Pram from birth and stairs up to house

[SunSparkle]

Hi

I have about 12 steep stone steps up to my front and back doors. I'm trying to figure out what pram/stroller to buy that's suitable from birth.

Am I better off getting one that I can hopefully pull up the stairs on it's back wheels on my own(would need to be quite light, and baby might end up a bit shaken about)?

Or do I get one where I take baby out of it at the bottom of the stairs, collapse it and carry them both up?

I was looking at things like CityJogger, YoYo, rather than bulky travel systems as I won't have an infant carrier car seat or a carrycot I don't think. (We're getting a 0-4 years carseat that won't move out of the car).

It needs to have wheels suitable for walking in the woods, hence leaning towards CityJogger.

Those who live in houses like mine, or in 1st/2nd floor flats without lifts - what do you do?

There is no where to keep the pram at the bottom of the stairs outside - that would literally be on the road/street.

Thoughts?

Anyone have any pram recommendations?

I think you'd struggle to pull even a lightweight stroller up multiple steps - I've noticed that the small folding ones (so like the yo-yo) typically have small wheels which would be hard work to get up steps safely and maybe not ideal if you're out for off-road walks regularly. I'd probably go for something like the jogger which is reasonably light and folds easily so wouldn't be too difficult to lift in and out.

In terms of getting in, I'd probably take baby and bags in, make safe and then go back for the buggy rather than trying to do everything at once (and do the reverse on the way out). If you've got the car full time you could always leave the buggy in the boot which might be easier.

Baby Jogger City Mini GT all the way I had more than 12 steps to pull it up and the wheels are big enough that it barely jostles the little one. Mostly didn't even wake mine up. It's a fantastic pram. Had one for my first and one for my second and will be getting the double for the third as the second will only just be 18 months.
Wouldn't recommend anything else tbh

The micro buggies are super light, you can grab them and carry them sideways up the steps, you don't have to use the steps to roll them up.
Alternatively, if you do want to use the steps to roll the buggy up and down, go for a buggy with large rubber wheels. They will absorb the bumps and also are much easier to pull up steps. Small hard wheels will be very jarring.

City mini but not the gt. i had that with my first and the gt for my second, i miss how light the mini was. The gt is heavy and bulky to lift.

Scratch the yo-yo off your list - it's my favourite pram but it's absolutely not suited for walks through the woods!

We live in a second floor flat with no lift.
With ds1 I used a stroller and after a few days of carrying it up I just kept it in the boot of tge car and set it up from there when we needed it. Now due dc2 in Feb and have bought travel system with will live in the boot. Going to carry tiny baby in the carry cot up the stairs then when the outgrow tgat I will either just carry them or use a sling to get downstairs then use buggy from the boot. We also need sturdy wheels for rough terrain so got the iccle bubba stomp v3

I had the Mamas and Papas Armadillo Flip and 10 steps to the front door. When they were babies the carrycot lifted off easily so I could carry them in easily then popped back for the frame which folded in one click into a one hand carry.

We had a bugaboo bee 5 and loads of steps, like 30 (top floor in a flat). I'm only small and carried that up with the baby in it or you can easily take off the bassinet bit and carry him up in that but would mean leaving the wheels downstairs and quick dash to get those with baby in doorway which I did when he got a bit heavy. Not ideal but doable.

Have you got a car and is that at the bottom of the steps?
If so, I'd leave it in the car and carry the baby up and down the steps rather than struggle with the pram. Then you can get the one you want and not risk wrecking it dragging it up and down every day.

I keep mine in the boot- works really well!

Carry baby in either in arms, carseat, or use a sling from car to house.

The bee pram was very light and small I remember, but only good for pavements, so depends on the kind of terrain you need.

Have a baby seat inside near you door. Baby out of pram and in seat, leave door open so you can see baby, bring pram in.

Haven’t given birth yet so this may not be very helpful. We’ve got about 8 steps from street to front door, but wide and quite shallow. We’ve gone for a Mountain Buggy Swift as we need a good off-road pram. It is suitable from birth without carrycot (lies flat). Collapses easily and is not too bulky for our narrow hallway when folded, but it’s definitely not as light as a YoYo (B and SIL had that and it was crap for anything apart from pavements and whenever I pushed nephew I felt like I was going to snap something). Anyway I am planning to bring it backwards up the stairs, it has inflatable tyres which will be less bumpy than hard tyres and it’s sturdy. It’s so hard finding the right pram, I’m not sure anything would cover all our needs so we’ve had to compromise!

Thank you so much for all your recommendations! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has awkward steps up to their house.

@pepperwood I don't have a car (neither me or my partner drive or need one at the moment as we work from home and have everything on our doorstep). The 0-4 car seat is for grandparents to be put in their car as they will see us most often.

I think I need to go see the Baby Jogger City Mini and the GT. The Mountain Buggy Swift. The armadillo Flip I lookd for but it's discontinued so I would have to buy second hand if I can find one in good condition.

Those with Bugaboo Bee's - how do the do in the woods/uneven paths with sticks and stones?

Thank you to whoever said to scrap the YoYo - I thought that might be the case but just needed someone to confirm that it wouldn't handle rough ground.

Bugaboo have recently announced that they’re bringing out a new bee—the Bee6.

Apparently the newer version is much better on roughed terrains as they’ve increased the wheel size and suspension