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Kedwyn

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Britax and Grayco is what we used. Grayco at first because it fit nice with the stroller and baby car seat. Then the Britax for when a little bigger. Very happy with both.
 

Grumpus

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If I have it my way I think a travel system now maybe a Graco and buy ourselves a BOB later. Best of both worlds.
 

Arative

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We went with the chico keyfit 30 to start with, that had a light weight frame to snap the car seat into. When my son was about 7 months old, we moved up to the nextfit zip by chico. its nice because it has a removable cover that can be washed. He should be able to use that one until he's ready for a booster seat. We also went with the uppababy cruz. It was the easiest for my wife to fold and put in the car.
 

Ritley

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We have the keyfit 30 as well. Can't really give a detailed review or anything since we have only been using them for a couple of weeks, but so far they are great. Pretty lightweight, base is super easy to install and it's quick and easy snapping the seat in and out.

So the second kiddo has been home for a few days now, with the third hopefully coming home this Saturday. The whole time that we only had one home all I could think was how easy it was with just one. Two is bearable since one person can still handle both of them (feeding, changing, holding, etc.). Three is going to be really hard for the first month or two. I don't think we are going to be able to do shifts, pretty much all hands every couple of hours.

On the plus side, they are 37 weeks gestational age now and they are already approaching 6 pounds each. The preemie clothes no longer fit. One thing I wish I would have known was how much shit the NICU gives you. We have gotten like 50 bottles, 8 packs of diapers, 60 pre made formulas, a shit ton of desitin, nipples for every day of the year, about 15 pacifiers, plus more shit I can't remember. Oh and the pediatrician gave us 12 cans of Enfacare formula when we were there yesterday
 

Falstaff

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You would get all of that NICU or not but yeah it's a pretty nice starter kit for new kids ha. Hospital has to throw it all out so it's essentially yours. With our second kid I learned from the first and gamed the system... I took diapers so they would have to keep replenishing them so we left with a ton.
 

Ritley

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Yeah possibly, don't really have anything to compare it to. I figured they give you a blanket and pacifier maybe, so I was pleasantly surprised. Now the race is on to use all of our preemie diapers before they outgrow them.
 

Draegan_sl

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You would get all of that NICU or not but yeah it's a pretty nice starter kit for new kids ha. Hospital has to throw it all out so it's essentially yours. With our second kid I learned from the first and gamed the system... I took diapers so they would have to keep replenishing them so we left with a ton.
That's what we did with the second. I hid All the diapers and asked for more when we went home.
 

Noodleface

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Yep we had someone give us the inside info on that, said just take the stuff and we will refill it.

Of course you leave with a million diapers and can't imagine ever running out. One day later you're at Walmart
 

Woefully Inept

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Shit I even took all the swaddling blankets in the room and then took the ones they replaced those with. They're now used as burp cloths.
 

Cad

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Rod-138

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Anyone deal with this acid reflux bullshit in babies? My Dr. says lungs sound fine, but my baby sounds like Zoolander with the black lung making little baby coughs