Do you take your pushchair on the escalators??

[Fcukfifa]

As above!

I did it once on the escalators in our hotel on holiday, the wheel jammed at the top and I nearly went arse over tit over the pram.

My partner does it if we go shopping whilst I stand behind cringing.

Seen lots of people doing it, so was just wondering about the vast majority on here??

Am I the only un-coordinated dick head who can't be trusted on escalators?!

[ShadowFall]

No, I think it's unsafe to take pushchairs on escalators.

I used to think that the inclined travelators would be safe enough until the time I was involved in a bit of a pile up on one in a local supermarket. No-one was hurt, but it was still alarming.

Having said that, I've never been in a position where I've had to go up / downstairs and there's no alternative to the escalator.

[beccajoh]

Only with the single buggy. Wouldn't do it with both kids in the Phil and teds. I barely control the bloody thing on a flat surface.

[PumpkinPie2013]

I don't because my pram is quite heavy when ds is in it, especially if I clip the car seat on rather than use the pram.

I also have a bad back due to scoliosis and a serious whiplash injury 2 years ago so I worry I'm not strong enough to hold on.

Problem is - I'm terrified of lifts!!!

So me and ds rarely go to the shopping centre on our own unless the required shop is on the ground floor

[littleducks]

Oh I agree it is probably safer than carrying down flights of stairs. I feel nervous when doing that with a helpful stranger (though grateful)

[NotCitrus]

I've done it quite a few times, but will go out of my way not to. I hold the buggy with one hand and the handrail with the other, so don't think I'm any more likely to fall down than when it's just me (have fallen down an escalator once in my life, never had anyone land on me from behind hard enough to knock me over, used the Tube for nearly 40 years).

Probably safer than carrying it down flights of stairs, which I do loads (Victoria Station to District line in particular). In shops at least there aren't crowds trying to push past you.

[LiquoriceAllsorts86]

yes I do if I'm feeling impatient but only if my husband is there to help me.

[littleducks]

Yes. Have done for years. But then I use the tube a lot and am generally traveling alone. I like usinga skiing but sometimes needa buggy. I think being a regular tube user normalises it.

I know they don't like it at Brent Cross, I think something happened with a Bugaboo bee as the wheels are soft and the signs and tannoy announcements specifically mention this.

[ShelaghTurner]

Our m&s lift is always out of service. You have to find a staff member to take you in the trade lift. It's a pain in the arse and the reason I attempted to take my Apple on the escalator in there

[Sparklingbrook]

Oh yes, they have a lift. I wondered if there had been a buggy/pram incident in that particular store for them to do it IYKWIM.

[Boomerwang]

Sparkling, do they at least have a lift in that M&S? They are pretty good I think I've found a lift in all the ones I've been in.

[Sparklingbrook]

In my local M&S (I think it was) there are silver bollard things that only allow people sized things through to the escalator.

Seems sensible.

[flipflopsonfifthavenue]

wow, I must be the worst mum! I always go by escalator, but then again I live in London and it would be very hard to get around if I could only use lifts on the tube. Going up I lift buggy up so it's on its front wheels and the buggy is in level sitting position, going down I push down on the handles onto back wheels so it's level again. DS is always strapped in so I don't worry about him falling out, and there is usually plenty of room at the top and bottom to get full control before coming off the escalator.

I thought everyone did this...??!! this thread is a revelation. I do it with my bugaboo bee and Maclaren.

[Trapper]

Oh - mine is a Phil&Ted containing 2DS(2&3).

[Trapper]

I have, and do. On the tube, mainly. There are no other options at a number of stations.
I have intervened a couple of times when tourists have been about to take a pushchair on facing forwards on an 'up' escalator, and stopped an escalator once when a lady with a toddler (walking) and baby (pushchair) got into difficulty just after getting on.
First time is scary, but you soon get used to it.

[ShelaghTurner]

Depends on the pushchair. I have done it easily with a Techno and a Bee. When I tried it with an iCandy Apple I got stuck (I know, I'm stupid!) and I have a BJCM GT at the moment and wouldn't do it with that. I know that you're not supposed to but waiting for lifts sometimes is soul destroying.

[RiverTam]

if there is no other way, yes, I have done a few times. Going down is easier than going up!

[BobPatandIgglePiggle]

I did it once and will never do it again.

Ds was tiny and still in the car seat clip on so the pram was really heavy. Stepped on, dragged the buggy behind me and began a ride of terror

I only just managed to cling on to the buggy and was shaking by the time we got to the top.

Never again

Dp does though, with annoying ease

[Fcukfifa]

I am however, very tired this morning and can't seem to form a coherent post

[Fcukfifa]

Saltygoodness, wish I could blame being sleep deprived tired when the front wheels got caught at the top but nope, I was all refreshed on holiday. I'm just an uncoordinated, clumsy tool!

Dh though is a cool as a cucumber, annoyingly good at everything kind of person so is happy to do it.

Just remembered when I young I tripped at the top of the escalators and my fingers nearly got trapped, maybe I should just stay away from them!

[SaltyGoodness]

I think it's one of those parenting things that you can do - but only if you're switched on and wide awake IYSWIM... there's quite a lot we do, as a parent, on autopilot when sleep deprived and exhausted and this should not be one of them. You have to be 100% present and that's an attitude I've taken with anything involving a slope since tripping on the stairs at work (in high heels... Those were the days) and breaking my foot ten years ago. It changed how I think. And I suspect a lot of the accidents we're talking about here are far more attributable to tiredness/inattention than anything else.

[Grotbagstwin]

No I don't.

A friend of ours lost her grip/balance when coming down one and thr stroller actually flipped as it went down hurting someone else, luckily toddler escaped with bruising.
It made the local paper to warn people not to do it including a pic of our friend with a sad face.

[mummratheevertired]

Just read through the thread. Will still have to do it from time to time but will have to be more aware and careful. (I was always careful probably just not as much as I should have been)

[mummratheevertired]

Yes I do, a lot. I live in london thought so sometimes there is no other way. I have even been up an escalator which had a sign up saying 'no pushchairs, especially not Bugaboo Bees' (Brent Cross) I had a Bugaboo Bee. I am wreckless!

[Boomerwang]

Yes I've done it as there's no lift in my local clothing store (yes, that's ONE clothing store in the whole area, and also the only one that sells baby clothes) and I hate it every time. The staff say they will help if I ask, but I don't see how they can be immune to a possible accident although I accept they probably have a fair amount of experience. They are silly to offer, in fact, because they'd be liable if anything bad were to happen.

[SecretRed]

I did with my first two children. Then a couple of years ago I was travelling down on an escalator with 8 yo dd when the couple in front if us got their pram stuck at the very bottom. The panic I felt as we approached them knowing that there was nowhere to go was awful and luckily they moved just in time. I always take my toddlers buggy in the lift now as that scared the bejesus out of me.