Yay! Just what I needed when sitting at the computer, wide awake, at 3 am!
Rivka, what kind of stroller did you end up getting, and do you like it? I foudn posts in your memories talking about checking out strollers, but didn't see one where you picked one or commented on it after the fact.
To begin with, we had a Snap N Go - the thingy that infant carseats snap into. Loved it. Unfortunately, Alex became too long for the infant carseat before she was five months old.
Now we have a Combi City Savvy. Things I like about it: extremely lightweight, easily maneuverable, folds up very small and has a shoulder strap for carrying while folded. Things I don't like about it: the basket is very hard to access when the baby is in the stroller, and it's too small.
We're going to get a convertible carseat that you can use both back and front facing, from newborn to 40 pounds, so we're not in the market for a stroller that a carseat attaches to. Does the other stroller work from newborn up, or is it only for older babies? The problem I'm having (in online research; haven't gone to the store yet) is finding a lightweight stroller that fully reclines so you can put a newborn in it.
(I posted a comment to you in Christie's journal a while ago, hinting at this development, but I don't know if you saw it or followed up on it. :) )
Lightweight strollers pretty much don't recline fully for newborns. My friend Emily is crazy about her Zooper, and that does fully recline - you might look into that. But at 16lbs and only partially collapsible, it's more of a middleweight stroller. Still, she does take it on the bus.
Lightweight may be the wrong term to use; I want something that is not *too* heavy, and something that folds up to go in the trunk, but what I really don't want is one of those HUGE strollers or travel system dealies.
Also, I have serious doubts about how well newborns really fit into convertible carseats. Is your husband really big? Do you have reason to suspect that you're having a larger-than-usual baby? Is there anyone you could borrow an infant seat from?
Well, both Mr. R. and his brother weighted about 9 pounds when they were born, but that doesn't necessarily mean we'll have a big baby. I would check out what you say about convertible seats, but as it happened a colleague has given me an infant seat, so we can use that for a few months at the beginning.
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Date: 2006-01-27 08:03 am (UTC)Rivka, what kind of stroller did you end up getting, and do you like it? I foudn posts in your memories talking about checking out strollers, but didn't see one where you picked one or commented on it after the fact.
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Date: 2006-01-27 11:44 pm (UTC)Now we have a Combi City Savvy. Things I like about it: extremely lightweight, easily maneuverable, folds up very small and has a shoulder strap for carrying while folded. Things I don't like about it: the basket is very hard to access when the baby is in the stroller, and it's too small.
(And congratulations!)
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Date: 2006-01-28 01:31 am (UTC)(I posted a comment to you in Christie's journal a while ago, hinting at this development, but I don't know if you saw it or followed up on it. :) )
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