when in the car seat. It reclines but TBO she rides with the seat up. This child does not like to miss anything!

[seamonster]

I still only put him in the Moses basket if he's not I. The carseat, but I'm trying to encourage naps. I'll probably use the seated configuration when he can sit up.

[mishka29]

We've used the regular stroller with LO a number of times. She loves to sit up these days so she's a happy little clam.

[WittyLittle]

We're considering it here. The guidelines for ours say to use the travelcot (moses basket) extension until 6 months and Jake's still happy laying in it (it has an airflap so he can see outside as long as the weather is ok for it) but he's getting a bit big for it and the few times I've taken him out in the seat he's LOVED it. We never use the carseat extension though unless we're going for a very short trip.

[osumegs]

We've tried ours in a reclined position but dd wasn't a fan.

[aggiebug]

I have tried her in it but not gone anywhere yet. With the long traveling we are doing the Bob takes up a ton of room and is the only stroller we have for our infant car seat. So being able to have her in an umbrella stroller is going to be huge. We aren't taking the von on this trip and if we want a stroller we will make do with a reclined jogging stroller my sister has.

[mrsclark731]

My stroller said 3 months and up. She loves it! Sometimes she leans to one side or another...I roll up blankets and prop her up with them.

[michelle142]

We do just the stroller on occasion. She actually prefers to be in the car seat though.

[Deleted]

Our stroller reclines, and I got an insert to cradle LO a bit more, so we've been using it all along. I've actually never had a reason to attach the car seat.

[amy2383]

I have been using the seat since she was a month old.... It is a city select and I have had the seat facing me and reclined.
Pic from our walk yesterday. She was confused by the fan

[jensoprano82]

I've done an umbrella stroller with my LO twice (hates the car seat) and he thinks it's fantastic. It's one of those super cheap ones from babies r us so it's super chintzy, but I can watch his body and if he starts to get schlumped to one side I just pause and adjust him

[MapleMomma]

I've been using ours this way for about a month. She prefers it.

[lilyelayne]

DS much prefers the stroller without car seat. He'd probably like it a little less reclined now - this pic is from almost a month ago. It's the graco click connect from our travel system

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 11:44:47 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

DS much prefers the stroller without car seat. He'd probably like it a little less reclined now - this pic is from almost a month ago. It's the graco click connect from our travel system

I have the graco click connect also and LOVE it. Ours is the jogger and pretty bulky but serves us well.

[kartish]

We have a stroller that reclines fully, and he has been in that since a couple of weeks old. Recently I have adjusted it up to not flat, but since he usually falls asleep in it anyway, I have not tried sitting him up.

[pitdigger]

I'm going to try him in the seat tomorrow. Admittedly, I've only ever used the bassinet and didn't have a car seat attachment.

[cginge]

We have a City Mini and have started putting him in the stroller seat with the seat reclined back. I don't think he's completely ready for sitting up in it (he slumps over to the side) but we might try rolled up blankets to support him. He loves looking out!

[Deleted]

I forgot to add that we've started raising the seat back a bit for LO. She's not ready to be all the way up, but we have her at a reclined place where she can see more out the front of the stroller without slumping over.

We have the City Mini too.

[PikoPiko]

lilyelayne, MapleMomma, snap girls! I have the click connect also. I don't think DS is ready for the stroller yet, he's so floppy still, he isn't able to hold up his big head when in a somewhat sitting position.

[hollydfromtn]

Add me to the click connect club also. I was able get mine by itself without the full system pretty cheap. It's huge but it works for what we need. DS loves being in his. I've used it since he was about 8 weeks old with it fully reclined. We only really use it when I go clothes shopping or going out to eat and I need somewhere for him to hang out while we eat, since we didn't get an infant car seat. Other than that I just wear him in my wrap or ergo.

[taberbtb]

Add me to the click connect club! We have the jogger and I have been putting her just in the stroller for awhile now. I only just recently starting using it sitting up though.

[misshart00]

I also use the click connect. It's great. Exact same one we used for DD.

[nbad311]

LO has been out of the car seat in the stroller for about a month now. He loves it! I think he enjoys seeing everything as we walk (instead of just looking at mom )

eta:  We don't go jogging in it (yet), just slows walks around the neighborhood. 

[mommadozer]

I have been putting DS in the main part of the baby jogger stroller since he was 3 months old. He loves to look around at the trees and sky and it's an easy way to calm him when he is fussy. We just bought the Summer 3d umbrella stroller for more frequent use since he baby jogger is huge and DS loves that one as well.

[anchovies]

Jun 12, 2015 12:47:25 GMT -5 nbad311 said:

LO has been out of the car seat in the stroller for about a month now. He loves it! I think he enjoys seeing everything as we walk (instead of just looking at mom )

eta:  We don't go jogging in it (yet), just slows walks around the neighborhood. 

We have the same exact color and model! And we started about a month ago outside of the car seat. DS loves it! I can't wait to go jogging when able.

[stephanie]

Thank you for the responses!! Now I feel bad I didn't buy a better stroller considering how much she loves if!

[xoxolicia]

We started taking the BOB out this week. Lei loves it. No car seat, no recline. She's still a little small in it, but she will grow.

[mle106]

I'm so glad you all posted this! I've been wondering the same thing and am excited to try LO without the car seat this weekend

[ace226]

I've only ever used it without the car seat, really. We've only done it once with car seat and it's because we had to walk from the mechanic to a rental car place!

He loves his stroller. He falls asleep in it almost every time we go for a walk. He doesn't seem to have a preference for how reclined it is.
Sometimes he takes naps in it at home with it all the way reclined, like yesterday when I was feeling too crappy to bring him up the stairs to put him to bed. We also used it as a bassinet next to the bed before we had anything else after my c section!

[mrsclark731]

Jun 12, 2015 19:42:17 GMT -5 stephanie said:

Thank you for the responses!! Now I feel bad I didn't buy a better stroller considering how much she loves if!

How cute is she?! Love the outfit, headband and little earrings!