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

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AleaEim · 06/04/2025 09:52

I have a 3 month old DD who initially hated the buggy but is slowly coming around to it. We have a travel system (I hate it just as much as DD) and it’s only been used a handful of times as I do most naps in the sling. Suddenly she’s become a really light sleeper and wakes so easily in the sling, I can’t sit down, have to constantly bounce/ walk, if I meet a friend she’ll wake while I’m talking etc so I’ve been thinking of trying to do her naps at home in the quiet, only problem is she won’t nap in the crib during the day so I’d have to use the dreaded buggy, I hate it, it’s too big for our tiny maisonette and I hate faffing around with it, it also doesn’t fit in the door without being taken apart/ folded (yes we are idiots for buying it without thinking of the size). I am debating whether it’s worth getting a smaller pram like a yoyo and I can do naps there easily( she’d still wake up if we went out but maybe not as easily?) I love baby wearing though and I’d be a bit sad to stop that. What I’m asking is the light sleeper a developmental thing/ a phase? I’d rather not spend more money on a pram I don’t want but seems inevitable. Will it pass so I don’t have to stop doing naps there? I suppose I could use the sling for her wake windows if out and naps in pram going forward.

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AleaEim · 06/04/2025 13:38

Yes I always buy secondhand where possible so will try that. I would try the crib but she likes movement. She sometimes naps in the crib but wakes easier in there. She loves the crib at night though or she is just so tired that time to notice where she is.

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Needadvice27272 · 06/04/2025 10:57

Can you get a secondhand pram so you don’t spend too much on it? There are hand me on groups with parents giving them away.

I totally understand, I love using our sling. I knew I needed a pram as I have to do school run and I was worried my C-section recovery worried would take longer than expected.

I asked around if anyone was giving them away and I got lots of kind offers. The pram was cleaned and has sat unused so far thankfully, and will be passed on again.

Hufflemuff · 06/04/2025 10:51

I would stick with what you have and keep putting DD down for a sleep in her crib when at home and taking the pram with you for outside naps. Maybe also bringing the sling and alternating between the two as and when it suits.

She's only 3 months old, so plenty of times for her to decide she actually does like the crib then doesnt like it, then likes it again - 10 times over.

AleaEim · 06/04/2025 10:45

Hmm yes I could do that but I think she will still wake up with back ground noise and that’s why I’m thinking to do naps at home in buggy, she even wakes up when I bite an apple.

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Zeitumschaltung · 06/04/2025 09:55

Try a different sling. I bought three secondhand and found one I could sit down in without the baby waking up. (For us it was the manduca, but it might not work for everyone.)