Sharing baby purchases we regret, like our nuna pushchair

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I absolutely regret buying our nuna mixx next pushchair. I wish I could go back in time and pick a better pushchair. I'm convinced that almost any other pushchair is better. We've since bought another pushchair that's miles better, and shows exactly how bad the nuna is.

Theres no returning it so ive got to just live with how dysfunctional this nuna pushchair is. Now when I go to John Lewis I urge anyone I see looking at a nuna pushchair not to buy it.

So this is my digital version of that.

Below is a long account of why I dislike our pushchair so very much. Please read it if you're thinking of getting one. If not then feel free to skip and just share your baby buying regrets.

Reasons why I dislike my pushchair:

1. You can only adjust the straps behind the child, instead of being able to make adjustments to the straps while they're on the child like any normal, not brain dead pushchair design.

This means you have to take the child out of the pushchair anytime you want to make the straps looser or tighter, then put them back in and then if you didn't make the right adjustments the first time round you go through the whole process again.

And the reason you need to adjust so much? Because the straps get a lot tighter when you move the chair from upright to a more flat position (ie for a nap). So anytime your baby wants to nap you've got to go through this whole malarkey. Once you're through, baby is probably not nice and sleepy anymore.

1. The footrest is comically useless. It's so flimsy, it doesn't stay in a horizontal position (for naps for instance). It's also a lot shorter than many other pushchair footrests. Our 7 month old has almost outgrown it.

1. The nuna pushchair looks nice and well made but ours creaks and seems to veer all over the place. It corners really badly.

1. You cant use the nuna raincover on the pushchair if the chair is in any other position except upright. It's been a rainy few weeks and ive felt chained to the house because I can't do something as simple as recline the seat with the raincover on. I'm biting the bullet and ordering a universal cover from amazon - but really, the actual nuna cover should fit.

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I sending the bugaboo bee, it wasn't very sturdy. I got a stokke xplory instead and loved it.

Same for the baby bath and Moses basket. The cplory also came with a carrycot attachment so used that instead.

Lot of muslins though - they came in very useful!

I was going to say I used a snuza hero on both ds ( it clips onto the nappy and alerts you if they stop breathing) it never let us down and I slept better with knowing they where wearing that.

Just had a look at the owlet and it's really expensive!

Totally - Kitchen sink baths are awesome! So much easier than putting the weird boat shaped baby bath in the bottom of the bath.

I regret the cot we bought for her room, it was beautiful but never once did she sleep in it

I regret the brand new pump I bought, I hated pumping.

I regret the pushchair we bought, we never used it, just used our Ergobaby carrier. Waste of money.

I regret the Lennylamb preschool carrier which was super expensive and for whatever reason I still find uncomfortable.

@violetskypurple we have the owlet and LOVE IT! we had the nanit too but never had any issues with the owlet. I cannot fault it.

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I hate our Nuna too. Definitely creaking and bad handling. I so wish we'd got something different.