So what rear-facing pushchairs are there then?

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Now my dd 2.6 is v chatty and I hardly think her Mclaren has emotionally stunted her ). I do talk to her a lot, though tbh a lot of the time I reckon I may as well be talking to myself cos she can't hear me. And it is a PITA stopping the pushchair to hear what dd is saying.

Ds is 4 months and pretty much always in the sling at the moment but I could get a rear-facing... I don't really know about rear-facing buggies (though I think this looks cool - no idea whether practical though. And price )

Any suggestions/info?

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Icandy cherry and apple.

There are lots of there

That study is a heap of shite.
DOn't fall fo rthe claptrap.
However, if you want a rear facer, then silver cross and mamas and papas do them. They can face in or out in them.

But don't they all cost hundreds?

But don't they all cost hundreds?

britax vigour 3+ and4+

Yes, they cost a fortune.
Try ebay or second hand.
You don't need one though, honestly!

Some people have been worrying about this for a long time.

My mother is a HV. When we had my son, eleven plus years ago, she was worried about him spending too much time in a forwards-facing buggy. My daughter HATED not being able to see my face in the buggy when she was little.

we had a loola for dd2 which we bought second hand, she fit in it until she was 2.5.

my hauck can be rear facing - but once DS3 was about 10 months old he was trying to turn roundin the pushchair to see where we were going so I turned him forward facing.

He would be total nightmare rear facing now as he'd be constnatly trying to stand up and turn round

Well, I know I don't need one, but as I said, it has always pissed me off a bit that I can't talk to dd properly when she is in it (her verbal skills progressed faster than her eat-enough-to-have-the-energy-to-walk skills). I much prefer her walking..!

Can't justify hundreds when we have perfectly good Maclaren, but is interesting.

Britax one looks great!

Off to research...

I got a Bebe Confort Loola from EBay for £100 and it was 'as new'. Worth a look on there IMHO.

This study would mean a whole generation of kids should be 'emotionally stunted'. Whenever I see baby pictures of my friends, they all seem to be in the same pushchairs that I and my siblings had - the ones that look little more structurally sound than deckchairs (I think they were stripey like deckchairs too). Practically all little people had these in the 70s when they grew too big for prams. We must all be emotionally doomed.

actually I'm glad I didn't have rear facing for DS2 - I can never shut him up as it is

and what about all those children who have ever travelled in the back seat of a car on frequent occasions? Surely they must also be emotional stunted as unless the parent is very foolish they'll be looking at the road and talking to the windscreen

But people in the 70's didn't use buggies until their children were 18mth/2yo. I know, I was one of them as my ds's were in a coach built pram until they were about 2yo, because we walked everywhere. It's each person's choice but personally I don't like not being able to see my baby's face.

Suedonim - they did - my parents have photos of my DB (born '75) and earlier ones of my cousin (born late 60's) in their forward facing buggies from younger than that

Crusha, my Mum has a picture of me in one of those which she got with the cigarette coupons!

I have a picture from 1979 of me (aged 2) in forward facing pushchair and mum pushing my sister (newborn) in carrycot style pram. What puzzles me about that is not whether I was emotionally damaged by it but rather how on earth they got them both in the car! Ok I think they folded up but still - we are talking serious wheels here and it was only a maxi!

i've just bought a rear facer, a bebe confort streety from ebay £75 so will let you know next week when it arrives what i and ds3 16m thinks of it. i too hate constantly stopping to check what they are saying/doing whether ds will like it remains to be seen!

Also and cheaper
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Hauck Infinity
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that study.. was based on kids spending a couple of hours a day in the buggy - is that a realistic figure?

Really, FAQ? There was only one person I knew of who put a tiny in a FF buggy and she was a source of astonishment - I mean, where did she put all the shopping??

The big pram I had for my brood went into our Ford Escort! I later had one of the very first MacLaren pram-buggies, a carrycot that attached to the buggy frame. It was fab, only weighed 11lbs in total, I think.

Yeah, my mum said she had a little seat I sat on when my sis was in pram (this would have been 80s too).