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May 2011 Moms
bullies2005
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Can we talk strollers?
bullies2005
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Sorry in advance if this has been posted but I did look. This is our first baby and I'm really clueless about baby related gear/furniture.
What do you recommend? I've looked and I like the orbit and I think the uppa baby (sp?). I don't want something too bulky.
TIA
Joani
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Re: Can we talk strollers?
Hey! You're from my local board
We had a Chicco travel system when DS was a baby and I really liked it. We went on a long road trip when he was about 5 months old and we switched him into his convertible car seat then and bought a Joovy Kooper instead of taking his travel system because we were pressed for space. He's almost 2 and we still use his Joovy almost everyday. I really can't say enough about it.
If I were to do it all over again I would just buy the infant carrier and a stroller frame and the Joovy. We didn't use the travel system much after he started going in the other stroller.
we had a snap n go for when DS was little, a peg perego aria to use as our lightweight (i got it on superclearance), and a jogger.
this time i have a maclaren triumph double and will be getting a bob revolution duallie. i figure we'll make it work with 2 strollers or babywearing when the baby is still in the infant seat. or we'll just buy the infant seat adapter for the bob.
I think the best thing to do is to find a great lightweight stroller that can snap a car seat into. I really wish I had stayed away from the travel systems.
I will say, stay far far far away from the Orbit. My cousin had one and she said it was the biggest waste of money. She said it was awful.
We have one too and LOVE it. Totally worth the $$.
Me three! We like it a lot - I'm hoping to use it with the rumble seat for baby #2. BTW - the car seat adapter is easy and works well. I used it tons for the first 5 months (had the Chicco KeyFit car seat).
I have the Uppa Baby (I actually won it!) and I love it. It's lightweight, not bulky and handles wonderfully. It's the only stroller I have and I really don't see us ever buying a another. I have the carseat attachment, so that I could just clip DS in. He never liked the bassinet attachment, so that was never used.
We plan to buy the Rumble seat so both babies can ride.
The only things I don't like are:
-there is no snack tray (I bought one at TRU that screws on, so that takes care of that)
-The cup holder you can buy for Uppa sucks, so don't bother.
-and I wish the seat could be more upright, but apparently they remedied that in the new model.
good luck!