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in hating MASSIVE buggies?

79 replies

Smurfgirl · 09/05/2007 17:14

I am sure when I have a baby I will have a massive buggy and look back on this and judge myself.

But at the moment I am SICK to death of being barged out of the way by people with huge buggies, or people with buggies walking next to each other so there is no room to get past on the pavement, or not being able to get to a bit of the shop because a huge buggy is there blocking the way. I asked someone to move their buggy today (politely) in a small shop and she tutted at me. Grrr.

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maisemor · 10/05/2007 16:15

You also need them to shoot out the side of the wheels for when you are squeesing past cars parked on the pavement

OrmIrian · 10/05/2007 16:23

Not me maisemor. I'm well past buggies so I can afford to get lofty about them .... but a little ladybird bell would have been lovely.

pampam · 10/05/2007 16:44

and a special rocket pack for flying over the wheeliebins that completely block our pavements every thursday. (can you tell just went to the shops?)

lucykate · 10/05/2007 16:45

i have a big buggy, a loola. i hate it!. don't use it anymore.

yomellamoHelly · 10/05/2007 16:48

Had a 3-wheeler travel system to start with. LOVED it.
Got a Maclaren when ds1 was 10 months (for holiday). Took up so much less room that we decided to keep it as our main one. Hate it. But it's compact.
When ds2 arrived we got the smallest tandem I could find (Cossato duet lite). It's not too much biggre than the Maclaren.
Was in a pram shop today and had a great time lusting over the huge twins that they had. Dss would be SO comfy (the pushy gets used loads too). I'd have so much room for my shopping. The wheels'd be so good for kerbs and they were SO manoevurable.
If only space and cost weren't an issue .....

SleeplessInTheStaceym11House · 10/05/2007 17:19

i had a big buggy with dd and it can be stressful when you're trying to look at somehintg in a shop and the only place you can put your pushchair is in the middle of the isle! i chose (sp?) a big buggy because i dont drive, my dh didn't drive then, we walked a lot and i was insistant of having a lie flat buggy for when dd was tiny! it was great but got abandoned for a maclaren when she was about 10 mo. with ds dd is still in a buggy so now have a double maclaren, can be folded down (although not easily with 2yo baby and bags!!) if needed.

i hate hearing what a bad time people have had on buses, my own experience of bus drivers (in surrey) has been brilliant.

once a bus driver let me stand in the back doorway of the bus telling people to get off up the front because someone had dumped their buggy full of shopping (no child in sight) in the wheelchair space, and refused to own up to whose it was!!! he was so lovely, i may have cried if he didnt let me on. unfortunately i got off the bus before the offending buggy owner did and never got to have words!!!

anniemac · 11/05/2007 11:08

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flightattendant · 11/05/2007 13:56

I'm always in someone's way with ours - it's a qinny freestyle 3 wheeler, not the biggest we've had, but even so I have a list of about 3 shops I can actually go into without reversing right out the door again as there's ONE other person in there and I know we're going to get in their way!
Believe me the emotional stress of going shopping with a pushchair is huge.
I will add that no, we have no car, and it's our only way to get to town or do any shopping (given up with supermarkets as 24 tins of kitecat plus a difficult toddler was too much! - so do that online) and pushing a little wheeled Maclaren with similar shopping overload and toddler, is horrible when it's 2 miles back from town.
So we need a comfy one with big wheels!!!

hoxtonchick · 11/05/2007 14:00

i have a big 3 wheel buggy. in london. and use it on buses most day. so shoot me .

evenhope · 11/05/2007 14:01

I've just had to go back to pram pushing after 15 years and I'd forgotten how awful it is. Wherever you go you can't get through, and other people with buggies insist on trying to squeeze past you as well.

I had to go to London on Sunday and had to drive because my pram doesn't fold down without taking it to pieces. After some of the comments on here I'm glad I didn't attempt public transport. isn't it daft when we are all supposed to be using public transport but there is this sort of attitude from other mums.

buggypitstop · 20/01/2010 13:11

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staranise · 20/01/2010 13:45

My buggy itself is not huge but by the time you add the buggy board/scooter/book bags etc plus the three children aged 1, 3, and 5, I admit, it is enormous, bulky and unwieldy. I walk miles each day but do get the bus soemtimes in winter and am always getting tutted at, especially by old ladies (can't tell you how many times they say "In our day we never had such huge buggies blah blah blah").

TBH, using public transport with kids is bad enough without being made to feel like everyone disapproves of you. Would it be better to drive everywhere? Or just not have kids at all?

I just smile at all the old ladies now and bite my tongue. It's difficult to be very rude to someone who is smiling at you, though they try their best

notanumber · 20/01/2010 13:49

I made a v expensive mistake with my first buggy.

Spent hours researching, weighing up pro and cons.

I chose the Loola because it reclined to flat, was forward and parent facing and - the biggie - could be collapsed which I thought was vital if you got busses a lot.

Turns out that while it looks good on paper, the Loola weighs an absolute ton, is a pig to get on and off busses, is impossible to use on escalators, quite tricky to collapse (need both hands, then what do you do with the baby?)...

I was so grateful and happy when we finally switched to a stroller - I wanted to shag my Mclaren senseless over a barrel.

Thing is, though I realised after half an hour I had made a mistake, but it was too late then, and we just don't have the money to go replacing buggies that cost hundreds of pounds.

staranise · 20/01/2010 13:53

Baby City Mini Stroller - comfortable three-wheeler that can be soooo easily collapsed and carried with one hand while holding sleeping baby, cross toddlers etc with the other.
Perfect for London transport.

SparklyGothKat · 20/01/2010 13:58

I have a large 3 wheeler for DS2, I use it for walking, farm, beach, days out etc. But I also have a maclaren for car to school playground and walking around shops as my 3 wheeler is a nightmare to get round shops.

MrsVidic · 20/01/2010 14:01

I have a little nipper sport running pram which is HUGE! I had no idea how big it was when I ordered it! My plan was to use it exclusivley but ended up buying a second sharpish due to all the dirty looks I got when pushing it round the trafford centre.

So I got a britax vibe in red to match my coat!

Highlander · 20/01/2010 14:05

I think mine is a biggie - BabyJogger City.

I walk everywhere or take the Metro, so I need something that is easy for me to push. Maclarens are horrible in that respect.

drloves8 · 20/01/2010 14:10

mrsV hows big is the nipper sport? would it fit a four year old ?

JaneS · 20/01/2010 14:10

I always help mums with buggies etc. if I possibly can. But I do think some people are taking the mickey a bit. When it was snowy I was walking along the (cleared) pavement, which isn't as wide as the (uncleared) one of the other side of the road. Plenty of room for one buggy. But two women had decided they'd walk down the road side by side as they were chatting while they wheeled their children.

It's not a busy street but they seemed completely oblivious to the cars constantly getting stuck behind them, pulling round them, etc. Frankly, it made me want to smack them.

ErikaMaye · 20/01/2010 14:20

I have a three wheeler - Urban Detour - and I love it. I know I get in people's way, and it did upset me at first when I started going out. I do try to be considerate towards other people, but I need a more stable, easily manoeuvrable, and that I could get cheap (I got it for £30 out of the FridayAd, I do love bargains!). Seeing as I can't walk with my stick whilst pushing the buggy, I need to be able to lean on it. So I try not to think about what other people are thinking really.

TwilightTurtle · 20/01/2010 14:32

Thing is, it's not the buggies themselves, it's the pushers. Perfectly possibly to be polite and considerate with a big buggy. We have a Loola - occasionally take it on buses but always move over for other buggies getting on, and get off for wheelchairs. Also never walk two buggies abreast or block doorways or expect people to move out of my way. I let people past first, always, and you'd be surprised how many young 'uns just shove past without a thank you.

We also have a compact umbrella fold one which we use when travelling on trains or long bus journeys where getting off and walking not an option.

MrsVidic · 20/01/2010 15:06

DR I think so- it's really light too!

scottishmummy · 20/01/2010 15:21

a buggy needs to be fit for purpose.on/off public transport,around shops.must be able to maneouvre and it yourself

i do wonder why people buy prams they cant get up/down stairs or fit on buses. but i have bugaboo and it is great pram.light, can fit on bus.bumps easily up/down

there was the thread while back about the clenchie mum on bus with massive pram.she got all indignant and went to papers

however some members of public tut at any mum and buggy.as if how evry dare the deign to go out in a built up area

pooexplosions · 20/01/2010 15:32

Did no-one notice this thread is 3 years old?

GoldenSnitch · 20/01/2010 15:38

It was resurrected by buggypitstop when they added their advert to it. They've done the same with a lot of buggy related threads this afternoon!!

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