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[quote=Anonymous][quote]1. Infant car seats typically can come out of the base and click into a compatible stroller system, but downside being infant car seats are no longer usable after ~6 months, right?[/quote]

My kids fit in the infant bucket seats until they were 12-15 months and we almost never drove so I used them up to nearly a year.  They’re more awkward with squirming toddlers but they’re perfectly safe.  They are rear-facing.

[quote]2. Convertible car seats are typically usable from infant to booster to seatbelt phase, but typically they d[/quote]o *not* come out of the car, right?

Yes, that is correct.

[quote]3. Convertible car seats are considered safer as the child can stay seated rear-facing for longer, right?[/quote]

Safer than what?  They’re the same safety as infant bucket seats (maybe the bucket seats are safe for newborns?  I can’t imagine trying to navigate a tiny newborn into my big 0-whenever convertible seat but I would trust the manufacturer’s specifications for what age/weight/height ranges are safe).  They’re the same safety as rear-facing seats that don’t convert to front-facing/boosters when in the rear-facing configuration.  Again in the rear-facing configuration, they’re safer than front-facing seats or boosters because rear-facing is safer.

[quote]4. For the Uppababy/Mockingbird type modular stroller systems, what situation would you use the bassinet attachment vs the "regular" seat?[/quote]

I personally did not own a bassinet attachment and never felt the lack — I used the car bucket seat in the stroller for the first couple months then switched the regular seat.  The bassinet lets babies lie flatten which is good for head positioning and sleeping safety but worse for security (baby is not strapped in).  Since I was always watching my babies sleep on walks (when they slept in the stroller) and it wasn’t for long periods of time, I felt okay using the bucket seat at first but different people will have different levels of comfort with this.[/quote]

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