lightweight double pushchair??????????

[firstsupermum]

hi
i have a 2years baby and know pregnant 6months, i have to buy a double pushchair, but i live in 2nd floor and will have to carry the pushchair all the way up and the baby, so i am really looking for the most lightweight one, that can go easier on the bus, train,any ideas????? but not the one that have sit next to sit, oh, i dont like them, i like sit behind sit, so its not to wide, maybe to long

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I wouldn't personally bother with a double with a 2yr gap. How old will 2yo be when baby is born (2yrs 6mo?) I would go for sling and buggy then buggy an dboard - cheaper and easier to manage in a flat I would think.

i've found that side by side ones are much easier for pushing and for on the bus.

something like the baby jogger city mini double would be great for you i think

I have a Phil & Ted's double buggy and its the easiest thing on Earth to push with its large tyre wheels. Weight-wise its about 10 kg and 1 kg extra for the double seat, so not the most heavy double buggy out there at all. But folding it to get on public transport is a nightmare as it has to be taken apart into two pieces then folded, so it might not be what you're looking for. The side by side ones can make it trickier to get the buggy through shop entrances and doorways and it "hogs" the entire pavement/walkway you're pushing it... but if that is easier to fold, then perhaps it might be better for you, but I have no experience of that sort of buggy though. A family member of mine had a Jane tandem buggy for her twin babies and she absolutely loved it.

I have been pondering this one and with that amount of steps I think you would be better with am umbrella style pishchair whether side by side or tandem eg the Cosatto ones or the Mothercare Hoxton, that you can drag up the stairs behind you by the handles without being scared to bump it too much, whilst carrying baby. But I think I would still want baby in a sling to go up stairs with. I can't imagine trying to carry or pull any other double or tandem up two levels of stairs....its about shape and ease of hold etc. I think I would also consider a buggy pod. I dont particularly like them but it may suit your needs better on a light single. The We2 is one of the lightest tandems weight wise but I don't know how easy it is to carry. The BJCM is a fab pushchair but I struggle to lift it through my hallway let alone up stairs. The Skate and Uppa Vista have jump / rumble seats but I don't know how heavy they are to carry and I am not sure if they fold with the jump seats on. If you are able to bump a pushchair up stairs (I have no idea if this is practical for two flights, then the Mountain Buggy Duet or even Nipper 360 may be worth a look but I can't say I would do it. I know they are side by sides but the Duet is narrower than some tandems. Final suggestion would be a Phil and Teds Verve. Heavy but it has a carrying handle so could be bumped up each step but a again not one I would try. In your shoes I would either drag an umbrella fold up the stairs or get your 2 year old a seated buggy board or strollirider or buggypod.

thank you all, i do have a buggy board, i bought it for my 2years baby, but i am think if he will need to sleep will we are out for a long journey, or, tired and need to rest, so since he is not he need to sitdown, specialy it will be winter time????????

If you use a pushchair with a buggy board and then get a sling, you can have the new baby in the pushchair most of the time. Then when the 2 year old gets tired, put the baby in the sling and the two year old in the pushchair. I think you'll find it difficult carrying any double up two flights of stairs and you would have to put the children into your flat, walk downstairs and carry the pushchair up.

I think it would be difficult to get any double up 2 flights of steps but it is also a strain to push a child in a buggy and carry one in a sling all the time.

My friend lives in a 2nd floor flat and leaves her Phil & Teds downstairs with a bike lock on it during the day and gets her partner to take it down in the morning when he leaves the house for work and he/she brings it up when the kids go to bed. Would this be an option for you?

I would say at 2 you would be better of with a double as my DS would'nt have stood for longer walks all the time but use the single and buggy board for shorter periods to get him used to it.

The lightest double would be the Nipper I think but it is a pain to fold at first and I would'nt advise holding baby and taking it upstairs.

Hi, I live on the thrid floor and am due again in October when my LO will be 2 years old. I have been thinking about the same thing but I do leave my buggy downstairs under the stairs and no one seems to mind. I would ask about this or ask your neighbours downstairs if they would mind. I can't even manage getting a single up and down with my daughter let alone a double, so there is no way I would be carting it up and down stairs every time I went out, especially with a newborn. I still dont know whether to buy a double or do the sling buggybaord thing for a bit, but I did find the sling quite tiresome with my daughter and quite difficult to get her in and out of when I needed to.

My friend lives in a 2nd floor flat and leaves her Phil & Teds downstairs with a bike lock on it during the day and gets her partner to take it down in the morning when he leaves the house for work and he/she brings it up when the kids go to bed.

Great tip btw! I wish I'd known/thought of it sooner. I used to lug it up and downstairs myself every day almost! But I think all that did help tone my arms a bit, LOL :)

I spotted earlier that the Chicco CT 0.5 Twin has a carrying handle but it's a side by side. Just thought I would mention it.

thank you tigercametotea about the idea, but it doesnt work with me, as we live with some realy monsters children in the block, just one family, cant control their children, they also bring other children strangers to the block, they are not clean at all, as in the same day when the care taker clean the block, they make a mess, drink all over the floor and stairs, food, paper, and all different thing, i cant leave it downstaire, i am sure it will get durty, i will not know who to blame.
guildfordnanny thanks, i will try to check it.
thank you all