what would you think if you saw a new mum pushing an £800 silver cross pram?

[littlemisschatalot]

just wondering really....and this is in a northern village, not london...

possibly i would think, 'must be the nanny'.

nah, lots of new mums round here oop north with big pram things. I have no idea what they cost.

I once saw one which was all white leather/leatherette and full of froo-froo. looked like a large birthday cake.

I'd go and stand next to the OP with the silver cross pram and watch the reaction of the people going past at seeing a Silver Cross and a Stokke standing side by side...

I just got my stokke off ebay a couple of weeks back and the reaction I get off people ranges from admiration to downrght sneering. I can't get over how many people want to comment about it. I have an insane urge to tell everyone I got it because of my disability and not because I wanted to be "cool".

Regarding slings - I had a selection of slings (yes, including "real" slings) and carriers to begin with to enable me to carry ds and use crutches, and they were good. However, babies get very heavy very quickly, and I soon found I could only use the baby bjorn active without causing injury (it has a proper lumbar support to spread the weight round your hips), and now at 6 months I avoid all sling use. I carry DS for a few yards max using a hippy chick, and for the rest of the time he has to go into the pushchair. So yes, I advocate slings, but they aren't necessarily for everyone, and you can quote me on that as someone who has serious back issues and congenital joint probs and a depressingly long history of trying to find the best way of doing things.

I would think: 'Cher-Ching!'

Personally hate Silver Cross prams and would silently think to myself what a waste of money for something so ugly

i'd think 'wonder if she realises that thing will be useless in 4 months time?'

prams are a waste of money as they are only useful until baby can sit up unaided.

Sanguine I'm in a similar position regarding slings (& I have a wardrobe full - mei teis, pouches, a wrap, 2 ring slings) & had a very serious back injury 9 years ago. They're fine until baby is 5 months old or after that it is extremely painful to use them for any more than half an hour or so - there's no way I'd risk it after 6 months. DH still lugs ds around at 20 months though!

Oh & I love the snotty implication that I've never tried a real sling rofl!

of course real slings will not be the be all and end all for all people with serious back probs. it would be daft to suggest that, sanguine.

are you crackers, totalmisfit, only four months? the one my mum had used to take three kids sometimes. my little sis in the clip-on seat, and wee bro and my other wee sis in the pram facing each other and chatting. in fact, come to think of it, i'd occasionally be allowed to climb into the shopping rack. those things were particularly lovely for my wee bro and sisters when they could sit up, as they could chat directly to my mum.
fair enough if you don't have house space, but to suggest that you wouldn't use them past sitting up isn't fair.

I had a pram which cost about £60 from ebay and used it for ages. Lovely for a winter baby as they are so cosy tucked down in the body, lying on a comfortable mattress, tucked up with blankets. I used to want to change places with my baby! I also like the fact they are high up so you can talk to your baby, and that the baby faces you.
As for sitting up at four months - blimey, that's just a trifle advanced, don't you think?
You can use a pram with a sitting baby, or even a walking one.

tbh, i am very proud of having spent £60 on the BabyDan pushchair i bought for the one on the way. It is like a Mclaren from birth but all around more rubost and better made - and carries a toddler up to 23kilos. it was end of the line hence the giveaway price.

I could do lots with the other £740 but if I had a very large disposable income I may buy a silver cross thingy first for the novelty though I can see how others fall in love with their use-ablility.

and get more slings.

Think I just add, I have an old fashioned huge wheeled silver cross and find it very practical, goes on the train no issues and on the buses that now have to accomodate wheelchair users.
I walk for miles and have (tight squeeze) got it in the car but rmoving the wheels.

We bought ours from a lovely lady who restores them about 8 years ago for a little under £200.

How you can assume that a pram cost x amount-know one know weather these things are gift, heirlooms, long svaed for or bought in the sale, found down the tip and restored. Really its nothing to do with anyone else what type of pram you have and to get judgey about it seems daft. Some people have old fashiponed prams and some dont-just because they doesnt mean they speant a fortune on it. Quite often its the opposite, it was a freebie sat in one or other set of gp's loft!

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indeed cod.

Its is all very odd.

I dont walk around mentally totting up the cost of another persons life-I'm too busy trying to keep up with y own!

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I can honestly say that unless the child was being pushed around
in one of these

or one of these even

I highly doubt that I would notice/care about the price/make or model of pushchair.
If I felt that I was being outcast by my local community, the very last thing that I would attrubute this to would be my pushchair.

I'd think she'd had a baby and pity her leaking orifices.

I'd think - lovely pram - how does she fold it, take it on the bus, afford it, store it, going to have to buy a new one before the baby's 1... but if you have no problem with all those things, it's nobody else's business! Get what you like.

Far too busy to think about someone elses pram!

I'd wrestle you for it!!

Seriously - am having one of them for my next DC and if I'm still in this 2 up 2 down cottage, I'd do as they did back then and store it in the kitchen under the stairs.

They are beautiful, well structured, last forever (if my mum's one hadn't got damp in her loft, it'd still be going strong now - my auntie's is 30yrs after buying it)
and are practical for long walks, naps (or even overnight as per moses basket age) and well, just look gorgeous.

I love SilverCross carriage prams (prefer the Kensington one though with the same size wheels over the Balmoral)

kiskideesameanoldmother on Mon 09-Jun-08 13:15:50
"i take it that you have never used a sling then, cory. at least one that wasn't a bjorn type thing.

people with serious back issue, including congenital ones (and fanjo issues) get on marvellously with slings. "

I did. I had two different slings and they both hurt my fanjo!
My friend who had a bad back wasn't even able to lift her little one into a sling, she just organised her whole life around lifting him as little as possible.

I LOVE them. My mam got one at an auction for £10 when my sis had dn and we have used it for 4 babies so far. They are v practical for long walks and naps when you are out. You can also get more than 1 child in and quite old children can sleep in them. You can get loads on the basket at the bottom. I use a sling when a sling is most practical and a giant pram when that is most practical. Its not up to anyone else what I spend my money on (or my mams £10)

There is something very odd about judging someone else for a decision they have made which has no bearing on anyone else.

"Some people sadly think that money spent = love"

Very judgemental to think that if someone has money then they don't love their baby. Is it only poor people who are capable of love? Its the same logic that leads people to think that tall attractive women are all bitches.

Nothing. That's what I'd think.

Why are you thinking anything of it? Are you surprised that Northerners have money? Are you judgemental because people choose to spend their money on frivolous things? Why are you giving it headspace?

Come to that, why am I giving it headspace ...

Agree 100% with Quattrocentro. Why think anything?

And as a northerner living in London, am mystified by the reference to location.

It was the OP's pram, so don't think she's insulting the northern.