Do you have bub facing you or away from you?
Just curious.
I still always have DD facing me.
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Do you have bub facing you or away from you?
Just curious.
I still always have DD facing me.
Ditto - I still have my DD facing me. I've tried her a couple of times facing the other way and she just does not seem to like it. Not to mention I love the interaction that I get to have with her facing me.
Janie xxx
usually facing me, i just love watching her when we go for a walk and like being able to chat to her. I only turn her around if the sun is shining in her eyes, but lately i've just been draping a muslin cloth over the pram to block the sun- just doesn't work too well when it's a bit breezy!
Mines facing outward.....DD loves to look around and has done so since about 6 months :crying:
my pram only faces one way :( when DD was little she hated it and would scream. People must have thought i was crazy trying to get home while pushing the pram backwards so DD could see me! If i was buying another pram i would have it faceing me alot longer.
ours still faces towards us almost all the time - i think i've left it facing out only once when i set it up to get from car to the footpath (and cover - it was pelting rain) - we then took unhappy bubba out of the pram and carried her, and used the pram like a trolley lol
facing me...but DS is still only 5 mths. i love it though - i talk to him all the time. people prob think i'm crazy!
Pram - facing me
Stroller - facing away (no other option) - I tend to have the hood pulled back and he can still look up at me if he needs to, but he seems to enjoy looking around
Pram almost always facing me, though very occasionally I'll turn it the other way so she isn't looking right into the sun.
I would not have used a pram that didn't face me. I feel sorry for babies, especially very young ones, who have to have the whole world coming at them all the time without even a sight of their mum or dad for security. And I love the interaction I get with DD, talking to her all the time.
I have a double pram which only faces outwards.
My pram has the facility to do both facing in and out - i used it facing out once when DD was 6 months and when i went back to her facing me she cried and carried on until i turned her outward again :o - I musn't be interesting in enough for her ;) she knows im there as i always check on her....so i guess it depends on the child...:
Generally facing towards me - and that includes my twin pram which can face either way and even one each way if they want to *discuss* things a little too physically ;) Unless we take the stroller. Then it is only out. They don't mind it but seem to prefer being able to face me / us.
Facing me in the pram and away in the stroller. She much prefers facing me and seems to get a bit stressed when facing out.
Wow Michelle, that sounds like a pretty awesome twin pram! What kind is it?
Mine can do both...when ds was little it always faced me, cause I am with you Tenar its sad when tiny bubbas are looking at peoples legs and not a familiar face :( But once Ds wanted to look out I turned him around...sometimes if he is being curious and touching stuffi turn him back to me so i can see what he is doing :)
Firstwheels city twin ;):
Michelle that pram is awesome :)
Still have DD facing towards me. Never really thought about changing it because I want to be able to spy on what she is up to amongst other things! She is a bit of a grab and eat kind of girl.
Our pram can face either way. When DH uses it, he normally has DD facing him because then his feet are further away from the wheels, otherwise he's always hitting the wheels as he walks.
Our pram only faces one way - outward, and it was never an issue. She could see me through the peep hole, and all was fine.
Our pram only faces outwards too, not that we use it much these days.
But I always envied the mums walking around having bubs facing them, so if we ever have another bub I think I will get a new pram that can face towards me :)
Depends which one I'm using. We have a large jogger that only faces outwards....and on big walks around our area DS likes to look out at everything. The little stroller can face both ways and I tend to keep him facing me in the shops etc.
DS faced me till about 9 months when he started straining so much to see around i figured he should be upgraded to facing outward. We now also have a stroller which only faces out.
Up until 2-3 months ago Jazz faced us a lot of the time unless she wanted to face outwards. Now we have a stroller as our reversible handle is jsut too bulky and hard to steer, so we bought a more compact type, and it only faces out, but she prefers that now anyway most of the tie, otherwise I have her in the sling.
I was just discussing this with DF the other day.
That is my 1 requirement for a pram when we eventually buy one (yes..im not even pg and i'm already shopping for things ...hehe..saw an awesome cot in an antique store today but that is a different story!) anyway...
My one requirement is that it can switch between facing me and facing out. In those first few months you are your babies world!! so facing you is just smart rather than facing that huge scary world with all those crazy people!!!
then when they are bigger and actually want to take in some of the world i can flip it around. =)
plus that means i dont need to buy a 2nd pram =P
DD faces us in her pram. The seat can be turned outward but I prefer to ahve her facing me and there have been some studies about that it good for them if you can face towards you. But its personal preference and of course if your pram can!