During one of the times I got to see my sisters this weekend (I was lucky enough to see them all twice), I started hitting them up for baby advice. What to get, what not to get, what specifics I might like, etc.
We got on the topic of strollers - one thing I have been back and forth on quite a bit. I got lots of great information as well as a few suggestions. One being this:
The Phil and Ted's Explorer
Which I just happen to love - car seat adapter for clip in, a kit for a second child, jogging capabilities - basically all the bells and whistles.
And a price tag like this: $$$
The hard thing is not only is the stroller expensive - we have to buy a car seat, the adapter, and then the double kit all on top of the price of the stroller. So that price tag is more like this: $$$$
Now I have stroller envy - my other cheaper option:
has a price tags like $ and has little to now bells or whistles and just fits the car seat until the next to nothing option comes in (a $15 umbrella stroller) when the car seat isn't needed.
Not nearly as appealing, right? Which is reality.
So now I am embattled to make a big decision - make a (large) investment upfront and get a nice, multi-purpose stroller or make due with "a 1/3 of the price tag" option?
Suggestions? Advice? Direction?
I'll take any of it...
5 comments:
I am by no means an expert, but here's my (humble) opinion. I put a lot of miles on my lame-sauce non-cool non-fancy stroller but I was just walking.
1. You don't need anything fancy unless you're running with Baby. And if you are running with baby you need EVERYTHING fancy and it's worth every penny.
2. Size matters. My "small" stroller takes up my whole trunk and we have to hang it from the ceiling in the garage. I'd still love to have a teeny tiny stroller to take places - the zoo, the mall, shopping anyplace without a cart, the airport, a road trip..... The ability to slip a carseat into such a simple stroller is sortof awesome.
3. Get one. No matter what get one. Because a walk around the trail by our neighborhood just might be your saving grace. :) I'm confident you didn't need me to tell you that though.
We only just bought a stroller, and we ended up getting a double bike trailer/jogger/stroller, because I wanted something that was multipurpose, and would be big enough for two kids someday. I didn't feel like we had room in our little place for both, and knew it would be cheaper to buy an all-in-one, that to buy a trailer AND a stroller. That said, I plan on using it to jog and bike. If I was just looking for a stroller things may have been different. I got through the first 7 months without needing anything, and just put hazel in the babybjorn. Someone told me when I was pregnant, that I wouldn't know what I really needed until I had the baby, and the store would always be there. I wish I had listened because I bought a lot of stuff people said I needed that I haven't even used.
also- the Phil and Ted one looks AWESOME but doesn't have much cargo room (at least after you put two kids in it. When I was nannying I HATED lugging around my bag with diapers/snacks/drinks/extra clothes for the kids AND pushing the stroller. I was always glad when a stroller had a large cargo area underneath or somewhere for a bag.
I loved the snap and go stroller. It was so small and so easy to use. If Jordyn fell asleep in the car it was so easy to just pull that out and she would stay asleep. I could also work it really easy and it didn't take up my whole trunk. We bought a better stroller now that she is older and not sleeping all the time. I am not a runner so I haven't really looked into the big strollers. I love my Cybex and it also has clips that adapt the car seat into it. I wish I would have bought it when she was born! :)
I don't know if I have told you CONGRATS yet for your very exciting news. Being a mom is the bomb:). I had to comment on this b/c we got a snap-and-go stroller, and it has worked great! It is small and easy to use. I love that she can fall asleep in her carseat, and I can bring her inside w/o waking her up. That being said, someone also gave us their running stroller, which I love to have for exercising. However, I think I would be terribly annoyed to only have that one. Its bulky and hard to turn b/c it is made to push straight-foward. Hope my two-cents helps:).
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