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!!!!

I have two children. Still wouldn't use this.

Your original post talks about shopping, restaurant being a nightmare so sounds like you would use it more than occasionally. And if you were only going to use it occasionally then why bother with it?

Oh, and occasional pram is different. It's when children get used to iPads every day in a pram that it seems ridiculous.

But of a goody post really as it was obvious lots of people might think yabu but you clearly don't think you are.

Again, not trying to knock you. I've had calm (mainly) easy toddlers but they have their moments and I know lots of buggy phobic toddlers who would love this. I also know that, yes, talking, singing, DISTRACTING is a better option (but bloody hard work).

Why don't you tell me Penelope??

Typos, but I'm sure you get the gist!

Bear behind, she won't be watching an iPad the whole time she's in a buggy. We're using it when we go to Florida, so we can go out in the evenings and stuff without her having a meltdown. (And possibly for queues!)

I suspect (but have absolutely no evidence) that you are just delaying issues until she is older. Some kids are challenging. It has always been so. Sticking them in front of a screen is (to me) just wrong.

Ah but once she's cottoned on wont she probs scream for it all the time

And no, my children didn't watch tv etc until well after 2. But then they were busy out harvesting lentils on our magic farm

If I can sit in a restaurant on holiday and have a glass of wine without her crying and needing to be held and jiggled, I'll take all the judgey looks in the world.

Even just being able to eat with two hands will be a rare treat!

(And the reason she is like this is because of her allergies, she's been like it since her very first feed, so I'm not 'delaying issues'.)

I've lost count of how many posts on here have gone on about being in a restaurant and a toddler is screaming the place down, ruining he experience for other diners, how they should just take the DC home...

Well, here's your solution. The OP has foreseen a problem (and dining in a restaurant isn't extravagant, it's part of life... So is shopping; not everyone lives in areas where grocery shopping can be delivered; I used to live in one of those areas!) and she's solved it. What is her DD going to learn from crying in a shop/theme park queue, and how is the OP going to enjoy her holiday with having to constantly distract/entertain? Sure, other people might have done it with some success, but now we've got the technology; why not exploit it?

You're clearly not swaying the OP here btw! it's fun watching you all pearl clutch though!

Your original post never mentioned holidays at all, we all make life a bit easier for ourselves when we are away. You seemed to be saying you were using it more for everyday use.

I don't care how often you use it but seems you are trying to minimise the amount of use it will get. And would you really buy a (presumably) expensive buggy just to go on holiday? Most people buy a cheap one or use an old one.

Can't be good for her eyes.

Neither is constant crying...

I think its brilliant. I wish these existed when DS was a baby rather than DH and I taking it in turns to shovel lukewarm food into our mouths on a rare meal out. Our problem is would have been affording the ipad at the time but I can see its appeal, we were judged for being young/poor/crying baby/entertained baby/breathing in the vicinity of "proper parents" ; almost everyone had something to say so Ipad buggy would have been water off a ducks back

Isn't having a fractious baby when you are out for a meal part and parcel of parenting? Do we really need to give a baby a tablet to get through it?

I've been there with eating in shifts while the other chases the baby but it isn't like that forever, it does get easier.

Good god some people are pious! I think it looks like a great idea to distract her for the times its inappropriate to do the jiggling/singing/entertaining that you'd normally do. I really don't understand the importance of judging other parents for using means that you personally wouldn't. I don't feed my child organic lentils. Don't judge others for doing so. My dd is under 2 and enjoys some cbeebies. We still talk, read, play and have fun together doing other things.

It's not expensive, it's about 60 quid. I have a bugaboo for everyday life and I love it because my parents bought it for me, so yes, this is an occasional use pram...

I'm not minimising it's use though... I imagine it will be used for 14 days and nights straight on a few weeks

Nicknacky - but why do that if you don't have to. Here's a solution, now have a lovely meal in peace!

What has organic lentils got to do with anything? Just because you don't agree with a baby using an iPad doesn't mean you are a complete earth mother. And I say that as someone who gave her six year old an iPad. They have their place but a baby straining it's neck to watch it isn't one of them.

But you have her in it already.......like you said it's giving you 20 mins peace.

It makes you think how great parents were 'back then' coping without any of this.

I think its a great idea and well done for solving the problem. Lots of the comments on this thread sound very luddite like.

There are lots of items of technology that parent use now which would have been new at the time of invention and were frowned upon. If you look at gro clocks, it can be argued they're just used to keep children in their rooms all alone and without the all important social interaction they constantly need. Realistically they keep both parties happy.Yes it probably is mainly for parental convenience, but I thought MN was the place of 'happy mum, happy baby' (not a phrase I support)?

People are far too worked up about screen time, it's just a current hot topic. If I still had a need for buggies and an awkward child I would order one of these in a heartbeat.

I think all the hysteria about tv is fascinating. Some people genuinely seem to think everyone should spend every single second of the day like some pious Mary Poppins, singing nursery rhymes and making every activity akin to a learning experience.

Yes. That's nice. Sometimes. But who the fuck has time for that on a daily basis?

In the 1950s babies and toddlers were routinely plonked outside in prams or at the bottom of the garden to give mums time to do things. I'm not saying that's good but I don't think any of the kids that had them happen to them ended up struggling to talk or socially damaged as a result of that.

It's all about balance.

I'm sure if mums of past generations had access to all the gadgets we do they'd think they were incredible and use them all the time . And here we are sitting here moaning about it.

Thank the Lord for cbeebies

I'm not a hypocrite. My daughter watches far too much tv and always has but this is a screen in a buggy. It's a step too far for me.

They were an example earlier in the thread of a type of parenting. The point is its not your child so unless they are in danger or at risk of harm or exploitation it's not really your business to judge.

OP yanbu. I agree with Ziggy. You have tried everything you can and have now found an easy solution. Fwiw I think it's a great idea and my first dc is only 7 weeks (I'm not actually going to go out and buy one for him at this age though!!)
I would much rather see a happy toddler Watching videos on a restaurant than listen to a tantruming one.
Anyway it's your daughter, you are the parent so do what you like and don't listen to other people's objections :)