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What the heck pram or buggy do I buy for a newborn?

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Paranoid1stTimer · 14/10/2007 17:53

Hello - sorry if this question has been answered a billion times before but I can't quite find what I need....

We are expecting our 1st baby in March 2008 and the prospective Grandparents kindly want to buy us a pram/buggy. I've started looking and am totally overwhelmed with the amount of choice out there.... Bugaboos (!?!) Micralites Travel systems Buggy boards.... I am totally lost.

We need to know, what do we ask for - pram, buggy, travel system? I've heard you only use a pram for 6 months then onto a buggy but you can't use a buggy for a newborn... Help please! Thanks soooooooo much in advance for your advice.. I am a complete newbie to all this maternal stuff but I am quite happy to learn the lingo

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LadyVictoriaOfCake · 14/10/2007 19:44

mrsB, can you take over for a bit, am off to bath my monsters.

MrsBadger · 14/10/2007 19:46

sure, till dinner is ready at least

saw the 3d yesterday, tis very lovely in pram mode - frilly white liner gets old ladies cooing like mad

BellaBear · 14/10/2007 19:49

Thank you very much LadyV and MrsBadger!

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MerlinsBeard · 14/10/2007 19:53

what is the pushchair like on the 3d? have nly seen it up so far in pram mode, seems a bit low down

have looked at the lola but it feels rickety compared to a new pliko/3d

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 14/10/2007 20:10

very spacious and lovely.

MerlinsBeard · 14/10/2007 20:12

its not rearfacing is it?

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 14/10/2007 20:15

not in pushchair mode.

m+p/peg are bringing one out but think its for canada only, and the seat can be reversed in pushchair mode as well.

PinkElephant · 14/10/2007 21:42

quite fancied the silvercross 3d or the mamas and papas pliko but found both a bit heavy and with the mass of material folded up. Also the seat is forward facing only and wanted one that was rear facing also

Thelittlesoldiersmummy · 14/10/2007 21:45

Sorry to jump in but I tested the Bugaboo Bee at the weekend and its Fab it can face either way, No need to remove the seat for folding, its really light, looks super and you can get a newborn cacoon to go in it so acts like a carrycot I would highly recommend it although its orders at the moment delivery end of Dec beginning of Jan and is coming in at £395 for the pushchair! Check the Bugaboo website out but well worth seeing it in the flesh!

suwoo · 14/10/2007 21:49

Voting for Loola here too, with your requirements. Although if you do shopping on foot, then the basket is crap, but OK for general paraphenalia.

MrsTittleMouse · 14/10/2007 22:10

We almost bought the Mothercare city lite, which was fab, but a bit small. DD is very long/tall (and we were forwarned by the ultrasound scans), so we went for the Maclaren Techno instead. Both are fine for newborns (they recline completely), both fold up well, and both last into toddlerdom. I just didn't see the point of a pram, and when we tried one at the ILs, DD hated it because she couldn't see out (at 4 months, so old enough to be interested in things around her, not old enough to sit up unaided).

JoanWilder · 14/10/2007 22:15

we chose well too, still using the main buggy (which officially was a travel system) and a smaller orange pushchair from when she was about 7/8mths for easy manouvering round the shops and folding up in the car

weve got an urban detour 3 wheel travel system from mothercare
one drawback is the inflatable tyres, comfy for dd but had a fair few punctures, this seems fine now weve filled every wheel with puncture foam
it is a heavy buggy, and takes 2 hands and a strongish person to hoist into the boot
but it is very useful;...
had a carrycot fitting for the first 3 months, more snug for baby lying down. then became a buggy when dd wanted to see more of the world, and the carseat was important, and the carseat could be used on the buggy too if shed fallen asleep in the car on the way to somewhere no need to wake her up, just click whole carseat onto buggy.

jamila169 · 14/10/2007 22:19

We tried out the silver cross 3d, the loola, and the cosatto mobi - went with the mobi in the end (like a hauck infinity) because it folds down small,and the carrycot is a sensible size. I found the loola and all it's bits are incredibly heavy (I'm used to a chicco CT01 so not spoiled by lightweight buggies) and the siver cross ones are gorgeous, but i wish they'd sort out a proper compact fold (we've got a Disco and an MPV and no way would the frames go in the boot)
The mobi and the infinity both look like bugaboos but are half the price and seem a lot easier to clip bits onto and off of
Lisa X

JoanWilder · 14/10/2007 22:19

further to that...the carseat can click in facing the pusher, v useful, the shopping basket is large and easy to steer too.

I was jealous of my friends black silver cross pram that turned into a pushchair tho, sorry dont know make

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Paranoid1stTimer · 14/10/2007 23:04

Thank you so much! I knew you would all have the expert advice. It is so confusing and I will be waiting for the Jan sales as advised!!!

Thanks again

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theUrbanDevil · 15/10/2007 08:53

just to jump in - we've got an iCoo plasma 7, which is great as it faces either way, lies completely flat, has a car seat and carry cot attachment (though we didn't use these as only got it when ds was 6 mo) and is lovely to push. it is quite pricey but imo worth it. the only downside is the rubbish basket underneath, doesn't fit much in after you've put a changing bag there!

another good option is the quinny buzz, my friend has one and it's lovely!!

PinkElephant · 16/10/2007 09:47

OMG I am soooo confused now about the whole pram thing. There are even more prams available than I originally thought!!!

imjin100 · 16/10/2007 10:19

sorry to intrude but I've just been reading this thread as in a similar position to paranoid1ststimer, infact we're both on the march thread.
there are a couple of people here who obviously know their stuff and I wondered if I could raise a question....I have been advised the phil and ted's is very good and someone explained to me that pushing 3 wheels is easier than 4, if you're going to do lots of walking (as I am). I just wondered if there are any views here on that? It is my first child, to answer Lady Victoria's questions earlier which I think are crucial I will use public transport rarely, but I will use a car often, don't have a huge amount of storage space, walking around town but also in the parks. Budget, flexible. Help?!
thank you so much and again sorry to intrude on this.

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 16/10/2007 10:22

imjin, the phil and teds is good as a double, are you planning on mroe childen in the near future?

persoanlly i dont think its the best 3 wheeler as a single its price range. i much prefer the mountain buggy urban, but it is wider. but it folds easier than the p+t. the p+t is a smaller folder, and fits neatly in the car boot. also its suitable from birth. the cocoon is lovely for a newborn as well, but the lie back seat is very low to the ground, i found this hard to lift dd3 in and out easily.

imjin100 · 16/10/2007 12:12

ladyvictoria, thank you for your comments. We are planning a second but it's taken 15months to conceive a first so who knows if they will be close together, hopefully they will but i've realised you can't buck nature and what it has planned for you!
Good advise on the P+T's. Any thoughts on why you get a 3 wheeler rather than 4?

trockodile · 16/10/2007 14:17

I had an i'coo (platon -i think!) and loved it. Quite bulky but really comfy and sturdy (and still in use for 21/2 year old). BUT for a while we had no car -and that is when i would have a travel system funnily enough! It means that you always have the car seat if you need a taxi/get offered a lift and it is easy to just lift baby in carseat and put on bus if necessary (makes folding pushchair easier too as you do not then have baby in your arms!)

nappyaddict · 26/10/2007 21:39

we've never used a buggy with our 16 month old.

we have 2 prams.

one is a zooperzydeco

the other is a mutsy 3 rider.

i love them both!

nappyaddict · 26/10/2007 21:46

3 wheelers are easier to push because on uneven ground three is the maximum number of points which can be in contact with the ground at any one time so if you have four wheels one will always be in the air causing the pushchair to rock.

The larger the wheel the shallower the 'angle of attack' against any obstacle - bumps, undergrowth etc.

MerlinsBeard · 26/10/2007 21:49

i struggled with a 3 wheeler actually. not only was ours HUGE (Urban detour) i kept tipping it up when i went up or down kerbs. Ended up selling it to a friend. hated the tyres - they kept getting punctures, ended up hating the raincover as i could never fold it back up small enough to go in its special place and it took up space in the basket that i needed to fill with shopping.

nappyaddict · 26/10/2007 21:56

to prevent punctures you need to use special tape or slime tyre sealant

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