Amid my days of scouring the Internet for jobs to apply for, I've recently let myself take breaks to look at baby stuff online. I figure it's about time to start thinking about some things baby related...like strollers. Since it was confirmed I actually have a baby inside me on October 25th, I've been thinking about stuff I would like to pick out before we find out if we're having a boy or a girl. A stroller, or travel system (stroller, carseat, etc.) is one of those things. I definitely want to choose something suitable for either gender. Baby bedding is also something I want to pick out before knowing the gender, but that's another post.
While looking at travel systems online, I had a few criteria. It had to be safe and proven safe by whoever proves those things. It had to work for either a girl or a boy. That means pink was out. Pink was out anyway. I would never buy a pink stroller. I think most blue things work for girls as well, so this left lots of color options. Finally, it had to be something we actually could see ourselves pushing and carrying around for the next year and half or so. That means we had to check them out in person to make sure we could be comfortable carrying, pushing, and folding up the thing.
First came the Internet research, though. I knew I would not let this consume my life and make it harder than it had to be. So after some casual looking for a couple days, one night I decided to pick one or two that we liked. I wanted to choose something available at Babies R Us because that makes it super duper easy to register for. I ended up mainly looking at Graco and Chicco. After looking up all the info I could find about them, I ended up preferring a Chicco travel system. I liked the colors (from what I could tell from the pictures online), it got great ratings from actual users, and it had excellent safety ratings. Last weekend, we went to Babies R Us and checked it out in person. We pushed it around some and carried the car seat down the aisle. We had some assistance from an employee who showed us how to take the car seat out the stroller and fold up the stroller with one hand. Yeah, we had no idea what we were doing of course. We are newbies. We liked it, though, and we're going to stick to this decision. That wasn't so hard. Check one off the list.
Chicco Travel System
We have the Chicco travel system and love it. Sure, some other travel systems may maneuver more smoothly or look cooler, but this has definitely been the best workable system for the price. The best part is that the infant carrier accommodates children up to 30lbs and 30" long - which will really help you postpone the need for the next car seat and you can keep the baby in the safer backwards facing position for much longer. We also loved the fact that the stroller reclines flat, which is great for those early infant days of walking around the neighborhood. Good choice!!
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