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Triple Buggy Help

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Chuffed · 05/12/2007 07:34

OK - I am needing a triple buggy next year and am doing some researching, I have been given a jogger which will be good for walks but won't fit in the car so I will need a second one. As light and small folding as possible with decent handle height (dh is 6ft3)

I'm thinking umbrella stroller as it is probably the only one that might fit in the car.

To carry that many kids (yes triplets) I don't want one with those pesky tiny wheels wheels like a normal maclaren would be OK though.

It is hard to judge the wheel size etc on the internet and I'm in NZ so can't just pop in to see. There isn't really any umbrella triplet strollers here so I have nothing to compare it too.

Help please - thanks in advance.

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belgo · 05/12/2007 07:44

you're expecting triplets? wow!

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 05/12/2007 09:10

Morning Chuffed!! Just wrote you a really long message on MM but my computer wouldn't post it so I'll do it here instead!! hang on I'll just check pooter is working before I waffle on!!

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 05/12/2007 09:10

yep!! Give me two mins!!

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 05/12/2007 09:22

To be honest with you I didn't think the tripple buggy's were worth the money(How much!!)and most of the ones I saw would not fit through shop doors
So first piece of advice is measure the width of the pushchair before you buy it!!! honestly trying to unload three babies to get in somewhere is a nightmare,especially if you are on your own and you don't want to leave an expensive buggy outside(I had this problem even with a double one)
I used a double side by side three wheeler buggy which they could all fit in when they were born,then I used the buggy and a carrier,then a double buggy and a cheap single one(Which is not good for you on your own,but remember you might have someone that offers to take one of them off your hands).
When they got older I used to plop one on top of the double buggy!!!

As for size,my bump stayed quiet tight and high up,you couldn't tell that I was PG until I turned around,people would get the shock of their lives!!! I did go up to 11 1/2 stone,but with three to run after it soon drops off my bump didn't get massive until the last couple of weeks,but saying that i have seen mums with larger bumps who have just one!! I think its the size of the baby,not how many are in there!!!

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Chuffed · 06/12/2007 00:54

Thanks.
I sort of envisioned with an umbrella I might be able to rotate it and pull through a door sideways as sometimes the internal bits are wide enough (say a supermarket) but the door to get in isn't?
There is the double and toddler seat which means my 2yr old could sit in that and I could have one baby in a sling with 2 lying down but I'm unsure whether even that would fit in the boot of the cars we are looking at.
There aren't that many cars that can fit 5 car seats in them and have room in the boot.

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Chuffed · 09/12/2007 01:24

bump? Anyone else?

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stockingfiller · 09/12/2007 02:14

wow thats a lot of babies! bump sorry cant help got just one dd

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