For those in snowy countries, which pram/pushchair do you have?

[debinaustria]

In the UK it wasn't a consideration at all, but here it obviously is! I want something I can use from birth and baby is due in June.

Thanks

I had a Quinny (was a Fashion) which was similar to the Buzz but had a fixed large front wheel.

I have noticed that a lot of people have pushchairs with big wheels. I had just a normal one.

Lots of people here use slings/ baby carriers in the snow. I use an Ergo with my 2 yr old. If you have to have a buggy, I think a 3 wheeler with big wheels is your best bet. Or a Bugaboo.

Sweden was heaving with Emmaljungas

I would second the big wheels - a bit like with sand. Harder to get stuck!

Not sure how weight would come into it though - Emmals are reeally heavy, while a Quinny (Freestyle) is quite light.

Any thoughts?

deb love, get yourself down to the biggest pram shop around. All their customers will be in the same position! Anything with big wheels. Tho I'd recommend fixable front swivel. The quinny here with 4 big fixed wheels are, or were popular, but like a bloody tank when you've got anything more than a new bon in. I'm sure 99% of people buy pushchairs with a new born in mind, when actually the majority of use is with a somewhat bigger, heavier lump.

Treat yourself to a couple of days off and pop over to Switzerland and we can have a Babyfest together.

We've got a giant baby shop near us and I over enthusiastically went in and I swear, the number of different pushchairs was mind boggling.

I will not give in.. I will not buy a new one. I will not....

...I have had a Quinny Fashion 4 wheeler, which was quite heavy, and also very unergonomic in wieght distribution so a bugger to get up kerbs etc. I couldn't stand it! I had a Freestyle four wheeler too, they are not made now, it was extremely heavy but nice to push. Finally I had a Freestyle three wheel version which was beautifully light and really easy to push even with a huge 3 year old in it - the wheel tilts rather than swivels, I would think that was the best of the Quinnies - get secondhand and they are a bargain.

Emmaljunga is heavy in itself, like a small car really and I am finding it a struggle even with a 6 month old baby in it. But it is solidly built and will last forever.

es. I remember a German friend of mine have the 4 wheel quinny and she had a big toddler and lived up a steep him. she was very slim tho, lol. It was soooo heavy for me it was unpushable really.

My P&T is still light and easy to push one handed with 4 kids in. I'd really recommend borrowing a large toddler when pram shopping. Some of the pushchait seats are so small, I think a lot of parents will get a shock in the not-too-distant future, or the design makes like you said fa getting up kerbs nigh on impossible. I once bought a pliko after seeing them everywhere, and reading good reviews. Wanted it for baby no. 3. Hadbn't followed my own advice. Anyway ds3, then almost 3 sat in it as I pushed to to the car and I couldn-t get it up the kerb across the bloody car park to did a U turn and promotly went straight back in the shop and changed it. Thank goodness I let ds2 ride in it across the car park or I would've been stuck.

I've seen rain covers for the large pneumatic wheels. I wonder bed if you can also get mini snow chains or ski attachments?

Ernest - my problem is finding somewhere with a decent selection, there are no big baby shops, and like you say I need hands on practice!! A few days in Switzerland sounds so appealing!

people here just don't take their babies out in this weather and only use prams when there isn't snow

Emmalujunga in Norway too.

If you go skiing and want to trail your baby after you (similar to a bike trailer here), this is what you want...

In fact I suspect it is illegal to send a child out in winter without twenty layers of clothing . Fretting over children is a national sport.

samr in austria

lays upon layers of clothes on young children

i have a mutsy
big wheels
big seat

debs if you wish you can have the base and carry cot

seat is a tad broken

then you can test whether you like the strange steering

carrycot is blue by the way

In Canada, everyone seems to use wagons for bigger kids, rather than prams. You pull the wagon behind you. They're quite practical, as they take a lot of shopping, several kids, etc etc.

they have them here in switzerland too nqc - everyone from the woman next door to the kindergarten teacher and everyone in between. They are great aren't they?

Go on, pop over debs! Tho I'm sure there's probably a baby shop a tad closer to you than Ch, but it's be fun.

But quite dangerous to take me into a baby shop ful of pushchairs (drooling emoticaon)

how do they go up and down kerbs though NQC? and I can see them being lethal in shops - does one park outside?

In Norway mostly prams are left outside the shops (but still in view), especially if the child is asleep.

In Canada, one would never leave kids outside shops (they go in for stranger danger much more than brits do), but you might leave the wagon, I'll have to ask some 'proper' Canadians.

Canadian shops are pretty big, though, generally. (And of course, most Canadians just drive everywhere.)

They're ok on kerbs, we mostly have dropped kerbs at intersections anyway - Canada is better for wheelchairs.

(MrsB, did you see my message that I'll be in Reading that weekend?)

Oh, and the wagons are much easier than prams, in one way - because they're behind you, you just don't bash people with them. I don't know why I never see the wagons here, tbh. You get plastic ones, and wooden ones. I think you can replace the wheels with skis, even?

(I am off to CH weekend after next! Woohoo!)

whereabouts nqc? (nosey)

ooh, missed that, how exciting - will consult calendar

ernest, I forget where, but it's near Zurich, for x-country skiing, on my own.

MrsB, it's the 26th I think is the best day for meeting up, although the 25th or 27th could be doable.

I live just outside Munich and have a Mutsy Urban Rider. I don't have a car and it has been an absolute godsend, especially in bad weather, due to it having big wheels and a seat with plenty of room for a well-padded foot sack. The rear wheel steering (if you use it - you have the option to switch it off) takes a bit of getting used to initially, but it's fine once you have got the hang.

ooh lovely. I'm near zurich, only 15 mins from airport. you'll have to give us a wave as you ski past.

(Hope you're not tooooo near here, tho, as we have no snow)