What do parents do with a pushchair during nursery days?

[Thatgirlcat]

My baby is starting nursery soon and has a few settling in sessions coming up. The nursery is near my place of work and 40 minutes away from where we live. I can’t drive, so will have to take the bus there with the pushchair. I asked today at her induction whether I can leave it inside, or if they have a storage place and the answer was no.

her settling in sessions are 4 hours each and then I will have to take her for a full day next week with the pushchair. What can I do with the pushchair whilst I wait? I don’t want to look like a weirdo pushing around an empty pushchair all day 😆 there is a small bike shed, which I’m thinking the only thing to do is get a bike lock and leave it there whilst I find something to do all day. What do people do in the same situation who don’t live near home and don’t own a car to leave it in?

Leave it at your work?

Or use a sling?

My nursery lets us leave them there.

No one will care (or notice) if you are pushing around an empty pushchair.
Just take it with you to work if there is somewhere you can store it.

Why will you be pushing it around all day? Surely you will just push it to work then back to nursery again?

I would explain the situation and potentially get a buggy that takes very little storage space, they can’t store big prams but an umbrella buggy might be possible

the nursery is near my home lace of work, but I’m currently still on mat leave. Sorry should have been more clearer

The thought never crossed my mind, we all just took them home with us. I actually used to love it as was easier to do a food shop 😅

@Thatgirlcat seriously don't over think this.
No one will care in the slightest if you are pushing around an empty buggy.

Why do you need the push chair at all? Just carry her or have her walk

I push my empty buggy home. It’s actually a running buggy so I’m often running with an empty buggy, which I do sometimes think might look a bit odd. Like I’ve stolen it, or lost my baby and running to find it. Either way, it’s fine.

She’s only 9 months old, so can’t walk yet but she’s super heavy. Walking from the bus station to her nursery is quite far, plus the bus journey takes over an hour and a half each way as it goes through loads of villages.

I’m sure as a one-off they’ll let you store it there to save you walking around town with it whilst she settles in.

The nursery around here must have the same rules as I’ve lots of empty pushchairs being pushed. The school must have the same rule for scooters as I’ve seen the occasional parent riding a tiny scooter too!

I used to lock mine with a bike lock near the nursery or near work. It was pretty old and beaten up - that is probably a risk if you have a new expensive buggy.

I had an induction today for an hour and left it outside the room. I asked them in future could I leave it there for her settling in sessions and they said no, as they had no space. They did appear to have space downstairs, but they’ve said no so I don’t want to be rude and risk it

It’s a bit mean of them not to let you leave it there for settling in but they might have a rule as if they said yes they would be over run with buggies or concerns about damage and insurance.

Once you’re back at work can you take it to work with you and store it there?

No one will care or think you are odd for having an empty pushchair with you. Anyone who sees you and gets to the point of thinking about it would realise you are either on your way to collect a child or on the way back from dropping off a child.

Using a baby carrier/sling might be an option if you would rather, from the point of view of the pushchair being bulky.

Use the empty push chair to go shopping

I always see people with empty buggies and just think “ah nursery run” - the only reason I notice enough to have a thought about it is because I too do the same thing regularly.

I had never given it any thought before I was a parent - no one will care. Also very handy to go shopping with!

Get a sling. But as everyone else says noone will bat an eyelid at you pushing an empty buggy. Our nursery never let us leave buggies either.

Can everyone stop suggesting a sling for a 9 month old baby on a long arsed bus journey!

Would work let you store it there for the day? Meet a colleague for lunch?

Why what's the problem?!

Use a carrier? I still put my nearly two year old in his when I cba with a buggy.
I don’t think it’s odd to see someone with an empty buggy though. I just assume they’ve just dropped their wee one off somewhere.

Is there suitable space outside the nursery if you left it with a rain cover? We wouldn’t have space inside but we do have a walk way that is only used by parents going to the main entrance that a buggy would be safe and out of the way.

I either used a sling (up to 18 months in the end) or I ditched the pram outside in a bike shed. I had a cheap £5 off Facebook market place pushchair in case it got nicked. It never did presumably because it was awful looking! Did the job though. Once baby was older we cycled, which was quicker than driving.

An hour and a half bus journey, plus walk from station to nursery every day there and back seems unsustainable for a commute with a baby.