To buy a new pram when I don’t want one

My lo was the same! It was 3 weeks of hell!!!!!! Then they just magically snapped out of it and went back to their usual sleep pattern. No advice, but you will get through this. ❤️

And yanbu to change pram if you hate it. I know 2 people who hated their prams and decided to get new ones after a few months.

Uppababy vista is definitely cleared for overnight sleep. It has a special vent on the bottom that you open when using it overnight.

@AleaEim , if you hate your buggy then definitely buy a new one. You are going to be using it for a long time to come! Nearly everyone i know ends up with two buggies eventually - usually a bigger travel system type and then a travel / cabin buggy. But also remember that some babies just hate the bassinet and are much happier when they can move into the seat. So depending on your travel system, might be worth looking at the seat options (for example, my vista has a special insert you can buy to make the seat safe for the 0-6m period, which might suit one baby better than the bassinet).

We have an uppababy vista as our main buggy and an uppababy minu v2 for our travel buggy (so we can swap accessories about and also the vista bassinet fits on the minu frame for if you need something small for public transport). But I also tried the Joolz Aer+ and Cybex Coya in the shop, which i really liked as well. Do you have an independent baby shop or a big john lewis near you? I've always found having an actual push of one in the shop to be more helpful than just choosing online.

My first would only ever nap in the buggy. I did all the crib things, it didn’t work.

At 3 months now you’ve potentially got up to 1,000 naps left. Life’s too short, get a buggy that you don’t dread using and sell the other.

Yes, she might at first, but if she does you just keep walking! For me at least, the pram was very necessary and I needed all mine to get used to it, so I just kept going. She's still so little, and her sleep habits/preferences could change many times. If you can nudge it in the way you want it, now's the time to start ☺️

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I’d sell the travel system and get something like the baby jogger city mini (look for second hand ones). It lays flat, folds small and will work when dd is a toddler.

I don’t think there are any prams on the market that are advertised as safe for overnight sleep? Which prams are you talking about?

I personally found the easiest thing of all (I'm two kids in) was to get a buggy with a bassinet that was safe for overnight sleeping and have the baby sleep in that for all daytime naps. Then it could be attached to the bassinet without waking the baby for going out/the school run.

I was very sorry when DC2 outgrew the bassinet and turned out not to be the greatest buggy sleeper (likes a comfy cot/bed) as it significantly reduced our flexibility. What I would always aim for with a baby/young toddler personally is to get them napping in the buggy for daytime sleeps as that gives more flexibility to go out without waking a grumpy child. DC1 had daytime sleeps until around 18 months in the buggy and it was great just wheeling them out the door whenever.

Is there there an NCT FB page or similar where you could propose a swap with another parent? I know from experience that you will not be alone in having bought a pram/buggy that didn’t work out on a practical level once your baby arrive. You just post that it’s a great system, but hasn’t been practical for your car/house and looking for something smaller?

Could be the 3 months sleep regression? Give it a fortnight or so and see if it changes x

A yoyo is a good investment though as you will use it for the next 3 years at least. If your pram is already bulky and cumbersome you arent going to find it any easier when the baby gets bigger.

I had a yoyo and used to put DD in it to nap a lot and then push it from room to room if I was doing something noisy.

I’d get a smaller buggy if it’ll make life easier tbh (everyone goes for the YoYo but as a seasoned pram user 😂the cybex coya is far better IMO)

She's 3 months. Persevere and put her in the crib! If you don't itll be far worse the older she gets.

Don't buy a yoyo they aren't suitable for under 6 months and it don't imagine they're comfortable for sleeping/ all her naps.

Keep trying with the pram you already have and see how you go. Your baby will probably get used to it. My baby loved sleeping in his pram for long walks. If I stopped moving in a shop or something for more than a few seconds he would wake up. I'd just put some headphones in and walk for hours. Such great exercise for me and he slept great.

Get a different pram/buggy even if you buy second hand. I don't know why folk like slings. i hate them.

Get the yoyo. We did the same, our buggy was too big. The yoyo has been a lifesaver, easy on public transport, great on planes, easy for holidays. You won’t regret it!!

If you hate the buggy buy a different one, it will be with you for a long time. I'm on my second child who is 2 and I'm now on our 4th buggy (we had a bugaboo bee, have had a really light umbrella fold, have a running buggy and now a joolz aer which will be the last one). Even if you're only having one child you will need your buggy for years. Other than the Joolz they have all been second hand. If she's good in the carrier though you might want to wait until 6 months as then you could get a Yoyo or whatever to suit your smaller space without needing the bassinet.

On the sleep thing, I think sadly some babies are just very light nappers. DS1 would only sleep in the carrier at that age and woke at anything really. Or in the buggy he would wake at literally anything after about 25 minutes. It only really changed when he transferred down to one nap and started doing it in the cot with white noise etc. I thought I was going to deafen him with the level the white noise was required to work...
He slept for 12 hours straight last night, it has improved! I would just persist with the carrier, go about your business and roll with whatever naps they have.

My younger one stayed asleep longer in the carrier but also woke in the buggy if there was noise - nothing made any difference - portable white noise, rokit, sunshade - we had it all....

Now the weather's getting warmer I'd stick with the buggy and just walk. Set up a nap route and walk, walk, walk until she drops, and then have a coffee in a café/on a park bench etc.

I’d try to sell the much hated travel system first and see what you can get for it. Then get something else.

And get a rockit for buggy and a snooze shade

Get a white noise machine that you can attach to buggy or yourself