Baby Strollers and Carriers for New ParentsJust about to have your first baby? Congratulations!!! You are about to embark on one of greatest moments in Life. I remember having our first child. What a fantastic experience. The fun of anticipation leading up to birth was like Christmas eve for a four year old!
The part of having you baby that can be a bit overwhelming is preparation period. Especially for first time parents. You have nursery to decorate, a crib to buy, clothes, formula, bottles, bottle sterilizers, bibs, diapers, a diaper Genie, bouncers, toys, blankets, and of course a carrier and stroller so you can actually leave home again! Whew!!!!
I'm just going to focus on strollers and carriers because without them, you are just about stuck at home for 3 years.
An Array of Products Available For Today's Baby
With out first child, we wanted everything to be perfect. (Since then, I have discovered that we were not alone). So when shopping for that first stroller, we had little experience at what was a good choice. Our shopping methods revolved around safety and comfort for baby (which is important). We looked at a lot of strollers and eventually purchased "Cadillac" stroller that had a long sturdy frame, extra soft wheels (for added comfort) and a seat that looked like a miniature Lazy Boy recliner!
It had a ton of extras! unfortunately for us, we didn't think past stroller itself.Things like... one of us would actually have to lift this heavy thing out of trunk and unfold it and its many components EVERY time we went out with baby! The thing must have weighted sixty pounds!
The other half of formula we missed was fact that every time we went some where, we had to unbuckle junior from car seat (a five point harness mind you) and carefully and gently lift him from car seat firmly fastened in back seat and place him gingerly in stroller seat, then buckle him in there. Only to return from a fifteen minute stroll through drug store to go through this routine once again! Let's hope it wasn't raining!!!
After about four months of this self inflicted, back straining, time consuming regimen, we both agreed that we needed a more practical, but still comfortable stroller.
We Discovered Experienced Parents Secret Weapon for Easy Travel
After four months of being new parents with "we'll do it our way, thank you" attitude, we talked with some friends that had kids. We watched parents that had figured out secret weapon for quick and easy travel with a newborn. Travel systems! I wish I could meet person that invented these gems - I would thank them for their fine contribution in life.