Did you buy a double stroller with kids 4 years apart?

Angela814 · April 2010

Annalise tells me she wants one because sometimes she just gets tired of walking. ;-)

The only double strollers I've seen in stores have a 40 lb weight limit for each seat. She's 39-40 lbs right now.

Is it worth getting a double stroller? Are there any options out there for bigger kids that aren't $$$?

hikerbeth · April 2010

Nope. I decided against it. I figured if someone GAVE me a sit and stand or something I wouldn't refuse it, but I wasn't going to invest in anything.

Sometimes I'll still throw Gretchen in the jogging stroller to walk the dogs (so we can keep a brisk pace) and if we have to do that, I'll wear the baby. However, Gretchen is capable of walking our entire dog route (about 1.5 miles) and she even helps walk one of the dogs sometimes, so I think her days of needing to ride at all are numbered. . . or she could ride her bike while we walk the dogs.

Long story short, no.

EliseB0323 · April 2010

I'd do tough love on this one. Healthy four-year-olds should walk. Unless you are doing a marathon or something, in which case get a sitter.

Halo79RN · April 2010

I probably would not have. my dc are close in age... but I carried ds in an infant carrier a lot the first 9 months while dd rode (or she walked, he rode). We didn't buy a double stroller until he was 9m/o.

wait, carry baby if you can... I'd probably get an ergo carrier if we had a 3rd (which we're not). you can also look into those boogy boards that attach to your single stroller...

joseysbride · April 2010

My kids are just over 3 years apart, and we have never had one. I've never had a time I've wanted one either. We have the stroller that the carseat snaps into, plus a smaller maclaren that we put Rory in one time when all four of us were together and we were doing a ton of walking, and that worked well. Now, Cohen just rides in the maclaren.

winomom22 · April 2010

No. It's been over a year I think since dd even rode in one-she refuses, so it's not worth the money to me.

veloelle · April 2010

hikerbeth:
Nope. I decided against it. I figured if someone GAVE me a sit and stand or something I wouldn't refuse it, but I wasn't going to invest in anything.

Sometimes I'll still throw Gretchen in the jogging stroller to walk the dogs (so we can keep a brisk pace) and if we have to do that, I'll wear the baby. However, Gretchen is capable of walking our entire dog route (about 1.5 miles) and she even helps walk one of the dogs sometimes, so I think her days of needing to ride at all are numbered. . . or she could ride her bike while we walk the dogs.

Long story short, no.

exactly. we went to a book festival at UCLA last weekend and had DS in the carrier and DD in the stroller when she got tired.

edit: I might buy a used sit n stand if I felt DD needed it. She'll be 4 in July.

WifeyLindsay · April 2010

I'm going to get a sit and stand stroller. DD#1 never uses a stroller anymore, unless i'm in a hurry and just need to have her in one for efficiency reasons. But I let DD try out one of the sit and stands at BRU and she thought it was fun to be able to stand up and hitch a ride... but then again that's what she does with the grocery cart when we go grocery shopping (she hangs off of the side). We're not done with 2 kids, so even if I don't use the sit and stand that much this time around, I know i'll use it with DD#2 and baby #3.

DandelionMom · April 2010

When J was 4 she still sometimes rode on the sit n stand. If you can find one second hand, consider buying it. It was a lifesaver more than once.

Angela814 · April 2010

WifeyLindsay:
I'm going to get a sit and stand stroller. DD#1 never uses a stroller anymore, unless i'm in a hurry and just need to have her in one for efficiency reasons. But I let DD try out one of the sit and stands at BRU and she thought it was fun to be able to stand up and hitch a ride... but then again that's what she does with the grocery cart when we go grocery shopping (she hangs off of the side). We're not done with 2 kids, so even if I don't use the sit and stand that much this time around, I know i'll use it with DD#2 and baby #3.

I'm hoping not to be done with #2 either; I just need to somehow convince DH that he wants #3.

I wasn't planning to get a double stroller. DD was just so excited about the ones at BRU that we saw the other day. But since I still can't find one that goes over 45 lbs and 40" (and she's way over 40" now), I'll just have to tell her they don't make any big enough. She's probably over the weight/height limit of the stroller we have now. She hasn't used it since last summer.

knmommy · April 2010

Kaitlyn and Nathan are about 4.5 years apart, Nathan never went in a stroller after Kaitlyn was born. The thought to get one never crossed my miind. Allison just turned 4 and she hasn't been in a stroller for a long time.

If we go to the zoo or something like that, we just take our wagon.

Zenya · April 2010

EliseB0323:
I'd do tough love on this one. Healthy four-year-olds should walk. Unless you are doing a marathon or something, in which case get a sitter.

Tough love here too. DS was only 2.5 and I didn't even get one then. If he really had to get in the stroller then I wore the baby. most of the time I wore the baby and didn't bring the stroller at all. I hate seeing bigger kids in strollers. That's my nest flamable statement of the day.

(obviously people who run/walk for exercise.. like miles at a time is a different scene. But a 4 year old in a stroller under normal circumstances is v. odd to me).

wellfleet04 · April 2010

My kids are 23 months apart and the ONLY time we EVER use our double stroller (which I paid $50 for off Craigslist, so I don't feel badly not using it) is to walk the dog. We walk her 2ish miles almost every day and Kate can't keep the type of pace that is necessary for the dog to actually get any exercise. The double stroller has literally NEVER been in my car, in fact, it doesn't even fit.

If we go to the zoo or something, we bring the Ergo and a single Maclaren. I carry Ben if Kate gets tired, but most of the time he's the one in the stroller and she walks.

GingerSB · April 2010

We may buy a buggie board.

rebbieW · April 2010

I would definitly just get a board she can ride on when you're out with the stroller.

jlw2505 · April 2010

No way. My girls are 21 months apart and I can count on one hand the amount of times we used the double stroller. I hated that thing. Granted, DH and I work FT but when we need strollers and the baby was able to sit up (not be in the infant seat in a stroller) we started using 2 very light weight umbrella strollers. My kids are now 2 and almost 4 and unless we are someplace like the state fair or the airport, the kids walk. I end up carrying my 2 year old more than I like but its none or 2 strollers and my 4 year old really doesn't need it - just likes to have what her sister has. At times, we do bring one with us - to put coats, bags, etc on - not for the kids. I have a feeling any zoo visits this summer we will be bringing the wagon not the strollers.

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