Heeeelllloooooo :-)
Who would have ever thought sorting out how we will transport the little ones when the baby arrives would be such hard work! Or am I just TOO fussy??
The Original Plan: Newborn in the buggy and by the time he/she is here Leighton would be fine for walking long journeys as he will be 25months. Then I started thinking more into this and thought maybe just having hope he will be okay 4 long journeys isnt something to rely on!
Plan #2: Get a Double Buggy! That sounded easy enough but then when shopping for a Double Buggy there was too much of a variety and all different!! Did I want 3 wheels or 4? Did I want the little ones sitting next to each other or 1 in front of the other? Did I want the newborn parent facing? The things I became certain on is that I wanted the baby facing me and wanted the baby in a carseat so it would be easy to take him/her up and down the stairs without disturbing her (We live in a flat)
I decided the best thing to do would be to take a trip to Kiddicare and have a play with all the buggies! All the buggies were 1 child sat in front of the other made me feel like I was pushing a bus! They were just tooo long for me, I hated them! The side by side ones wasnt such a good idea either as I imagined struggling to fit thru the shop doors in our old fashioned little town not to mention fitting it thru our flat door! Then I found the Phil & Teds and was advised that the toddler can sit at the bottom and then you can buy an added carseat adapter and have the baby in the carseat parent facing, so.... I brought it!! I used it with Leighton for a month to get use to it, I found it fit thru shop doors fine, and our flat door! Was nice to push too! But fitting it in our little car was a pain!!! We have a Seat Ibiza Sport, far from a family car but with the expense of a new car or a new buggy? We knew which one we HAD to choose! The buggy just had 2 go!!
Plan#3: How about a Buggy Board/Buggy Seat? I Brought a new Buggy, I had wanted the Quinny Buzz for awhile so decided to give it a go! Its a little heavy but I really like it! Happy about something at last! And I really liked the idea the baby would just be in the Carseat that would clip onto the chassis, so we would only need space in the boot for the chassis! Perfect! I decided to get a buggy seat instead of a buggy board bcoz I wouldnt want to be standing with my little legs on one of Mummies shopping trips if I had the choice! So I brought the Buggy Seat (Litaf Seat to Go) and attached it to the Buzz and guess what??.... I HATED it!! It felt so chunky and the wheels wasnt the easier to manouvre, it also looked cheap and tacky! It HAD to go!!
Im running out of options now!!
Plan #4: I have now decided that Leighton will use the Buzz and I will carry the newborn in a sling! Have done abit of research and have found a lady locally who makes them (all safety tested and graded etc) and they have lots of fabric designs to choose from! Sounds great to me! Im going to be paying this lady a visit in the near future. SURELY this is the way forward?? Watch this space ;-)
Would love to hear some recommendations and what u guys all use?
Love 2 u all xxxxx
