Car stuff baby trying to make a baby

[gemmababymaking]

Hi every one

Newbie on the scene tolerate me if you will

I’m trying to get a baby in my belly at the moment..... not right now but you get my drift
I’m Looking for a new car but I do not see the point in getting a car that’s not suitable for a baby or a pram for when the time comes

I’m a very nervous driver and want the car as small as possible I even contemplated a smart car but if it won’t take a baby safely or the pram I’m not investing as I may have to do this on finance

What small cars do you all own so I can get an idea of how brave I’m going to have to be

I live in a town centre parallel parking with cars either side of the road

Many thanks

Big baby trying to make a baby x

If you’re a nervous driver Chloe, you will always be a nervous driver until you’ve clocked up road experience. What a strange response.

OP, a medium car will be fine. It’s generally the same to manoeuvre and you’ll have the space for baby and the many things you’ll need plus you might find it gives you a little more confidence to have that space. My first car was a Matiz and it didn’t help my nerves to be boxed into a tiny car with the engine of a motorbike.

I liked the opening post.

Firstly OP - you're a newbie and it can take some time to get your posting style "right".

Humour is fine, but MN generally (unlike rival NM) doesn't in general have much truck with cutie pie language.

Best to keep it straight and to the point until you find your feet.

This is just pandering to bullying though. People shouldn't have to tailor their personalities or writing style when they are being perfectly polite and friendly, just to stop other people from being nasty. You wouldn't tell your 7 year old to stop drawing unicorns because the other kids at school thought it was twee and "cute". You'd tell them that the problem was entirely with the bullies. This is the same.

I passed my test when I was 6 months pregnant and bought a new Seat Ibiza on a good 4 yr finance deal (as I'm on mat leave I didn't want big car payments). Small enough for me to feel ok manoeuvring and parking, but with space in the back for baby and my 7 yo. Also has good boot space, I can fit my Uppababy Vista in there with the bigger wheels popped off. If I hadn't already owned that pram I might have got something a bit more compact when folded like a Babyzen Yoyo to save me popping the wheels.

I also got rear parking sensors on my Ibiza which I recommend for new drivers if you can get them!

FFS just re-read my post Megane not Megan

whats are you having a bad day?

I was simply trying to be helpful and constructive.

I don't make the rules round here....

The reality is that every forum has its own "culture". MN is no exception and the reality is that most posters aren't receptive to the type of post the OP made - as evidenced by this thread.

If she'd have posted the same on NM's then I expect it would have been very different.

If you want to get the best out of MN then it's best to understand the culture of the forum and if that isn't for you then other places might suit someone's personality better.

It's not bullying to point this out nor is it giving in to bullies.

It's not bullying to point this out nor is it giving in to bullies

I didn't accuse you of bullying but yes of course it's giving in to bullying if we're advising people to curtail perfectly acceptable behaviour just because they will be ridiculed or picked on. It's pretty much the definition of "giving in to bullies".

I only had small cars when mine were little. I started with a fiesta, then when baby 2 came along I downsized (looking back we must have had a reason but I don’t recall it). I ended up with a Fiat panda and I loved it. Easy to drive, deceptively spacious. I could get my Phil and teds in the boot, no problem and back shopping around it. Bulkier shopping went in the footwell. I drive a c4 grande now (for work purposes) and I so miss my panda...

@gemmababymaking @gems1985

Name change fail 😂
Not that it really matters since hardly anybody bothered to RTFT anyways 🤣

My first car was an original Ford Ka. I had to be creative with getting a buggy in it. But you can put a buggy in the back as long as its folded and secured in a way which doesn't cause a problem to the infant riding in the back. It can be done. But these days I've got a gas guzzling seven seater because we like to chuck friends in with us and go places. And if we go away, we have room for our stuff. I miss having a smaller car though, my partner has a Citroen cactus with those grey panels on the side, it's cool and quirky and smaller than my people carrier.

I got your post by the way. But this forum isn't the best place for you and I to be ourselves eyeroll