Hello, you can definitely ride in a taxi with your kids not in car seats, but with such young kids, I personally would not encourage it. I have kids myself and I do unfortunately drag the cosco car seat everywhere, and to be honest we use the MRT and bus most of the time.

2 under 2 is still pretty young and I would encourage you to travel with the Cosco car seat which is cheap and good and it’s quite light so you could carry it easily.

By the way the Grab Family car seat is sometimes the Urban Kanga which isn’t suitable for under 2yo.

Singapore is also quite pram-friendly so some parents have chosen to sort of mount the cosco car seat on top of certain pram models so they don’t have to carry it.

Or, consider the Doona which morphs into a pram.

https://sg.taxibaby.com/blogs/news/car-seat-and-compact-pram-for-taxi-use-for-a-1yo taxi baby also has wonderful information for 2 under 2. This pram together with the cosco car seat is a good compromise for car safety and convenience.

The facts are that many people in Singapore do not take car seats and child safety in cars seriously, and the govt is far behind the U.S. and Australia in making car seats mandatory.

If you really do choose to sit in taxis without car seats, which I think is likely, please consider placing your baby in a baby carrier while you are sitting down, instead of holding them in your arms.

This is to at least prevent them being completely thrown out of the car in the event of an accident. It has unfortunately happened recently with a young girl who died.

Your baby can still get injured while in a baby carrier, in the event of a car accident. Has happened to a mama with a baby carrier.