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Pushchairs
We'll push push push push push push push push push the whole day through...
suzie38 · 27/10/2011 23:15
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suzie38 · 27/10/2011 23:18
Thank you [hgrin]...Not sure if i have the correct number of pushes but it sounds correct in my head!!!
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 13:17
Have you read this about taking pushchairs to aircraft gates at Heathrow? It's hard enough managing a baby with a pushchair, without your pushchair having to be checked in! It can be a long long time from checking in to queuing through security, to hanging around before you even begin the long walk down to the gate! To be honest it would utterly put me off flying with a non walker. Why can't the baggage people simply have a trolley or hoist?
I feel really Grrrr about this one having travelled lots with babies. It's hard hard work especially on your own. My son is wayyyyy too heavy to sling.
So go on...today's challenge - what pushchairs do you know that weigh under 5kgs?
I have the Safety First Surf ......and what I guess will be the essential flying pushchair of the future...the Quinny Yezz......
Anything else??
aswellasyou · 28/10/2011 13:23
Hello!
How ridiculous! If they want to impose a limit, it should be higher than 5kg. Do they not think then that it's a H&S risk to parents carrying a wriggly child who weighs more than 5kg? 
I'd be tempted to demand an escort car thingy to take me to the gate. 
It wouldn't be fun sitting in an airport for 3 hours with a baby on your lap.
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 14:07
More than that, trying to restrain a wriggly crawling baby! I once got stuck at Gatwick with a baby...he would have been about 14 months old. He couldn't walk as yet. We had no luggage - simply hand luggage and the buggy. But at Gatwick they wouldn't give us the pushchair back (pretty usual on a return trip) and I had the longest walk of my life carrying him on my own. But as often happens the pushchairs being last on the plane end up being loaded onto the bottom of the baggage trolley, so arrive last. Trying to keep the baby safe from the moving carousels (never mind the filthy floor) with no seats and my arms already hanging off from the walk was awful. I almost abandoned the pushchair it was that bad. I can't imagine having to queue through security etc and then entertain an older for several hours with no pushchair. Trying to eat, go to the toilet on your own etc with say a 4 month old or napping 15 month old? Or even twins! It really is all my nightmares come at once!
MonkeyJuice · 28/10/2011 15:04
Tiggy which slings have you tried? Wrap slings of the woven type (not moby stretch) are really useful and easily able to carry a child comfortably up to 25
MonkeyJuice · 28/10/2011 15:13
Sorry, was interrupted by child who touched screen of mobile and uploaded before I had finished. Meant to put 25kg.
There are some fab buckle carriers to use also (easier to put on if your not used to the wrap style slings).
I like the babyhawk snap.
It may be easier on your back than no sling. Bjorns and other highstreet brand slings tend to be the least comfortable.
Alternative brands would be the Ergo, patapum, beco, didymos, storchenwiege, hiopediz...and there are many more.
I don't just mean a little more comfortable, i mean drastically different. Totally comfortable, and useful.
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 15:23
I have had all sorts. The Ergo was one of the worst coz it hurt and the baby hugely overheated in spring. I had a Close one when they were little (fab) and have a Babyhawk at the minute. But I can't really use it. DS is too heavy for my front, wouldn't cope on my back, and I have back issues anyway. Carrying is an emergency option or us. The situation above happened some years ago. I used to travel loads on my own with children. But I can barely carry DS to the car at present never mind to an aeroplane!! Thank goodness it's just Gatwick and certain planes!
FriggOmortisFRIGG · 28/10/2011 16:30
help!
i cant get a new bee+ for 2/3 weeks....what do i do?! 
suzie38 · 28/10/2011 16:43
Cheap local preloved to tide you over???
I saw an all black Cameleon with bright pink hood on the drive home, it looked fantastic...I'm now hankering after one with all terrain wheels and Frog wheels plus i came across a lady online that was patenting a tray for them...Do you think DH would go mad??? Then i wouldn't need my Indie or Donkey plus sell the Xari, as i don't feel the love for it even if it is far more gorgeous than a Cameleon...Cameleon would very easily fit in car if back wheels removed...And i have 5 custom sets that are specifically Cameleon but used on everything else, well the liner/footmuffs are...I can't wait till pushchairs no longer inhabit my brain!!!
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 17:00
:( re the Xari. I did like the Chameleon. It's pretty. I bet black with the pink looked great. It was meant to be my one pushchair for life purchase until I realised I needed a double and it would have done that.
Frigg...I don't know what to suggest :( Buy something for the interim? Look at another option?
suzie38 · 28/10/2011 17:10
Got a reply from Nuna UK...Evidently JL will be carrying the whole range by the end of November but if i want it sooner, then they can do a CR and sell to me directly...Now i'm stumped as i'm not exactly in a rush but i was going to use Paypal and buy from The Netherlands.
suzie38 · 28/10/2011 17:41
DH seems to have taken my news well!!! Especially as it'll mean me selling 3 others so we won't have a crowded hallway!!! Just bought some Hungry Catapillar customs off eBay with my Paypal money as they'll fit the Donkey anyway for the time being...May as well wait i think, on the Nuna until it's in JL and see what price it'll be.
FriggOmortisFRIGG · 28/10/2011 19:24
argh1 im going mental
do i
a: buy a 2nd hand bee+
b: buy a BJCM instead
c: buy a BJCM,AND order the bee+ use the BJCM for 2 weeks whilst i wait for the bee+ then sell it on.
d: buy the bee+ and just wait
HELP!!!!
MrsRogers381 · 28/10/2011 20:22
anyone know whether maxi cosi mura is a good pushchair. only thing i might struggle with is size of it in boot of car but other than that it seems like a very practical travel system for us but would like to hear of ppls experiences too :D x
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 20:37
I fancy a Mura but it does look large. It's on my wish list though.
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 20:38
No idea Frigg....if you buy the BJCM though I bet you end up keeping it :o
FriggOmortisFRIGG · 28/10/2011 20:54
*or^ maybe i should get a cam....
whats the fold like?
FriggOmortisFRIGG · 28/10/2011 20:57
no,no,no...cam plus buggy board= too much money...DP would flip...i need a bee+ now!
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 21:03
Cam - 2 piece fold. Lovely pushchair.
Or look at a Peach ;)
Or I know a nice Vista for sale ;)
Oh, I sold the Valco earlier :)
FriggOmortisFRIGG · 28/10/2011 21:15
ummm,i keep looking at others but really want a bee,
harumph.
what ca i get to appease myself in the mean time,that wont push DP over the edge
...ive been looking at the uppababy g=luxe...
Tiggywunkle · 28/10/2011 21:26
Ok..go to EBay and tell us the top ten pushchairs closest to you and the prices :)
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