Apologies for the dullness of the topic, but I'm having a genuine dilemma. I don't usually get drawn in by stories in the media about all the things we may be doing wrong as parents - but the recent one about forward-facing buggies has thrown me into a bit of a spin. I've always been keen on good old Maclaren buggies, for all the obvious reasons, but even before this research was reported in the media, I'd begun to fret a bit about DD2. She's 15 months old but very tiny for her age and developmentally delayed, so she's not speaking yet and isn't very responsive. She likes being out in her buggy, but I'd begun to feel all wrong about her being 'out front'. (With DD1 it was never an issue, as she would turn round from an early age to have conversations as we went along - but DD2 doesn't do that.)
So I thought I'd have a little look at various options for parent-facing buggies - had always thought this kind were too big and bulky to be useful to me. And I came across the Bugaboo Bee, which is very appealing (I've always been quite snotty about Bugaboos, on grounds of cost and general ponciness - but I hadn't seen the Bee before).
On impulse, I ordered it - but I'm now slightly reeling at how much it costs. We can afford it I suppose, but it's a huge amount of money that could be spent elsewhere. I could still cancel the order, or return it when it comes.
AIBU to buy a new buggy when the old one still works perfectly well, simply so DD can face me instead of the outside world? I admit that I've been suckered by the design of this particular model, which I really like, but I'm also very anxious about DD2, who has SN, and I want to do anything I can to help her - the point is there doesn't seem to be much we can really do, so buying a new buggy might be a bit of displacement activity.
What shall I do - go ahead and buy the thing, or cancel the order??