This is a place for FTMs to ask questions and S+TMs to share the wealth of knowledge they've accumulated on baby products. Each week we'll spotlight a new category of product to help streamline and make it easier to refer back. This week it's....
strollers! Jogging, all terrain, umbrella, you name it!
Please use the prompts below to try to share as much relevant info as you can in a format that is easy for those reading to absorb/respond to. If you'd like to recommend/ask questions about more than one product, please copy/paste the prompts as needed.
For S+TMs:- What's your primary terrain? (Urban, suburban, rural, etc.):
- Favorite [stroller]:
- Link/picture:
- Cost (either actual dollar amount, or just $, $$, $$$, etc.):
- What you like about it:
- What you don't like about it, if anything:
- Is there a [stroller] you don't have but are considering? Why?:
- Is there a [stroller] you've tried that you absolutely hate? Why?:
- Additional thoughts on [stroller]:
For FTMs:- What's your primary terrain? (Urban, suburban, rural, etc.):
- [Stroller[s)] you're interested in:
- Link/picture:
- Cost (either actual dollar amount, or just $, $$, $$$, etc.):
- Any questions about it/them for S+TMs?:
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Re: Product Spotlight Series: Strollers Edition w/o Oct 16
callout for 3rd time moms....tell me about double strollers...
Favorite [stroller]: City Select by Baby Jogger
What's your primary terrain? Urban
What's your primary terrain? Urban
Edit: I forgot to say that I love the schedule you came up with @doxiemoxie212 !
5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD.
3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD.
3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
I've heard great things about Bob Double Strollers, if you're willing to spend a pretty penny.
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
So many people recommended that I get a snap and go, or the equivilent for the bucket seat phase, and then switch to an umbrella. I wish I had listened.
We now use one of these, or just one of these and our big stroller sits in the garage collecting dust. *shrugs*
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
(We live in NYC, so very rarely drive, walk almost everywhere, don't have a ton of storage space.)
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
What i I love about the select is that it’s a double but the seats stack forward to backwards instead of side by side. So while it is longer, it’s not wide like a normal double is. So it’s easier to manuever through most places than a side by side double
MH and I wandered into Buy Buy Baby the other day and this amazing employee helped us decipher the stroller section. Basically we fell in love with the Baby Jogger Citi Mini because it was so light and easy to fold up and MH's only request was having awesome tires. Do any STM's actually have the Citi Mini? The only thing I'm concerned about with it is the amount of storage space on the bottom - it looks like it forfeits a little bit in that department but it's hard to tell!
i will say, like I said above, if you are planning on having more kids in the next few years, skip the mini and go straight for the select. I wish we had. Select can be a single and it can be added on to so it can be a double/triple. Mini is only a single. So we now have to get another stroller for our second. Had I known about the select when I was pregnant with my first, I could have got it back then and just added on a seat for #2. Just something to consider. Some others above said the same sort of thing.
I did read the other posts about the convenience of the select and being able to add seats to it, but I'm still drawn towards the mini. MH and I are unsure when we will be ready for #2 , so I decided to not give much thought to the select. With that being said, I think I will check it out next time I go back to BBB. If it's not too much heavier it might just be logical.
@becca_123 The storage sucks. However, if you learn to put things in and out from the side (not from the back), you get used to it..
doxiemoxie212 I really do love my City Mini GT! I can’t speak for the Select, but if you go City Mini, go with the GT. It has the better wheels.
sunshineandwhiskeydinodna3 Im torn about buying a double also. Mainly because DD (2 years 4 months old) is pretty hit or miss these days if she will sit still in a stroller at all. I pretty much just want it for evening neighborhood walks. Considering the City Mini GT double if anything at all. Many people are opposed to the side by side, but the tandems I've tried feel SO HEAVY to push. I dunno...
100% doing the uppababy vista lol
TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017 ❤️
Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
Also, I think the information you shared is very helpful as a FTM.
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
We discovered that we want something that is easy to fold, easy to unfold, it doesn’t stand on the handle when folded, isn’t too heavy and has a decent frame/nice tires.
The best folding one one was the Chicco Bravo Trio Travel System but it felt kind of cheap. And as someone mentioned above it doesn’t seem like it would handle uneven terrain well. It comes with a Chicco KeyFit car seat and base so you’re basically paying for that and getting a stroller for $100.
The UppaBaby Vista and City Select we’re both bulky and easy to fold/unfold but stand on the handle. Living in a snowy/rainy area I’m afraid the handle is going to get so gross and dirty when we take it in and out of the car.
The City Mini GT was nice but doesnt stand when folded.
The Britax strollers were all a PITA to fold and unfold.
Any my advice on how you actually use your strollers that would negate some of our concerns would be appreciated. I feel like we’re not going to find something that checks all the boxes.
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18