You will learn quickly what I'm sure others have already told you, now begins the phase of life where your kid gets all the cool shit.

I get to play with the legos still right?

At least I get to pick out the baby monitor Hello home video wireless networking that allows me to monitor my baby with my iPod Touch. (Don't know if that actually exists, but c'mon, there HAS to be an app for that?!

STAY AWAY FROM SONY. What ever you do, please, please, please don't buy a Sony baby monitor. I hate ours with a passion (can you tell?) so deep that I want to grab the every time I have to use it. Ours is this fawking turd

Sony Baby Call Baby Monitor - 900MHZ - Sony Electronics - Babies "R" Us

and is the spawn of Satan. It goes off every time you so much as walk by the receiver or sometimes for now reason at all. Imagine when your kid is sick and you're trying to figure out if that semi-cough you thought you just heard was vomit and you wonder why the monitor didn't go off. Then as you walk over it goes off and you freeze in your tracks like a deer in the headlights. Craning your heck and listening for the slightest sound. Only to have it stop after a few seconds (auto mode) and then when you take another step it goes off again. Rinse, repeat, panic attack. Or, if you need to use AC in the summer and don't have baby in the room with you and count on the monitor to let you know what is going on it's quite fucking annoying when in the middle of the night with the transmitter a scant 20' away the receiver looses its signal and emits a sharp, loud, stacatto beep-beep-beep-beep unit it gets the signal back. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I can't decide what made us sleep worse, lily or that goddamn baby monitor.

And if it were me, no video, no thank you. Some times not knowing is so much better than knowing.

And if it were me, no video, no thank you. Some times not knowing is so much better than knowing.

Amen brother!

STAY AWAY FROM SONY. What ever you do, please, please, please don't buy a Sony baby monitor. I hate ours with a passion (can you tell?) so deep that I want to grab the every time I have to use it. Ours is this fawking turd

Sony Baby Call Baby Monitor - 900MHZ - Sony Electronics - Babies "R" Us

and is the spawn of Satan. It goes off every time you so much as walk by the receiver or sometimes for now reason at all. Imagine when your kid is sick and you're trying to figure out if that semi-cough you thought you just heard was vomit and you wonder why the monitor didn't go off. Then as you walk over it goes off and you freeze in your tracks like a deer in the headlights. Craning your heck and listening for the slightest sound. Only to have it stop after a few seconds (auto mode) and then when you take another step it goes off again. Rinse, repeat, panic attack. Or, if you need to use AC in the summer and don't have baby in the room with you and count on the monitor to let you know what is going on it's quite fucking annoying when in the middle of the night with the transmitter a scant 20' away the receiver looses its signal and emits a sharp, loud, stacatto beep-beep-beep-beep unit it gets the signal back. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I can't decide what made us sleep worse, lily or that goddamn baby monitor.

And if it were me, no video, no thank you. Some times not knowing is so much better than knowing.

Gotcha.... Sony sucks.

Like a Phoenix...

Newborn car seats, infant car seats, toddler car seats, hybrid solutions with various stroller integrations, later jogger focus strollers, etc. and overall the advantages/trappings of whole systems. Incorrectly thought this might be one of the easier parent decisions.

Great to find this thread. Anyone have any additional words of advice? Not sure the unknown unknowns. Currently considering the Britax B-Safe and B-Agile, 'cause they seem pretty safe from reviews, are light, stroller folds up nicely, and looks are fine. Believe they've both been introduced since the last post. Similar to the previously mentioned Britax Boulevard, but a little smaller/car friendly. Will be going in and out of a Protege and Elantra and larger vehicles are unlikely in the future.

We used an older model Britax. It was replaced by the Boulevard. Excellent car seat and was still in like new condition (except for stains) when we retired it over 4 years later.

We got the Peg Perego Pliko Switch Compact Modular Travel System with car seat, stroller base, stroller seat, bassinet and bassinet stand. It is the awesome and works great for us (folds small and is compact for our city lifestyle). Ben is still sleeping in the bassinet in our room though that's going to change soon:

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Thanks for the feedback guys.

So... any suggestions for BABYBJÖRN-like back/front-backs for newborns?

We have an Ergobaby with the infant insert. Works well for both me (giant) and my wife (normal sized woman). I think we'll get a babybjorn in the long run because the ergo is only facing towards you and Ben seems to like to look at the world.