Hi natalie,
Unfortunately my needs are different to yours its seems, so what Im getting will actually be of no use to you. Im getting an Obaby pram with baggy base for later on. I live 5 minutes walk from town and anywhere else we might go, we have a car for so I dont need to worry about using buses etc.
I just wanted to comment on the shop assistant saying about babys being in the pram position for more than 2 hours. Sorry, is she for real? lol Since when has it been bad for a baby to lay down? Most travel systems now have a lightweight carrycot you can get for use with newborns and we was originally looking into getting one ourselves but I decided I wanted a proper pram. My nephew has just turned one and my sister has always used a travel system for him, one without the carrycot, and his back is absolutely fine. I know of so many others that have used them without problems as well. I really have never heard of that and, although someone please correct me if they have heard different, I would say she was definately trying to get you to spend as much money on seperates as possible.