my DD is just over a week old and we are not made of money- we couldn't afford a pram AND a pushchair so instead went for a pushchair you can use from birth as it lies flat and has a head cushion. poor little bubba looks tiny in it but it does the job! only problem is she doesn't face me, but then she's always asleep in it anyway.
i've not seen anyone else with newborns in pushchairs- we live in a pretty affluent area and everyone seems to have Quinny's so look at me with total distain when they see her in her pushchair.
Just wondered if anyone else used a pushchair from birth or if you were all lucky enough to be able to afford a pram as well!
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anyone ever use a maclaren XT from birth?
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booberella · 04/07/2011 16:01
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alegre ·
04/07/2011 16:25
With first child (ds), I had a pram that my cousin passed on to me. We then bought a maclaren xt when ds was around 3 months old.
When I had second child, I didn't use the pram at all and put her straight into maclaren xt - so much easier to use, folded away nicely, lighter etc etc. I just wished that we'd bought and used the maclaren straight away with ds. When I had to take the 2 children out together (ds was still quite little), I used a double buggy (bought from charity shop) and dd faced away from me anyway.
As you say, when they're newborn, they're asleep most of the time in the pram/buggy/whatever. Then when they're a little older they seem to like looking at other things.
Honestly, go for what suits you. Yes, it might be nice to have a lovely pram but we can't all afford all the different things. Babies are expensive and we need to decide how best to spend the money.
The maclaren xt is fab 'cos it takes them from baby 'til they can walk. Ours lasted quite a few years and, if we should suddenly find ourselves expecting another child (highly unlikely now 
), that would be the only buggy I would buy.
MamaChocoholic ·
05/07/2011 21:32
xt from birth here too. great buggy, except our handles went a bit sticky. although I couldn't bear to put ds1 in it when he was really tiny so ended up using a sling for the first few months 
WhereTheWildThingsWere ·
05/07/2011 21:40
Yes from birth with both my two, also used sheepskins. Both were in slings far more than in pushchair, but were both perfectly happy when they were in it.
Both also had all their daytime naps in it until the age of about 18 mo, so easy to rock them to sleep while mnetting
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