If you had a heavy 6 month old baby (over 98th centile) and the following pushchairs, which would you keep or get rid of (or can you think of a better alternative?!) -
- M&P Armadillo Flip XT
- M&P Armadillo City
- Maclaren Globetrotter
- Baby Jogger Vue
Most were kept from our older child and bought for various reasons over the years. Now all taking up space and we shouldn't need four pushchairs for one baby. Some points regarding what we want / need:
- I want a parent facing option for the foreseeable future, at least while DS is still a baby. He is always facing us at the moment.
-We are not currently using the Armadillo City or the Globetrotter, just because they're only forward facing. Out of these two I prefer the Globetrotter in general, however the Armadillo City has the advantages of a larger basket and full recline for naps.
- I like to keep a pushchair in the car rather than having to shift it about all the time.
- We don't put the car seat on the Flip XT frame any more because it strains my back lifting DS in the car seat.
- The Vue is great and would be almost ideal if it wasn't so lacking in storage space. It is lovely having DS facing me in a lightweight buggy but I wouldn't have chosen it if he was older and always facing forward anyway because of this. I can cope with it but it is inconvenient at times. The Globetrotter only has slightly more storage but we didn't get it until DD was 2.5 and fully toilet trained so there was no big changing bag to carry around.
- The lighter the better.
- We are going to want to take a pushchair on holiday at some point while DS is a toddler.
- We are definitely not having any more children.
WWYD? Keep them all and find the space?!
TIA :)