Capsule or carseat

Yes totally
Seriously it was the best thing we had when he was little, he would sleep at any bodies house or at cafes etc in his seat. If you don't want to buy one though you can hire from plunket.

We have both and loved both. You can get away with not having one but they are really really handy

I didn't have one with Maya, she went straight into convertible carseat and I wonder if this is why she always hated the car - coz every time she went in the car we had to disturb her to put her in the carseat then again to take her out.

We had capsules with the gremlins and have one again with Chiara and I wouldn't be without it, it makes her so portable and she's gotten used to sleeping in it and being out and about so I can go and do coffee with friends or do the school run etc. and she just fits in. We have one with a base so it just snaps in and out, no fiddling around with seatbelts. Oh and I have the snap n go wheels which I also coz it saves disturbing her to put her in the buggy.

I couldnt have been without ours ... especially when she was brand new and I had to take this tiny thing home .. I would have been scared Id drop her carrying her to the car lol

Then when she went through her newborn where the hell am I stage put me back in your tummy ... the capsule was how we managed to rock her to sleep (attached to the snap n go wheels)

And ... it was a blessing to be able to take her out of the car without waking her ... its super hard to do that now she is in a carseat!

We loved our capsule, for the same reasons these ladies have all mentioned. But to be honest, I don't know if we would have gotten one if it didn't come free with the pram we purchased.

Handy for supermarkets, just pop them into the capsule type trolleys (so much better than using those hard horrible baby seat trolleys).

They can get pretty heavy when bubs starts to put on weight, so I recommend moving on to a carseat from 5-6 months. We waited until 7 months, but wish now we had gone earlier, as the buckling in to a carseat is so easy (not having to move capsule in and out etc).

There are pros and cons for both, weigh up what suits you best. Our mothers survived without capsules when we were born. They can just be handy.

I was so desperate I didn't care what it cost me! Who can put a price on sleep...