To love this buggy!

[curiousgeorgie]

DH got a delivery this morning....

My DD2 is a nightmare. She screams and cries if I put her in the pram, she's impossible to pacify in a restaurant or shopping etc...

So DH says this is the solution.

She's been quiet for 15 minutes!!!!

400+ posts on a thread where the OP has clearly set out to cause a bun fight Because I suspected this was the reaction I would get

Have MN added a "hide poster" option yet?

Just hide the thread then? Or we're you being deliberately argumentative there?

Actually, I'm really glad I started this thread. Aside from the obvious, expected reaction, I got a lot of positive comments and support from those who know what it's like to have difficult children so as a result I actually feel more confident in using it while I'm away. (Plus hearing your baby is cute from strangers can only ever be a good thing )

This really disturbs me. Having known a child who grew up in his car chair in front of the telly. And is now the strangest most anti social child.

Your mn mistake was modern technology,you should have chose enriching cup and ball
It has been a hilarious thread,all the palpable indignation

You know, Georgie, there is no reason why you can't put A Book into the see through pocket

Pasithea - my children are very social. They go to lots of groups and have lots of time to play. Don't worry for them... It's a helpful holiday accessory. No different than the means to an end of letting them play with a tablet on a plane or watching a DVD in the car.

RJ - if I had suggested that it would probably have been a much more positive thread

Hells Bells op.mn folk don't admit to technology they do cup & ball, shuve ha'penny
enriching toys to stimulate cognitive development not tablets made omnipotent apple
Go get a cup and ball and atone for your mn sins

If it makes life easier for you for 20 mins, then why not. A bit of TV for a short period isn't going to kill anyone and I'm sure op has tried to soothe her in all the traditional ways.

Some kids are just harder than others, I have 5 dd and 2 of them were hard work throughout toddler years until the present day.
If something is going to help you, and make things easier take it.

Happy kids, happy mum

It doesn't mean op is tying her child to the tv all day!

Glad yours have got good memories, my 5 year old can hardly remember her best friend from nursery a year after we moved away. A child she spent 2 days a week with!!! It would be wasted on mine. Good luck to you.

at cup and ball

If I saw someone with this I would assume their nanny had just walked out and they had no idea how to actually look after their child.

Hoofer, you sound really lovely...

OP, your baby will be staring at a screen for how long?

I ask only because the no screen time rules are suggested for a reason.

How much screen time a day will she get in total?

p.s. I have 4 children and haven't slept much for nine years!

Hoofer, you sound deluded

I cannot believe that people are still seriously suggesting that the OP is going to damage her child's long term health through the use of a buggy with an ipad on holiday.

Didn't mean that to be so harsh, just my honest first thought as I have never seen this before. Gives me the same feeling as when I first saw a five year old with their own mobile phone.

I was at the GPs a few weeks ago and had an eldery man tut and loudly exclaim how we are "raising a nation of zombies" when I gave DS 4 1/2 my iPhone to play with for a bit whilst waiting for his appointment. The man had no idea I was in there to get a health care plan written up for DS to access more services due to his behavioural issues. (Not screen related either!!)

Until you walk in someone's shoes it's best to keep unsolicited opinions to yourself. Enjoy your trip OP. Hope the buggy holds all your bags!!

I don't get why it needs to be in the hood? I think it's a cruddy idea for a pram like the iphone driving wheels for toddlers as they need to learn to behave outside the house without a screen in front of them.
Yes I do have a very challenging 2 year old but he's entertained with other things rather than a screen

I'm agog for ideas over how you can get a 14 month old to 'behave outside the house'. Seriously.

I'm agog for ideas over how you can get a 14 month old to 'behave outside the house'. Seriously.

Huh? Of course there are ways to distract a baby without using a screen. What do you think all the people who don't have iPads do?

I think it's in the hood just for convenience

If I handed an iPad to her it would be on the floor in 30 seconds. If I put it on a nearby table she may not be able to see it properly and it might not have the same effect, given that then we would be stuck in one place.

Where would you have put it? Underneath the seat, pimp my ride style?