I'm experiencing stroller stress. Ideally, we would only ever buy one stroller. I can think of all sorts of scenarios where we MIGHT use a stroller, but I don't know what we will realistically do once LO arrives. Assuming LO takes to being carried, we might carry more than use the stroller. How often do you use your stroller, and for what activities? Do you use your stroller more, less, or as much as you thought you would?
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I never thought I would baby wear and I ended up desperately going out and buying an Ergo and I love it. I do still love my stroller and use it but always make sure to have my Ergo for trips to the store.
I like my stroller for longer trips to the mall, long walks around our neighborhood or to the park, and sometimes for shopping. Its also nice for around the yard (like if I have to wash my car she can sit in the stroller).
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We have two: a lightweight umbrella that we use all the time for shopping and anytime we're in/out of the car, and a jogger for exercise/walks. Love them both, but the lightweight is definitely the necessity. The jogger is just a nice luxury.
When he was smaller we used a car seat + stroller frame combo. We did use a carrier at times, too, but he turned out to be a heavy kid and would nap better in his seat rather than in the carrier.
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My situation is exactly like @Mrs. Yoyo.
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we live in a walking city so the stroller is our car. we use it every single day. we use the bugaboo bee for olive, and a maclaren quest umbrella stroller for charlie. we haven't bought a double stroller so we just take out two if we need to, but most of the time charlie walks everywhere (since we usually stay in our neighborhood).
we used the car seat + stroller frame for both charlie and olive and loved it. that sounds like a good option for you until you figure out what stroller to get.
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We absolutely love our stroller (UppaBaby Vista) but to be honest we do not use it that often. It's very handy for when we spend the entire day somewhere, like the mall or the city, but we very rarely do that. We live in the suburbs so we pretty much live out of our car. So we probably end up using our stroller about once a week. However, when he was younger we used our snap and go all the time. Now that he's 2.5 he wants to walk everywhere and it's easier than lugging out the stroller. When this baby comes in July I suspect we'll be using the stroller a lot more again.
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We use it all the time. Lo is soooo heavy and when I'm out doing things I need my hands, but she's too heavy for a carrier with my migraines.
We keep an umbrella stroller in the car, and have a big stroller from when she was an infant.
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I use it soo much more than I thought I would. I planned to baby wear from the get-go, but registered for the Jeep Liberty for jogging. I use it all the time though.
I do baby wear probably half the time, in grocery stores, I always baby wear otherwise he will cry in the car. He has a maximum amount of time he can be in his carseat, the carseat is compatible with the jeep liberty stroller, so if he's sleeping I will just transfer the seat to the stroller - but I have to be sure to get some carry time in there or he will cry the whole way home. It's a balance for him
We take walks quite a bit as well, and if he's not napping - going for a walk in the stroller is a good way to get him to sleep. Now that he's three months old, he is a lot better in the stroller because he is more aware and can see me walking him, so he knows I'm near. Whereas when he was a newborn he would cry because we weren't holding him.
My sister baby wears nearly exclusively and she has a 21 lb 9 month old! She has a baby hawk and says she can carry him in it for a whole hour without even feeling it. So getting a good carrier makes all the difference.
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We have a BOB, and we use it for running and some walks. Otherwise, we carry LO (7 months) in the Ergo. We'll probably get an inexpensive umbrella stroller at some point in the future, but for now, having just the BOB has been perfect for us. We live in the suburbs - I might feel differently if I lived in a city.
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I use our Chicco stroller frame about once a week!
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We have only one stroller (Jeep Liberty) and we use it almost every day, I love it. He is still too small to go in the stroller without the carseat for now. We keep it in the back of the car, so it is available any time. I do have a sling that I use sometimes, but carrying him and the diaper bag can be awkward.
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We use it all the time, everyday. We live in tokyo so we walk or take the train everywhere. LO doesn't like to be carried for long periods. We have the bugaboo bee and have used it since LO was born, with the infant cocoon or a car seat.
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We have the uppababy vista and use it a few times a week. I use it with the carseat when we go to the grocery store or the mall. We also will take walks in the stroller if it's too hot to use the carrier.
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We have an Uppababy Vista. We live downtown so we do a lot of walking. I like the stroller for when we are going to be out for a while because I can stash all my stuff and the diaper bag in it. But it can be prohibitively large. There are some stores we can't go in because the stroller just won't fit. When we stop for coffee, we usually leave it outside and then I end up watching it to make sure no one strolls away with it!
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I have two strollers-the BOB and the Uppababy Vista. Baby Girl is a month old and I have used the BOB almost every day for the past 3 weeks-she can get a little fussy in the late afternoon and a stroller ride seems to be the only thing that calms her down. I've only used the uppababy once (so far) for a mall outing...but she doesn't fit in it as well (and the bassinet feature is too cumbersome for me).
Baby Girl would probably do just as well if I wore her instead of taking her for a walk, but since I have to be in a bridesmaids dress in a few months, I figured I could use the exercise (as much as she could use the fresh air).
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we have 3 now. Umbrella, Double stroller and the classic stroller that came with the travel seat.
We use the double pretty often. I go for walks daily (when the weather permits) and when we go shopping (if there are no carts) Otherwise I put her in the cart and sit Mavrick in the top part.
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A couple times a week. Glad we didn't invest in an expensive one!
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A couple of times/week! I think we will use a double more with the new baby coming, but we will see
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Every day. I use it to go for walks and to our local grocery store.
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Do you live in the suburbs? I think that makes a big difference.
We do and used the snap and go with infant car seat a lot for the first 6 months. Then we used the stroller a good amount for the next 6 months. But then once the DD turned 1 year and wanted to walk we barely use it. We stopped altogether at 18 months.
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We got a travel system/ I push him around the neighborhood foe my recovery... and it helps with his gas, so lo sleeps the whole walk. we can t go out when it s too hot though, so it hasn t been daily
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I use my stroller every day for a dog walk (and mommy exercise). It is a rugged one because I knew I'd use it for this. (We live in a forest/beach/gravel road area). But it's definitely too big for going to the mall....but I live in a small town with no malls.
If I'm going into a store, I either just carry the carseat for a short visit or I put him into the wrap carrier if I'll be walking around, for example when I do my chores downtown and will be going into a few stores.
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We use our Britax B Ready all the time. I also have the Britax Umbrella stroller, both can be used as travel systems and the B Ready converts to a double stroller,
I wore LO a little in the beginning, but the stroller was our go to
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