Will have two year old and newborn, do I need a double buggy?

[Hailtherain]

My ds will be just shy of two when dc2 is born in march. He is a very active confident walker, though goes his own way not wherever want him to go.

We live in a flat and there is nowhere to put a double buggy at the bottom of our flat, so lugging it up a and down stairs will be a huge pain. Do you think it is at all realistic to think I can get by without one? Is a two year likely to be able to use a buggy board or be more directable as to where he will walk? I have a wrap to carry nb in (though likely to have cs so will need to wait for that to heal). So can put nb in that and ds in existing buggy for some months.
Ds will also be in nursery three days a week so will only have both on my own for two days a week.
Is it mad or realistic to think I can do without double buggy?
P.s. can't drive and no family help other than dh.

The other day I saw a mum out with a baby in pram and a toddler in a seat that hooked over the handles and sat facing his mum. It had a harness and might be an idea if you don't think your toddler will use the buggy board whilst still having a single buggy.

Is it just me who thinks that buggy boards look really uncomfortable- for the adult pushing! They always look hunched over their toddler's head at an angle that looks like they're shortly going to have real back issues.

Ooh starfish, I will look into that. So much to think about!

It depends if you use your car a lot I think. I started off with a double it was so bulky. I bought it before I had a car and it was a Godsend.
Once I bought a car I found it was too much hard work for just nipping here and there.

My friend lent me her buggy board but like pp has said it is difficult to walk with them. I was constantly tripping up.

Finally I bought a soft structured carrier which works out pretty well with single buggy. My ds is only just 2 dd 6m and I tend to walk ds on reins until he is tired then stick him in the buggy and carry dd which works out well for me.

If you dont have a car definitely go for a double buggy or a buggy pod which clips onto the buggy as a separate seat for a toddler, that can be folded up when not in use.

They are clam I broke my wrist tripping up over mine and I'm a bit of a short arse so had to walk leaning really forward so I could reach the handles with my arse stuck out glamorous or what

I've got 2.3 years between DCs and have similar storage problems to you OP. We've got a Maclaren that lies flat so suitable from birth, a buggy board, and a sling. So far we're managing with this combination, DS will usually walk on reins for a fairly long time while baby DD goes in the buggy, then if he gets tired I switch them around and put him in the buggy and her in the sling. We've had limited success with the buggy board, DS is possibly a bit small still and I find that it's not brilliant at going up and down kerbs.

Hmm scarlet,I am a short arse too, so maybe a buggy board not so great after all....