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

[Doing my best]

I got one 2nd hand but DD was only 21 mths.

DD is now 3 and 2 mths, and very rarely wants to get in the pram. If I am in a hurry, she will hope in the toddler seat with some bribing, but it isn't a common thing.

[mbear]

I wouldnt, not when the toddler is nearly 3. Defn a good carrier, and if your really worried, you can get a side by side on ebay for well under $100.
My DD#3 is nearly 3.5....and most times we are at the shops she prefers to walk...sure there are times where she wants to sit down, and lucky i do have my side by side stroller, but more often than not i end up push the twin stroller with only 1 kid in it !!!

[Cassius2]

we got a phil and teds and TBH we dont really use it that often. DD1 had just turned 3 and she was much more able to walk than i had thought...as up until the point that we bought it she was still using the pram a fair bit for trips to the shops etc. and i also wanted to be able to wrangle her if i went for a longer walk or went the shopping centres IYKWIM.

in the end i used a wheely board on our bugaboo (you know the boards that they can stand on). she stands on that and when she gets tired she sits down on it.

if i were to have my time again i'd probably surf ebay for a second hand phil and teds and have it for those (now) rare occassions where i think she might need to be restrained...ie antique stores hahaha!

[Catherine]

best investment I made when my second was born, was an ergo carrier. THe pram I have does not have toddler seat attaching capabilities, but my first (also a bolter) prefered to walk. I found that keeping the pram for her, and putting bub in the carrier was best for us. On a few occasions it was the other way around (the ergo is good to 18 kg, and at 4 I still use it for her sometimes).

Sometimes my 3 year old sat in the basket behind the seat, baby was in sitting up position in the pram...

[Early Kids]

I had DS1 in the stroller and DS2 in a sling and that worked really well for us.

[Becs_bubs]

My DS will only be 17 months when this bub is born next month, but a few months ago I bought a Kolcraft Contours Options Tandem pram from the States - bought it from Walmart through an Australian consignment company, all up including shipping to Queensland it cost less than $500 and is better than most I have seen lately on the market. It has HEAPS of room underneath and 6 or 7 different seating combinations. It's designed so you can even take one seat out and it becomes a single-seater with a massive trolley-like space. Obviously my DS is a bit younger than your DD (mind you, he's already 13 kilos, so I understand the weight-part of the concern with getting a pram!), but I figured I really don't need the stress of chasing a toddler while pushing a newborn, and I won't be physically able to do much baby wearing, unfortunately.

I will add that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pram and can't wait for bub to come out so I can use it!! That being said, I can wait for the night feeds.....

[Baby14]

becs_bubs, I'm looking at the kolcraft online now, how have you found it? I have the strider double but think I must be the only person who doesn't like it, my DS is 21months and wants to sit in the front seat which means I have to put DS2 in the bottom seat & I don't like that he can't see me (neither does he!). I'd love to hear from anyone who has the kolcraft before I spend more money on a pram that might not be any good. TIA