in using the bus??

[nappyaddict]

today i went on the bus with ds in his pushchair (mutsy urban rider). i got on there at one of the first stops on the route. about halfway way round the route another lady gets on with her pushchair but she can't get passed me so i move over to the other side so she can. i heard her saying to her friend the wheels are too big. stupid cow bringing that on here.

now fair enough she had a umbrella fold type thing but the wheels were probably actually as wide if not wider. if you look at this one you'll see what i mean.

now i do a lot of walking with ds. my nan lives in the countryside and we often go for walks over there so i need something with big air wheels that goes over fields without jolting ds all over the place. i also use public transport a lot. now i can't afford nor do i have the space to have a gazillion buggies for every which occasion and i really resent people being annoyed with me for taking my son on a bus!!

i got on first fair and square and it's not even as if she couldn't get on the bus. i get the bus very regularly and i've only ever once not been able to get on a bus cos of another pram so it's not like it happens all the time. i wasn't annoyed i just waited for the next one.

sorry for the ramble!!

in spain they are all the coach type buses
god knows how people get along there!

I have just moved back to the city and have started taking the bus again. After about 2 days of it, I decided to get an ergo carrier for ds as I am too lazy to be arsed folding buggys up and down. He is 20 months and 13kg and this is way easier for me than the buggy. I have a giant bum bag for nappies etc so we are completely hands free. And, we can go upstairs on the bus which ds loves. Is a carrier something you would consider and then you can let these bags on the bus complain about somebody else!!

Ditto mawbroon, I use a Didy wrap or a Kozy Mei Tai to carry my daughter on bus journeys. I have not got the strength to carry a bag, my daughter and a pram on to and off a pram, much easier to have her hands free on my back

i have got a carrier but don't like using it for long outings cos ds won't sleep in it.

I see. I don't have that problem as we don't do long outings. We are on quite a strict routine and I prefer to have him sleep at home in bed. He only has one nap nowadays but it was quite restricting when he was younger and having two naps. I preferred to be restricted rather than have a grumpy and tired ds though!!

I'm lucky that DD will sleep on my back in a wrap, so I have the best of both worlds..except she gets heavier when she is asleep.

nappyaddict - i used to have a Mothercare Urban Detour pram when ds was littler this one, but it was a nightmare on the bus cause it was about a foot longer than i thought it was going to be! cue lots of clipped ankles in the early days when i was still getting used to having a buggy!!

we were very lucky because we were given one of these which is fab for the bus, you can actually get 4 stroller-type buggies on the buses in my area.

actually, it's funny you should mention wheelchairs. when ds was much, much smaller than he is now, i had him in the sling and there were 2 ladies on the bus with toddlers in strollers. a wheelchair wanted to get on the bus, and they refused to move. eventually, the wheelchair user and his carer waited for the next bus through sheer embarrassment, despite 2 massive signs saying wheelchairs have priority!

I agree with everyone who says ignore but wanted to say very jealous at two buggies getting on at once. Where I live the buses only have room for 1. German buses sound brill.

you can get 7 strollers on ours!!

I'd never have got my dd's pram on a bus but I only took her on buses a few times with her umbrella stroller. Most of London buses are really good though as they drop down so you can wheel things straight on to it .

No you're not being unreasonable. I have a pram but baby's only 2 months, I'd like to get another smaller easier to manage buggy but can't do yet. My mum managed to get hold of two travel systems off Freecycle, one to keep up at her house for us to use when we visit - she wants to keep the "all terrain" buggy for walking across Ilkley Moor, and one which I have down in London.

Bus drivers won't let us on if already two here, but I've survived so far. Thankfully the most likely buses to be too packed are also the most frequent.

I put my pram across sometimes but I move it if I see buggy #2 getting on the bus.

Bus drivers vary from helpful to rude, ditto passengers including others with buggies.

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