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We stuck with the McLaren and a rucksack to carry them off road.
This also, we had a Bush baby job off some yummie mummie type in one of the villages near us for £15 (RRP was something like £160 IIRC) it was immaculate and I lugged our kids across bits of Wales and Cumbria in it without any significant fuss.
Honestly ebay/gumtree/FB will save you a small fortune.
Given we have just been told off for the wife's over use of the front mounted carrier by the physio I'd check first before using that as your wife's main method of baby transportation.
Causes its own issues even after a conventional birth
How ever ymmv as your kid might not be as heavy as ours
these things aren't mutually exclusive we had a UB vista, silver cross folding thing, hiking backpack, trailer, weehoo and weeride. all are good for ferrying your kids about in the right environment.
if you never go shopping / have two kids who need ferrying about then the bigger system probably are overkill. big buggies are also better in crowds than little ones in my experience e
bit like bikes really....if you only have one till be a compromise
Baby jogger city mini
+1.
also forgot to mention – if you ever go on a plane with a pushchair, get the cheapest 2ndhand maclaren style folder you can
+1.
There is a huge pressure sometimes, from grandparents or the mum or yourself, to buy baby the best and buy new but if you can get past that and get something good for 1/3 the cost then you can get more things baby might need. I failed to win that arguement initially but I did by the time number 2 arrived.
My pram experience... My wife walks everywhere so with 2yo and 4yo or prams have been used every day for 4+ years and done several miles each day. Eek, I've never added it up before...I bet they could have done 4500 miles! We got an icandy peach for main use. Heavy but sturdy and rolls well. It also converted with a pair of adapter and a second seat into the peach blossom, the tandem version. So when number 2 arrived we didn't need a new pram. 4 yo walks good distances now and has for a year but gets tired eventually so current use is back as a single but with a lascal buggy board attached for tired big girls to ride on. Pushing that, or the tandem set up, up a big hill is a work out!
We also have a couple of maclarens, both (and more could have) were picked up free and have done a fair bit of use with us. I'm stunned they stand so much. So much lighter. Well worth it.
Also still use an ergo baby carrier occasionally. The 4 yo is very skinny and still fits it, more comfy for her and me than in my shoulders.
All our kit looks like it will go on and on... Except the maclarens which look tired... But they looked tired when I scrounged them up.
We went through a few. We bought some system thing first of all and the having the ability to transfer the carry cot thing and first car seat directly to a car was a useful feature and we managed to pick up a spare car attachment so we could have one iso-fixed in each car.
After they get big and strong enough I'd say Nipper 360 all the way. It's light very cheap (relatively) and has big inflatable wheels which are good for light off road and forgiving on bumpy pavements. They also last years as they're quite genearous and can take you up to lazy toddler age.
The Phil and Teds tandem thing we had for a while was a complete battleship in comparrison and I wouldn't recomend it unless you need to carry 2 little ones around in it.
Oh and 2nd hand every time as has been said above - there's pressure to buy the best for my baby but it's 2nd hand from the moment you take it out the door and by the time they've been sick in it and you've driven it through some dog S*** it'll looks just the same as everyone elses. Plenty of lightly used ones out there. Buy on condition and you're be fine.
Our Bugaboo Chameleon is great. It was pricey but we got it in a package that included an infant carrier car seat from Mothercare, so the cost was mitigated some what. At the time, my research consisted solely of asking the assistant which buggy was their best seller......
I did do a bit more research for our collapsible one. Ended up with a Silvercross Pop, mainly because I'd decided on the Zest but then found the Pop at the same price.
Second hand is probably a good idea, especially for something like a Bugaboo, as you can still get parts and accessories (for those look for online sales).
You might also be looking for a car seat... don't buy those second hand unless you're 100% confident of the seat's history, i.e. not been in a crash or similar