Need a nan pushchair

dizziblonde

fluffnutter wrote: »

Jeez! Another one! What's the world coming to? No wonder kids grow up with such unrealistic senses of entitlement when they've got precious, snobby parents like this.

This thread is truly shocking.

Not if you've seen the whole status pram mentality going on... although I AM loving the "I shall sack my childcare provider if they don't use my IPhilandBugawugabooboo" thing going on - about the flipping grandparents! Comedy gold but travel systems (can't demean them by calling them buggies) are serious business - the wrong sort of pram and it's a slippery slope toward a diet of turkey twizzlers and later the difference between Oxbridge and the local poly!

I bought a brown buggy on the basis it was going to end up mud coloured anyway and will be ditching it for a stroller as soon as it's realistically feasible.

cte1111

Sorry but LOL at the superior pram owners. What difference do you think it makes to your children whether they are in a £550 travel system or cheap buggy? Think they are just trying to justify the small fortune they paid rather than admitting how awkward they are to use.

My parents had a nice little buggy that they got from the jumble sale for when they had my DD occasionally (not as regular child care as I didn't use my parents like this, instead paid for it myself). I can't say I had any strong feelings about it.

Marisco

dizziblonde wrote: »

In contrast - some of us can't wait till the baby's big enough to ditch the huge complex travel systems and get into a stroller.

(They don't have blue and white Tesco Value stripes on you know )

Mine did!! I love that - "travel systems" Are these people for real??? I've never heard such tosh in my life, and it's a lot longer than those who use "travel systems":p God, I've heard it all now!!!

fluffnutter

I've bought a really posh pram because a) I've got more money than sense and b) it was my husband's choice and men love all that gadgetry.

But, if my mum found it cumbersome and wanted to stick mini fluffnutter in a lightweight buggy then I couldn't care less. She's the baby's grandmother fgs! She'll make decent choices on my child's behalf; she can be trusted! A couple of comments on this thread have suggested that only the parents are capable of bringing up the child without endangering its life or, even worse, subjecting it to ridicule, because of its 'inferior' pushchair. Jeez, people clearly don't think much of their own mothers do they?

Marisco

Exactly fluff! If my daughter ever refused to let me look after my grandkids, because of a pram, I'd reckon I'd have done a pretty poor job of bringing her up, with all the wrong "values"!!

Nicki

Wow, this thread has slipped into profound nastiness pretty quickly.

Whilst it makes no odds to a baby whether it is being pushed around in a £20 pram or a £500 one, I take issue to the suggestion that a parent should not be entitled to know if granny is using a second hand pushchair rather than the one they have chosen. If you google pushchair recalls you will see that a lot of UK pushchairs in their time have been subject to safety recalls for situations such as children having fingers cut off in the mechanisms, being strangled on straps, etc. These range from high end makes like Phil and Teds to cheap ones from Argos.

As a parent, if granny bought a second hand pushchair and put my child in it, I am afraid I would want to see it to check it was clean and safe (eg straps not frayed, seat back secure, brakes working, mechanism operating smoothly) and also to make sure it wasn't one which had been the subject of a recall. And I would not consider that to be an unreasonable request. Assuming the pushchair was OK, then granny could use it at will, whether it had blue and white value stripes or not. (though if granny is kind enough to have my baby one day a week, perhaps I should go with her to help choose the stroller and pay for it myself )

Missli

I got my secondary pushchairs (for use on buses, etc) from Argos. Chicco, and Koochi, are worth considering. I used both for years with different children, and are inexpensive.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/ID72/14417543/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CNursery%7C14417537/c_2/2%7C14417537%7CPushchairs%2C+prams+and+carriers%7C14417542/c_3/3%7Ccat_14417542%7CPushchairs%7C14417543/pp/20/q/PUSHCHAIRS.htm

anguk

xxlouisexx56 wrote: »

Pfb ?


In all honestly I would not want my baby in a £20 pram from tesco and if I found my mother or mil was doing so I would seriously consider finding alternative child care.

Seriously? All buggies have to pass strict safety tests so it's not like the baby would be in danger. It seems rather extreme to stop a grandparent looking after a baby just because they find it difficult to use a certain buggy. Or is it just the fact that it's cheap and from Tesco that offends you, if it was an expensive branded buggy but a similar design would that be okay?

mummyroysof3

i hate to see babies sat up asleep so dont like those cheap ones that dont recline

fluffnutter

Nicki wrote: »

Wow, this thread has slipped into profound nastiness pretty quickly.

Whilst it makes no odds to a baby whether it is being pushed around in a £20 pram or a £500 one, I take issue to the suggestion that a parent should not be entitled to know if granny is using a second hand pushchair rather than the one they have chosen. If you google pushchair recalls you will see that a lot of UK pushchairs in their time have been subject to safety recalls for situations such as children having fingers cut off in the mechanisms, being strangled on straps, etc. These range from high end makes like Phil and Teds to cheap ones from Argos.

As a parent, if granny bought a second hand pushchair and put my child in it, I am afraid I would want to see it to check it was clean and safe (eg straps not frayed, seat back secure, brakes working, mechanism operating smoothly) and also to make sure it wasn't one which had been the subject of a recall. And I would not consider that to be an unreasonable request. Assuming the pushchair was OK, then granny could use it at will, whether it had blue and white value stripes or not. (though if granny is kind enough to have my baby one day a week, perhaps I should go with her to help choose the stroller and pay for it myself )

I think this is eminently sensible. But then I didn't get the idea that this was about safety... rather more about cost and perceived 'inferiority'.

Of course you'd want to see what contraption your baby was going to be pushed around in and have every right to do so. But, even so, I'd still expect my parents to be able to buy a pushchair that wasn't recalled or dangerous or filthy. I'm not the only person who can make sensible decisions!