I have one DS, 3.7 and one DS, 4 months. Before DS1 was born, I did no research at all into pushchairs and ended up with a bit of a lemon! Britax Vision travel system, compatible with Cosy Tot carseat, which we also bought. It is a very cumbersome pushchair, dismantling it to fit the chassis in the car takes me forever and it is such a clunky old thing. Plus, it doesn't even fit in the boot of my car - shows you just how little research I did!! However, it cost a fair bit, and I didn't feel I could justify buying a whole new contraption for DS2, so I have been pushing him around in it for 4 months. He is a big boy though and already getting too big for the newborn set-up, and I now need to convert the pram mode into sit-up toddler mode, but don't really want to have him facing away from me yet! So I am thinking I would like to buy something new after all. I know that there are many pushchair experts on MN, so I am hoping to benefit from your collective wisdom! Here are my requirements:
- can be forward or rear facing
- compatible with a Lascal buggy board (for DS1)
- fairly lightweight
- easy to fold
- not hugely expensive: am thinking not more than £250
- big enough for a chunky baby who will no doubt become a chunky toddler, but not too big as I have a small car
- would be great if it also happened to be compatible with the Cosy Tot carseat (Britax), but from the research I have done, I don't think this will be possible for my budget, so this is not a deal breaker
- prefer to buy new, not really much of an e-bayer
I am hoping some of you out there will have the answer for me!! Thanks a million if you are still reading!!