Its the beige one. R keeps teasing me with that old joke of "beige, I think I'll paint the ceiling beige". As much as I would have loved to go one of the funkier colours I'm really more of a blend into the background kind of girl so beige is a better choice. It was such a bargain - part of me is worried about it being too good to be true!! R is jokingly suggesting we buy two and sell one of them when it gets here. It really is seriously ridiculous that I can buy the same product from the other side of the world for less than half the price I would have to pay here
Omg I'm so excited for you!!!!!!!! You will adore it. And yes, EVERYONE says it looks space age/like a spaceship lol. Very excited to hear how you love it!
I loved my Stokke - really, really loved it! I gave it away 2 weeks ago to a good friends sister, a) because they were really struggling to pull things together financially for their new baby and b) because I'm having twins. The first thing I thought when I found out I was having twins was - now I can't use my Stokke!
Lulu can you offer any advice on how I would check out buying a Bugaboo Donkey online overseas? I read the comment about side by sides being not so great? Any feedback girls? I just don't like the idea of stacking two babies of the same age on top of each other? The Donkey seems quite ugly when it has bassinets side by side - but when you use the seconday seat when they're a bit older it doesn't look so bad?
I'd really appreciate any advice. I'm just getting my head around being a 6 car seat family!!, twins plus an almost 3 years old x 2 cars (one for me and one for DH).
I had side by side double prams for my DDs and TBH I loved them. Yes, they can be a monumental pain in the bum in some shops - don't even get me started on how I feel about Dymocks at Morley at Christmas time!! - but IMO so much better space and visibility for the kids and much better manoueverability. I hated the P&T's I tried out with my two and while I'm happy to believe the newer ideas are improved, I still think I would go a side by side if I had to do it all again - so much so I am only just now selling my doubles now that I'm sure I'm only having one this time.
I found a great shop in the US that was really helpful and had great prices for the Stokke, which was then beaten only in delivery amount by the UK place. Google baby on the run. The guy that runs it is fantastic and really helpful with any queries you have. On the website it has a price for the Donkey of uS$1,199 - not sure how that compares to here.
I got my Stokke through a UK buyer on eBay (hence part of my concern about it being too good to be true!) - just did a search of stokke xplory and ticked the little bit in the advanced search search about looking for items available to Australia and she had listings of stokkes. The only checking I've done is ebay reputation and comments so fingers crossed it will be all good. All of the actual "proper" stores in the UK say they don't do deliver to Aus, although maybe they could arrange something if you contacted them direct? There is an online store - google pram centre online uk - that sells Donkeys but it doesn't give the price. They had very good prices for stokke so might be worth an email to see if (A) they'll ship to Aus and (B) what price it is.
If there's anything else I can think of I'll let you know. Likewise if you've got any other queries hit me with them. I looooooove pram shopping!
A wealth of information on Prams AND hospitals you've talked me into the Donkey - I'm thinking if it's girls - the cream covers with black bottom and it's boys - well the red is cool - not what I'd normally do as it's pretty in your face - but my two sons have lived in navy, red, blue, white, grey and black their entire lives. Poor DS 10 is desperate for some other colours in his wardrobe! Hehehe.
I might have to consult you re strollers as well. I love my Maclaren I'm tempted just to have two single strollers for use when I'm with someone else - eg DH or my mum or when traveling? And Donkey for when I'm alone with them - what do you reckon - you have lots of experience!!,
I would still go a double stroller, even if most of the time you're out with someone. You can be guaranteed that one of your babies will want to be carried while the other is happy in the stroller, so I found it was so much easier even with my Mum or DH around to just have one pram to deal with and then a person with free hands for a munchkin.
I tried a steelcraft umbrella stroller and it was fine for when the girls were smaller, but once they both got some decent weight (and by that I really don't mean too much weight at all - my almost 4yr still only weighs 13kgs) I found it much more difficult to steer. The city mini double was my "stroller" - really light weight, easy to push and soooooo easy to fold. I could push it one handed and still carry a child. TBH though (and don't tell my DH I've ever said anything so sensible!) I would wait until your twins are here and you're using the donkey. You might find it is just so easy to use in every situation that you don't need a stroller set up.
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You will adore it. And yes, EVERYONE says it looks space age/like a spaceship lol. Very excited to hear how you love it!
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