Stroller dilema!! Need a single now but a double in 6 months

Hi All,

I have a dilema!!!

DD is 13 months and I need a lighter stroller now for her. Problem is that bub is due in July and then I'll need a double.

My thinking is this. Buy a single stroller now, then a double when bub comes. Use the double until the toddler doesn't need a stroller anymore then put bub in the single.

Or I could go for some thing like a Phil and Teds that has everything in one.

Although there are certain things that I don't like about a Phil and Teds. Like one baby is in front of the other and the toddler doesn't have a sun shade over it's head whilst in the toddler position and if the bub is down the bottom then their feet are in the shopping basket area.

Anyone got any ideas? Opinions

Hi Bekz,

I have a Phil & Teds e3 with the double kit and I could not imagine what I would do without it. I don't have a car during the day so it's my vehicle. My little ones don't seem to have a problem with it either. I agree about the lack of shade for the child on the back but I bought a shade cover and just do it up so it covers the back part only. I do sometimes have a problem with the little ones feet in the basket especially when I have bread in there (squash) but it is a pretty large basket and her feet don't get cramped. The only real problem with the e3 is that it can be quite heavy to push with both of them in it and it doesn't have a hand brake. I beleive that the new dash version does though.

I have a click on toddler seat that is universal and makes it a side-by-side. This is probably not the cheapest option but I really wanted the pram to be able to take the capsule. That toddler seat was $200.

Honestly hun I would get a nice single, and a cheap double. The cheap doubles tend to last about 6 months before I find them too flimsy, so that might be a good option so that when DD is ready to walk the double is ready to retire IYKWIM.

My DH doesnt understand why over the years i have accumulated 3 x prams/strollers....but i keep telling him its because of the babies different ages and their diff needs at the time.....(ive just laybyd a new strider with todd. seat, but shhh thats another thread).
Anyway, i have a childcare side by side - around $160 from toys r us. And i bought a maclaren stroller for $200ish a few years ago. Theyve both lasted and both get plenty of use. I agree with your way of thinking....your going to need a stroller for another 4 years max - so get a stroller for now, and when #3 is old enough. Maybe keep an eye out for a side by side.....see what your budget allows.

Alioops - What is a click on? I haven't heard of this and which stroller is it compatible with?

The brand is BuggyPod. It has 2 brackets that go on your single stroller and then you can click the actual seat off when it is not in use.

Thanks Ali, I will google it now.

MBear - I was just looking at a Maclaren and something else at the baby shop. Both looked really good. I just don't think I can lug my good old pram in and out of the car for too much longer. BTW my DH thinks that trollies are sufficent as means of transporting babies!!!

There is also the ABC one where the toddler/baby seat goes on the hood. Another option is to get two single strollers and the clips that go togther. That way if your out with hubby when new bub is her one can push one the other can push the other.

If I was planning on more and close together would go the ABC not cheap though.

Swewtpea - I've googled ABC but I can't find it. Does it have another name?

bek- try abc adventure buggy

google gobubbago......there the australian stockist.

I have two babies and have had 5 prams! It takes a bit to get it right and I made a couple of mistakes ;) Now I've got it pretty right though.

I bought the P&Ts and hated it and DD2 really hated it too. TBH I would get yourself a single stroller now and then a double side by side when your next bub comes along. DD1 is nearly 21 months and is still very much in need of having her own pram seat, as opposed to just a toddler seat. I have a steelcraft duo and its great for both the girls - cost $240, folds up nice and small, light weight, decent storage.

I have kept the P&Ts but don't use it at all for both the kids. It is dragged out on the rare occasion I am out with just one of the girls and I'll use it in single mode for DD2 in another year or so when DD1 is able to walk for the whole of a shopping trip.

Thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions they are all very much appreciated. I think buying a pram is the hardest out of all baby equipement!!!!! They all look good in the shops but when you get them home you really find out what they are about. I actually have been going up to mums in the shops and getting there opinions on their strollers.

Most interestinly those that have bought P&T's either lurve them or hate them, there is no grey!!!

LuluHB - I am actually looking at the Steelcraft duo.

The P&Ts is definitely a love/hate thing Bekz. I have friends that swear by them and told me what an idiot I was when I started off being a big double side by side for walking and a smaller tandem for shopping/life in the car etc. When the tandem didn't work they all said "I told you so" and that's when I caved in and bought the P&T. Serious waste of money for me - I should have stuck to my "I hate them" position ;) Each to their own though - there seem to be hundreds of happy P&T mums around.