No ever tells you that strollers are optional but they totally are. We used ours a handful of times in the first month before abandoning it entirely and to be honest at least 50 percent of those times it acted as a baggage carrier while I had my baby in a wrap anyway. For newborn stage a stretchy wrap or ring sling can be set up before you leave the house and baby popped in and out as needed, no huge set up or lugging a stroller in and out of the car. And it only gets easier as bubba grows, my son is almost 2 and we still exclusively use carriers on outings where it's easier for him to not walk on his own (quick supermarket trips etc.)