Depends on the toddler seat and the double pram you are thinking about. Many prams that take toddler seats are more prone to tipping, but many twin prams are difficult to fit in the car or flimsy. We are going to buy a toddler seat that clips onto the side of the pram and has it's own wheel for support, but I will also have the sling for when Em wants to go to sleep I can put the baby in the sling and put Em in the pram and put the capsule on her seat while it is empty.
Many toddler seats dont recline so it might be worth borrowing a friend's twin for a while and a pram with a toddler seat and see what suits your needs better.
we bought the double phil and teds with our first baby. our son will be 23 months when this bubs arrives. so i hope i like it!! ali- had a great suggestion can you try other peoples before buying??
I really needed a double pram when E was born - Iz was still too small to go into a toddler seat. But if I was in your position with the age Mason will be, I would definitely be going the single with the toddler seat. These days Iz would much rather walk than be in the pram and never sleeps if we're just cruising around the shops. The only proviso to this is if you go for long walks - I still love my big double for taking the girls for walks (I'm talking 1.5 hour walk) because even if Iz doesn't sleep, she's gets into that trance state and the extra support is brilliant.
You had a HAB with Mason didn't you? That will probably buy you an extra couple of months anyway with your new bub being in that and Mason in the pram.
We got a lovencare double pran (I call it the road train ). I don't really like it much. It's kinda hard to push and just big. Naturally being a double pram, LOL! We brought this pram cause both seats recline and DD still falls asleep when out sometimes. I mostly only use this pram when we are going on long trips, like walking around the shops for hours or going to the zoo or something. I used my peanut shell sling for DS for the first 6wks or so, though he got too big to lay in it pretty quickly, now I use the babybjorn, though he's getting too heavy for me to carry him in it and is hurting my back. DD goes in the single pram. I can carry DS in the peanut shell again when he can hold his body steadier, just for short trips though. I want an ergo, but have to save for it. DD walks alot of the time now, so that helps. If you're going to wear the new bub a bit and depending on where you go, I don't know if I'd bother with a double pram tbh. Maybe a toddler seat would be easier, but they can be dangerous as a pp said, that's why I never brought one.
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Hi
I have used both and they both had advantages and disadvantages.
The double pram was great for the kids when they fell asleep but a nightmare to get around a shopping centre. Lots of shops where we live don't have ramps and the extra width made it difficult to get through all but the disabled checkout at our local supermarket. I did have a side by side pram though, maybe a tandem would have been better.
The toddler seat was great but I had a bertini Bidwell pram, very sturdy and not easy to tip over. Not so good when my daughter fell asleep though.
L.B.
I love my P & T. I know M will be a bit older than Izzy but it is still far more comfy for her than a toddler seat especially for longer walks and shopping trips as Lulu mentioned and we do lots of walking.
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). I don't really like it much. It's kinda hard to push and just big. Naturally being a double pram, LOL! We brought this pram cause both seats recline and DD still falls asleep when out sometimes. I mostly only use this pram when we are going on long trips, like walking around the shops for hours or going to the zoo or something. I used my peanut shell sling for DS for the first 6wks or so, though he got too big to lay in it pretty quickly, now I use the babybjorn, though he's getting too heavy for me to carry him in it and is hurting my back. DD goes in the single pram. I can carry DS in the peanut shell again when he can hold his body steadier, just for short trips though. I want an ergo, but have to save for it. DD walks alot of the time now, so that helps. If you're going to wear the new bub a bit and depending on where you go, I don't know if I'd bother with a double pram tbh. Maybe a toddler seat would be easier, but they can be dangerous as a pp said, that's why I never brought one.
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