Good Day to you all! How are you doing?
This week I am 34 weeks pregnant. Although my bump is still very neat and contained (hehe) I am definitely feeling the weight of carrying a baby candy! So I get the same tiredness and aching but none of the benefits like people offering me the seat on the bus…
Anyway I have just 2 more weeks left of work so I am hoping they will pass fairly quickly as it’s pretty uncomfortable and hard to concentrate at my desk. I am still low on energy – can’t wait to go on Maternity and do lots of blogging!
We haven’t bought any baby items yet (now here’s hoping baba won’t make an early appearance!). Me and Mr C are both very busy at work and also with sorting the house out so we will be cutting it fine! I am in the process of researching buggies/pushchairs at the moment! Anyone have any suggestions?!
Everyone I ask who has had kids has an opinion on pushchairs! We’re looking for something easy to fold and light if possible, although realistically, I won’t be wheeling the baby around by myself too much. In fact most of the time we will use a carrier as we like to travel light!
So, we are completely open minded to suggestions. We also need a car seat and then we will most likely buy a matching travel cot to go with the pram so the newborn candy can be really comfortable.
So far I like the look of:
- Bugaboo Chameleon – Version 3 (out in September)
- Quinny Buzz
- Silver Cross Surf
- iCandy Peach
But I am sure that is just a few of the options. Anyone got any buggy or pushchair advice? What did you go for?
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Ok, well i got a bit addicted to pushchairs with my first, and we had seven different ones! Finally I settled on the most basic, cheap one I could find and that saw us through the second child as well.
Of the above list, I’ve only tried the Quinny, feels like pushing a limo around. Amazing, but its massive and its very heavy (although you wouldn’t know it pushign it around, its so light and smooth).
Our first one was a Silver cross thing that 3D I think it was called, and it was very disappointing, the breaks weren’t terribly secure for a start…
If money was no object though, I’d have without a doubt gone for a Bugaboo!
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Well shut my mouth and paint me red! On a whim, I decided to google my old blog to see if there might still be anymore cached pages that required removal, only to come across Cosmetic Candy once again. I’d been stopping by the blog periodically, but not often, it would appear!
I had absolutely no idea you were even married, let alone enceinte and in the market for a pram (we call ‘em strollers here in the States, btw)! I’m only now catching up on all the wedding/pregnancy posts, so if I comment on a post from several months ago, you’ll know why.
PS: Congratulations on both counts!
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PPS: Did you know blogger reassigns unused domain names? I found that out the hard way when I clicked on the link to my old site (still up at Blogdorf Goodman, more than three years later, strangely enough) and found that the site’s been taking over by some “celebrity news” blogger who likes to flog fly fishing, psychic readings and ‘high quality live sex cams’ (no, I’m NOT kidding), amongst other things. Don’t know why I bothered to google it in the first place, at this point.
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Im not sure i can be much help as my son will be 18 years old next month. I used a pram that had a carrycot, which is great for if you are out and about and get home and baby is still sleeping you can take the carrycot off and leave baby sleeping. It then has a pushchair seat you put on to the frame. I used to like the look of those two in one pushchairs. I would recommend a stroller for when they are older, its lightweight and can be folded up and put away easily
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Hi there; congratulations on impending motherhood. It’s pretty good fun.
When I had my daughter almost 8 years ago we bought a big pushchair – one that could have the car carrier clipped onto it. In the end, we found it was such a pain in the bum to get an and out of the car, I found I used to carry my baby around in the car carrier seat (you know – the thing that looks like a basket). It was just a lot easier. And once she was sitting up and active, we got a stroller to take on holiday and ended up using that constantly. To be honest, I think you can leave a pushchair purchase for a bit and see what you actually need in real life once you’ve got your little sweetie home and you’re doing things together. If you’ve got a car seat and a sling/carrier, you’re safe for a while. And it’s a heck of an expense, so you want to get one that works for you. I found my needs weren’t what I expected. I was in the car with my tiddler a lot more than I walked with her.
Oh – and in the supermarket, you can get a trolley and put the baby in the car seat in it. (Actually into the trolley as if you were buying it!) It’s nice and stable and safe, and easier than trying to find a bloomin trolley that you can fit the seat onto. Be prepared for cooing people to follow you around wanting to see your beautiful newborn. The universal response is ‘AWWWWWWW!!!!!!’ Don’t be freaked out by it.
Bon voyage. It’s a fun trip, honest. x
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I have a four year old and a 5 month old. And I live my bugaboo!! I have seen the Quinny bit never tried it…but I do believe the bugaboo is lighter in terms of the chassis. I haven’t heard of the others but that may be because I’m in Canada. The bugaboo has lasted me withy irate child to my next. We got a graco car seat and it works so nicely with the car seat adapter. It’s a great stroller!
Btw…I love ur blog!!
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Hi Hun,
Not long left now xx I would recommend something small – as soon as my Son was old enough he was in a stoller – the best thing I did was not to spend a fortune on a pushchair, I got a Mothercare fairly basic one with a carry cot thing that came off.
Good Luck xxxx
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