thread: Did you buy a twin pram for your older child and new baby???

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jan 2006
    Qingdao, China
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    MummaMia,

    I had a Valco pram so when DD2 came along, I just got one of those chair thingy's you attach at the front of it. Being that your eldest will be almost 3 when bubs is born, I'm not sure you will get the use out of a twin/tandem pram. KWIM? You might find you have new bubs in there & nobody wanting to use the other side because they are a big girl now?

    You could always look for one that is second-hand to save some $$ & it won't be wasted if you don't use it as much as you would have liked?

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
    14,682

    Nope, I got a carrier instead.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,979

    Yes!!! We just picked up our double pram today! we got an Onyx Baby Jogger City Select and it's awesome!! So excited DD will be 2yrs 3mths when bub arrives and still very much needing her to be in a pram at times esp when I'm on my own shopping which is most the time.

    I also have a carrier for bub and will use that at times too, just depends!

  4. #4
    2013 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Apr 2006
    Winter is coming
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    I got an el-cheapo double for $50 second hand. It is a monster and isn't really suitable for taking in the car but it did the job for a walk to the shop etc. If we were in town then I used a sling for bub and sometimes a pram for DS, but more often he just walked next to me (he was 2 when DD was born).

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
    9,362

    Nope, I didn't. My DD was 2y10months when DS arrived. She was a bolter too. My mother thought I was nuts, especially after she let her go one day in the main street and I (heavily pregnant) had to chase her...but that's another story.
    I had one of those backpack/lead things for her, but she only wore it a grand total of 2 times. That was enough for her to realise that she hated it and she could manage to do the right thing. When walking I wore DS and pushed her in the jogger, and same when out with the stroller. When she got bigger and only wanted to walk she had to hold onto her strap at the side of the stroller. lol she still holds it. That meant in the small amount of time she might still have needed to sleep in the pram, DS was still tiny. Then when he started to want to see more of the world she didn't need to anymore.
    I also didn't want the bulky hassle that goes with a double if I could get away with it.

  6. #6
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2008
    Kurri Kurri
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    There was only 20 months between my DD2 and DD3 so a twin pram was a must. I ended up buying a side-by-side from either Target or Kmart for under $200 and it has been the best thing ever. Folds up small like a normal stroller, both sides recline to sleeping positions if needed and is sturdy enough now to still carry my 4yo when she needs it. I can recommend one of those anytime