Best Deals on Car Seats, Bassinets, and More Baby Products

This Hauture sterilizer, now at the best price we’ve seen, performed the best of all the sterilizers we tested, and its design is intuitive and easy to use, too. Its auto mode runs both a sanitizing and a drying cycle, and a digital timer shows the progress. It also has selectable drying times and a storage mode that restarts the heated dry cycle periodically to keep items clean for up to 72 hours. You can fit up to 11 bottles in the sterilizer. They won’t have their own prong, but with that many bottles, they’ll be close enough together that they won’t fall over.

When you go to the Amazon product page, it will show the sale price as $59.99 with a coupon. And you’ll also get an extra 15 percent off at checkout, bringing the price down to what we’re showing here.

The DaVinci Kalani 4-in-1 Convertible is available in seven finishes and is Greenguard Gold Certified. It can be converted into a toddler bed, daybed, and full-sized bed, but kits must be purchased separately for the toddler and full-sized beds. According to Muratore, the Kalani has four mattress heights that can be changed by one person if necessary. The mattress support is made from metal, but it’s flexible, so you can remove it completely and reattach it without too much difficulty. 

The Ashton 5-in-1 Convertible crib from Dream On Me is made from reclaimed New Zealand pine wood and comes in eight different colors. Although it can convert from a crib into a toddler bed and full-sized bed, its conversion kits must be bought separately, so it’s somewhat less budget-friendly than other cribs because those costs do add up. 

This crib has four mattress heights that require two people to change, but this task is still easier than it is for some other cribs we tested. Construction quality, however, isn’t great—various wooden pieces of the crib don’t sit flush with one another, though this is an aesthetic concern, not a safety concern. 

On the other hand, it’s pretty easy to assemble from the start. “It’s perfectly okay, and the price is right,” says Joan Muratore, test program leader at Consumer Reports.

This Delta Children bassinet has an old-school look, with a fabric overskirt. Its base has retractable wheels, so you can opt for rocking, though we found the motion so slight that it’s barely noticeable. It has a music and night-light unit, and offers vibration to help soothe baby. The Delta bassinet includes a storage basket for essentials. It’s also worth noting that our testers found it a bit tricky to put together.

The BabyBjörn Harmony carrier allows you to carry your baby in three different ways: in front while facing in, in front while facing out, and on your back. Because it goes over the head, this carrier doesn’t have a back buckle (it has a strap that gets adjusted), which may be a plus for users who have a hard time reaching behind their backs or don’t have anyone to assist them. Although all of our carriers were closely ranked, the BabyBjörn Harmony received the highest marks in our evaluation.

The Infantino Flip 4-in-1 Convertible Carrier is a no-frills, budget-friendly pick that gets so many things right. It can be adjusted to three positions: in front while facing in, in front while facing out, and back carry. It features padded shoulder straps that one mother says are comfortable and a mesh design. This isn’t the carrier that does it all, but it is a respectable choice that’s about one-third or less the price of the other carriers we evaluated.

The Shyft DualRide conveniently combines a car seat and stroller, but comes at a steep price. With strong scores for maneuverability, safety, and ease of use, it’s a solid performer as a stroller, and it also scored well in our car seat tests. The drawbacks are that it lacks one-touch brakes and the ability to fold with one hand, and it doesn’t stand when folded. But it’s also suitable for infants and up until the child outgrows the car seat, and it meets Disney parks’ stroller-size requirements. When combined with the stroller, the Shyft is on the heavier side for an infant car seat.

The pricier Fit4 excels at both installing via LATCH and a vehicle’s seat belt, whether rear-facing or forward-facing. This is important because this seat is a hefty 26 pounds, and that means you’ll have to switch from lower anchors to a belt installation sooner than you might with other seats. 

This seat features Chicco’s Super Cinch technology, which makes it easier to tighten the lower anchor strap. The Fit4 scores a “Best” for crash protection and has excellent belt fit in booster mode.

The price has dropped $25, falling for the first time in months.

The Baby Jogger City Sights is now at the best price we’ve ever seen. It stood out in our testing with its easy, one-handed fold and one-touch brakes. The seat is reversible, which gives your little one the option of facing out to watch the world roll by, or keeping their eyes on you. The stroller navigated smoother surfaces best—it didn’t maneuver as well on rougher terrain. One heads up: You will need to purchase additional adapters to pop in a car seat.

It was recently down to $300 at Amazon, but that was a rare and brief discount that we’ve only ever seen once. This is the typical sale price.

This Chicco stroller isn’t the lightest of umbrella strollers, but it’s compact and easy to fold, and it stood out in our tests for its top-notch safety. It’s light on storage but easy to use and maneuver, and while the seat doesn’t recline all the way (meaning it’s not suitable for infants under 6 months old), it does recline a little for older kiddos capable of sitting upright.

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The Baby Trend Snap-N-Go Double is a stroller frame that can accommodate two car seats. It performed excellently in our safety tests, and it’s as easy to use as the single Snap-N-Go. But it’s a bit harder to maneuver, as double strollers tend to be. It’s easy to fold and unfold, though carrying it folded can be a little awkward. It’s compatible with a number of car-seat brands, and it meets Disney parks’ stroller size requirements.

The Willow Go wearable breast pump did well in CR’s evaluations. It has two modes (stimulation and expression) and nine suction levels, and it comes with 21- and 24-millimeter flanges. The pump also connects to a mobile app that can be used to control the pump and ask for expert advice.

The Lansinoh baby bottle performed well in CR’s evaluations. Parents who tried this baby bottle liked the simplicity and minimal parts, and the wide mouth made it easy to clean. Plus, many parents said that the side and shape were great for their babies (6 months and up) to hold the bottle themselves, though this is the one category where the bottle didn’t get a perfect score, coming in just below a 5/5.

With the coupon, this is the best price we’ve seen in months for this bottle warmer. Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow Milk Spa uses a warm water bath to warm bottles, but setup is a bit more involved than with other models we tested. Once that’s done, it warms bottles with no sign of overheating long after the warming program has ended. The controls on this model allow users to select the type of bottle and starting temperature of the milk or formula (frozen, refrigerated, or room temperature) and to adjust the time of the program. Even though the display is a bit crowded, according to our usability expert, it was relatively easy to use and understand. If you like to reuse settings, this model remembers any adjustments to time that are made for your next bottle warming. 

The midpriced Vava baby monitor comes with its own display and handles the video feed locally, so it doesn’t have the privacy and security issues of internet-connected models. The display unit has a large, bright, high-resolution screen. This model does, however, lack some less important features, like a night light and the ability to play music. And the volume is controlled via a menu rather than physical buttons, which can be more convenient.

The Eufy Spaceview baby monitor comes with its own display and handles the video feed locally, so it doesn’t have the privacy and security issues of internet-connected models. Our testers reported that the screen is bright, sharp, and relatively large, and they found it to be the easiest monitor to use.

The Babysense monitor, at its best price, comes with its own display and handles the video feed locally, so it doesn’t have the privacy and security issues of internet-connected models. It has a 5-inch 720p display that falls a bit short of the best models we tested, but it should still work fine for most users.

This HelloBaby model is one of the lower-priced video monitors to earn CR’s recommendation. The device has its own display and handles the video feed locally, so it doesn’t have the privacy and security issues of internet-connected models. It lacks a night light, but that’s hardly a deal-breaker.

It was $10 less for the holidays, but this is the usual sale price and is still a decent discount.

The TP-Link Kasa Smart Pan & Tilt KC410S 24/7 security camera offers stellar video quality and quickly sends alerts when motion is detected, CR’s tests have found. This low-priced camera also earns a strong rating for data security and a midrange rating for data privacy. It features voice and app control via Amazon Alexa and Google Home/Assistant, two-way audio, monitoring zones, person alerts, and alerts for loud noises.

On just about every measure, including moisture output and noise, this owl soars. It’s convenient to use, though not being able to get a hand into the tank for cleaning is a drawback. The 250-square-foot claimed coverage area is on the high end for a small-room model. Other animal figures in this Crane series include Wyatt the Fox, Puffington the Penguin, Misty the Unicorn, Sidney the Sheep, The Crane Train, Hello Kitty, Freddy the Frog, Mya the Monkey, Violet the Hippo, and Elliot the Elephant. They all perform similarly but different versions go on sale at different times. These rarely sell for more than $50, but these models are at better prices than the rest.

With the coupon at Amazon, this humidifier is the lowest price wev’e seen. This portable HoMedics humidifier earns a very good rating in overall performance and is intended to humidify areas up to 25 square feet. It earns top marks in our noise and efficiency tests but performs poorly when filled with hard water. Despite a few drawbacks—a 60-inch power cord and only two settings—it’s still a solid choice, especially in the under-$50 price range.

With the coupon, it’s the lowest price we’ve seen.

There’s no easier design for a baby gate than this 30¼-inch-high Cumbor gate. With an auto-close mechanism, you can manipulate it with one hand and won’t have to worry about manually latching it correctly. It aced our tests for convenience, security, and installation, and it fits openings from 29½ to 46 inches wide.