I want to ask, how old only can a baby sit on a car seat? Or rather, how many months old only it is safe to bring baby outdoors to shopping and etc?

Every time we put him into the car seat, he falls asleep, which is a good thing!

I'm so glad we got a stroller and the car seat.

Initially, we had plans to get a good car seat for our nearly 2 years old son but he's always moving around and quite hard to get him to sit quietly, so in the end, we got this for him instead - only RM78++

http://www.onebabyworld.com/vr-babies-baby...lue-p-2181.html

For our second child, we will put him in a baby basket that comes with our Graco Travel System. Depends how is his acceptance with car seat and of course his character (whether can sit quietly or not), we will then decide to buy / not to buy car seat.

Yes, car seat is mandatory in many countries. It should be compulsory here too from a security perspective but I've noticed many still reject car seat due to too expensive, too bulky, children too active (my excuse! hehe!), etc.

For me, I only bring my son around town area, car cannot go very fast, I just end up getting something that can hold him down that he's comfortable in. Somehow, I just dont buy that 5 point security thing that's being highlighted by car seat manufacturer. Around town, cannot drive very fast, got osmething to secure him and something else to distract him is good enough in my humble opinion.

I dont disagree with you but we (my husband and I) have been discussing this. We bought this to encourage our son to accept the idea of a car seat before buying the actual thing. He's 22 months old and about 14kg. He's very tall so at his age, may not need booster sit cause he can sit with seat belt already. With me, he always move around. With my husband only, he will diam diam sit down all the way across town. Takes about 20 - 30 minutes ride.

Car seat / baby pouch is to hold him in a stationary position. Similarly the seat belt. People encourage me to get him booster seat but he seem like no need booster cause he is big size. Hahaha!!