Pushchair recommendations

Sammy_Girl

Fizzpop wrote: »

For one handed folding baby jogger city mini cant be beaten, you can attach a carrycot but not a car seat (i dont think anyway x


The fold on it is litrally a soft handle in the middle of the seat, you give it a sharp tug upwards and the pushchaire folds in half x

http://www.babyjogger.co.uk/feature.html

But like everyone has said you really are better off trying as many as possable to find of that suits you x

Another thumbs up for the Baby Jogger City Mini here. This is our dog walking/travel buggy and it is so lightweight and compact. And it does take a variety of car seat models with an adaptor. I used a Maxi-Cosi on ours no problem. It also lays flat and has a super big hood.

Are you near a John Lewis as they stock them, so you could try it out?

JulieGeorgiana

Gillyx wrote: »

No problem the sales assistant actually said it to me, but I was pushing her to say how long and she reluctantly said 2 hours, midwife said about the same, she said obviously there are situations where it would need to be longer, but don't spend an hour driving to go shopping, then shop for hours with baby in car seat in the pram and then drive home.

I hate seeing babies all cooped up in their car seats being pushed around shopping centres cannot be comfortable for there little bones.

It causes hip problems and curvature of the spine.

But after my DS was born (9.5 years ago) there was a case of 'cot death' cause my a car seat because babies are supposed to lay flat when sleeping. And sitting in a car seat and compact the wind-pipe (This is what they said all those years ago! so don't know if that still holds true!)

Gillyx

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

It causes hip problems and curvature of the spine.

But after my DS was born (9.5 years ago) there was a case of 'cot death' cause my a car seat because babies are supposed to lay flat when sleeping. And sitting in a car seat and compact the wind-pipe (This is what they said all those years ago! so don't know if that still holds true!)

Did not know about the hip problems and spine. So thanks for that. xx

Fizzpop

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

It causes hip problems and curvature of the spine.

But after my DS was born (9.5 years ago) there was a case of 'cot death' cause my a car seat because babies are supposed to lay flat when sleeping. And sitting in a car seat and compact the wind-pipe (This is what they said all those years ago! so don't know if that still holds true!)

Its still true about the compacting of the windpipe,

JulieGeorgiana

Fizzpop wrote: »

Its still true about the compacting of the windpipe,

That's the one I heard. I just found an article >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6216892.stm

Ravenlady_2

Fizzpop wrote: »

Its still true about the compacting of the windpipe,

Yep oxygen deprivation is still happening in carseats and there is little link to spinal problems despite what everyone is told.

The Jane Strata seat is the most improved and advanced seat you can buy today and they actually bothered to design a carseat to reduce this.

However most carseat reports fail to mention oxygen deprivation.

The 2 worse offenders are actually the most common group 0 carseats.

Gillyx

Ravenlady wrote: »

Yep oxygen deprivation is still happening in carseats and there is little link to spinal problems despite what everyone is told.

The Jane Strata seat is the most improved and advanced seat you can buy today and they actually bothered to design a carseat to reduce this.

However most carseat reports fail to mention oxygen deprivation.

The 2 worse offenders are actually the most common group 0 carseats.

Which ones? :eek:

Fizzpop

Ravenlady wrote: »

Yep oxygen deprivation is still happening in carseats and there is little link to spinal problems despite what everyone is told.

The Jane Strata seat is the most improved and advanced seat you can buy today and they actually bothered to design a carseat to reduce this.

However most carseat reports fail to mention oxygen deprivation.

The 2 worse offenders are actually the most common group 0 carseats.

They dont mention it as they dont like scaring new mums at a time when they are going to be scared of everything if you know what i mean, so they prefer to rely on spinal damage as a deterrant.

Also its still believed to be within the mild risk range

JulieGeorgiana

I think as long as you follow the two hour rule, there is no need to be worried about the risks.

And since you and I are planning on only using the seat in the car... our babies will be just fine

LondonDreamer

I would third the recommendation for Baby Jogger City Mini. Note that I don't actually have children yet, but I've researched a lot! One hand fold is vital to me as I travel alone a lot so can't rely on anyone else to hold a baby while I struggle to get the pushchair down. Baby Jogger is one of the few which seem to actually prioritise this, almost all of the rest I've looked at have been two hand folds.

If you can wait a couple of months, there is a new City Mini GT that is supposed to be out in spring which could be worth looking at. It's got an automatic lock when you fold it, the handlebar is adjustable and the brake has been changed to a hand brake. The latter may be an issue for you as I believe it's on the right side, but the other two are great new features when compared to the standard model.

There's also a new City Versa coming out around the same time which looks brilliant. It's more or less a single seat version of the City Select. It has a two step fold, but you can do both single handed.