They Put Us on a Transport to the Stars

Update on the buggy....

EVERYONE hated it, it was difficult to push, difficult to steer, just difficult...then my Dad pointed out that all the tyres were totally flat! Never occurred to me that they would need pumping up straight out of the box! Anyway it is now fine to push and steer. Daddy M looooovvvvvvveeees it as you can adjust the handlebar up and down which is doing wonders for his back. The only down side of this adjustment is that the handlebar has a little give in it as it is not one solid piece of metal but effectively hinged to allow it to be adjusted. I have never tried a P&T Sport but I imagine this is probably the case with them as well. The only bad thing we have found is something totally personal to us - the mudguards are exactly the height to catch on the stairs when my mum takes it up to her front door - not a huge issue. I really like the colour - enough pink to make it a little girlie but not as in your face as the pink camo P&T. We have cow print buggy snuggles from last winter which will look super cute on it when it starts to get really chilly. Miraculously it hasn't rained all week so we haven't had a go with the rain cover yet but I like the fact that it is an elasticated front and not those silly fiddly poppers on the P&T. The back seat could do with a recline but that is the only functionality it is missing.

All things considered I think this was a good choice and I don't think that I could have justified the cost of a new P&T. I am going to Ebay what is left of the old P&T and see what I can get for it to offset some of the cost of the oBaby.

Travel With Me and We'll See..

The Phil and Teds is falling apart and so I have finally bitten the bullet and got my hand in mypocket for a new buggy. The fact that Olivia walks a lot of the time and may only want a buggy for another year or so meant that I couldn't justify the cost of another P&T. I have been going round and round in circles wandering what to do until I came across the OBaby XI.

http://www.obaby.co.uk/product_details.php?category_id=150&item_id=1395

As far as we can see the main difference between this and a P&T is...oh...about £200!

Went off this morning to a local baby tat superstore to see it in real life and messed about with one there. Haven't road tested it yet but watch this space to see if it lives up to expectation. Certainly has a few nice features the P&T doesn't.

Move Silently on Their Greasy Wheels

Now that Olivia is getting a bit big for Mummy to lug around in her carseat we have put the buggy seat on to her Quinny Zapp frame. This has been a great buggy as when she was little we put the carseat on the fame and now she is bigger she can go in the buggy. It folds down so small that it has been invaluable for getting lifts with my friends (as to the constant annoyance of F I don't drive) as it is so small that it easily fits in the boot alongside another buggy and I always had the carseat with me so even if I had walked somewhere and it started raining I was able to accept the offer of a lift home. My one criticism of this buggy would be that it isn't great for shopping as it has no parcel tray and is so light that if you hang stuff from the handlebars it tends to tip over (and poor Olivia once discovered).

These days I also have a Phil & Teds E3 which is a great all terrain buggy (the Quinny is a great street buggy but not so good for walking in the woods etc) and has a massive parcel tray for doing the shopping. The other great thing and the reason why I was willing to part with more hard earned cash for another buggy is that you can get a 'doubles seat' which attaches to the frame and makes it a double decker double buggy. It has a lie flat position for newborns with a toddler sitting in front on the doubles seat and then when the younger child is old enough to sit you switch the doubles seat to the back and the smaller child sits there. Genius! As we don't intend to leave a huge gap between kids this seemed like a good investment for the future which Olivia and I can also make use of in the present.

Anyway here is madam modelling the new seat. I think she has a future on the catwalks of Paris :)