Prams and car seats
Hi!!!
Me again!! can u tell im bored!!! i was jsut wondering if anyone else had started looking at buggies yet? there seem to be so many and i have no idea what i really need!!! Any of u second time mummies have any recommendations or steer clear adivce!!?? i would be really gratefull!!
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Me again!! can u tell im bored!!! i was jsut wondering if anyone else had started looking at buggies yet? there seem to be so many and i have no idea what i really need!!! Any of u second time mummies have any recommendations or steer clear adivce!!?? i would be really gratefull!!
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I loved pram shopping!
I wanted a pram that was light, easy to steer, had a big shopping basket, could be front and back facing and also compatible with a car seat!
A lot of people don't like a car seat going in to a chassis but for me it has been a godsend! I never leave her in the carseat for a long time but if I needed to go to Asda to pick up a few bits it meant not waking her up everytime I stopped!
I also really wanted a carrycot but personally wouldn't bother this time, it cost us a small fortune, I didn't get out of the house much for the first few weeks as I was recovering and trying to get into a routine and then she had outgrown it by 8 weeks, she wasn't a big baby either but is long!
This time I figure it's going to be really cold so prob would do loads of walking so I won't bother with a carrycot this time, I'll just make sure I've got a really good, warm cosi toes!
I need a double this time and have been looking at second hand iCandy pears! Eeekkkk can't wait xxx
I wanted it as soon as I found out we were expecting and OH wasn't too keen on it just from looking at it on the internet but when we went to look at some he fell in love with it and starting working out how to use it before a member of staff had chance to come over haha.
Hope you enjoy looking at loads and picking the one for LO.
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I have owned two Gracos and to be honest they are fragile. Both of ours broke within the first year. We have also owned a Petit star zia and it is awesome! It is light, easy to push, relatively inexpensive, fits in tiny boots, travels well, and while it looks nice like the Quinny Zapp, it also reclines.
We had a Chicco trio living. I wouldn't reccomend it because it was hard to fold, huge, and the straps kept unclipping. Dd was only 5 months old, and yet she would lean forward and the straps would pop undone.
We were given a Jane pushchair which we keep at inlaws abroad, and it is wonderful.
For doubles we had first the mother care stadium tandem, long pushchair thing, NIGHTMARE!!! Avoid at all costs... it is huge, hard to push, you can barely navigate a curb, it won't fit anywhere, and the fold mechanism failed on us three times, mothercare replaced it three times and all three would not fold up after a few times.
We now have the phil and teds and for that I could rave all day. It's lasted 6 years, through 4 soon to be 5 children, and it has never let us down. Which is saying something as I think we must be particularly hard on pushchairs. lol.
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I have the iCandy apple which I've loved (also wanted one with car seat to fit in) but it is heavy. We did also buy a lightweight Maclaren which we got cheaply and use when we travel which we frequently do.
I am now pondering our next step. DD will be 2 yrs 9 months when this one comes; don't want to spend masses but feel like I won't cope if it's just me with two kids out and about with anything other than a double, but hubby feels like we should just try with what we've got ie DD in pushchair, baby in sling; or get a buggy board.
Decisions!
We have just popped to mothercare (proud owner of gorgeous new maternity jeans!!) and saw the mothercare spin and loved it!!! At the moment it comes with free maxicosi car seat, but I am too scared to buy anything before the 20 week scan!! From mums who have experience what do u think of the look of this one!? Are mothercare reliable!? xxx
We only ever bought the double one as a mothercare brand, but for customer service they were fantastic.
Important for us is also the compatibility of car seats, I hated having to wake my girls (twins) up to get them out of their car seats to put them in a trolley or pram or buggy when out! I also want to have a pushchair that can be either forward or rear facing, and I would really like a carrycot!
Both the systems I like have everything I want, and its possible to get package deals in some places so hopefully I can save on the price by shopping around!
Jo xx
katie i am in love with the sola and i really think this is what we will have!! I think the deal is fab but i am too scared to buy anything before my 20 weeks scan!!
HigliBear the sola faces both ways!!!! thats why I love it so much!!!
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we have the babystyle oyster and i love it! hes in the proper pram seat now when we're out, but still use the carrycot from time to time if hes just sat in it at my mums, hes nearly too long for it, but not quite, and hes on the 91st centile for height at 23weeks.
its really easy to use, though does take up a lot of space in the boot with the carrycot. when using the pram seat it takes less space if you store it seperately, though it does fold with the seat attached to the chassis.
i always said i would never attach the car seat to the chassis, but i have becuase when just popping to asda for a couple of bits and he was asleep it was so much easier.
hes always slept well in the carrycot bit, used it as a moses basket when we were out as we never bought a proper moses basket due to having a crib.
so thats my 2cents.
a lot of the other december 2010 mums have the mothercare my4 and love it too