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to have such strong negative feelings towards a buggy!

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I know I probably am, but hear me out.

DD is my parents' first grandchild and as soon as I told them I was pregnant they were desperate to buy 'the pram'.

I spent literally days hours researching different models, all the advantages and disadvantages etc. and eventually chose a rather expensive (although not the most expensive) travel system with a lovely lie flat separate carrycot because I wanted a 'proper pram'.

When DD arrived she decided she didn't want a 'proper pram'. She hated lying flat & being apart from me so apart from rare journeys when she was in a good mood I carried her around in a wrap which we both loved/still love and meant we could go pretty much anywhere.

Now she is 6 months I thought I'd try her in the pushchair attachment. It is a slight improvement but it just seems like such a big piece of kit to push her around in, and despite the fact that I bought it for it's semi off road credentials, it is so much more limiting with regards to decent walks (we've got a dog) than the sling.

(Well done if you've got this far!)

Anyway - here is the crunch. I don't like this buggy. I don't think I need it. It's a pain in the arse and every time I look at it/trip over it in the hall I feel like I've made a terrible decision and made my parents waste a lot of money.

I wouldn't mind if I had payed for it - I'd ebay it and put it down to experience but my parents really wanted to get something nice for us and I think they would be upset if I sold it (obviously I'd offer to pay them back).

I know it's a trivial thing to get worked up about but I feel like this buggy signifies everything that I got wrong about babies!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 17:20:41
Aww I love my Apple (have never heard of it rusting, mine is in great nick for a 2yo pram) but I know what you mean. It is mahoosive but gorgeous as well
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 17:14:29
mosy people i know have issues with the first pram they bought I was a nanny before I had my kids so went straight for a maclaren and then got a smaller maclaren at 6 months.

it might be worth picking up a stroller and either selling it or hanging onto it if your thinking of having a nother child

the one thing that woould make me hang onto is the facr that can't you turn it into a double really easily?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 17:05:37
Hmm, would it be a Quinny per chance?!

I made the same mistake. Since the baby was 4 months he's been pushed around in a really old McLaren my sister passed.

The baby is now 13 months old and baby 2 is due in 5 months, so we're going to need a double buggy. Whenever I suggest a Phil and Teds to my partner he just groans 'not another designer buggy'....

We all make these mistakes. Sell it now and get the best price you can, the longer you leave it the less it'll be worth. Explain to your parents and ask them what they'd like to buy with the proceeds. I'm sure they'll understand.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 16:44:49
Oh gosh yes sell it now, unless you plan on another child of course but really, I have seen an Icandy after a lot of use and it was rusty!!! I was appalled at the way the frame corroded. Looked awful.
Of course if yours never gets wet and muddy it might do fine! But I think you would do well to flog it and get a maclaren tbh. smile I'm sure they won't mind and it'll make a fair bit on ebay!
YANBU, you have to face the bleddy thing every day, so if you don't like it, it's hard to ignore!

FWIW I had the icandy and loved it until DS started getting heavier ( around 18 months )but it gets really hard to push with extra weight, so if you really dislike it, talk to your parents and sell now while it's still newish!
( I agree with UnexpectedWasabi about Maclarens! )
YANBU.

Most travel systems are only good for 6mo anyway.. and they NEVER work as just pushchairs.

Even my much used and well loved el-cheapo Graco Mirage Travel System sucks donkey balls as a pushchair.

Sell it and go buy an umbrella stroller like a Maclaren.. you will never look back!

::loves on my Maclaren Quest::
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 13:51:35
grin It's an icandy apple. It does have many good features - lovely to push, big comfy seat (which tiny dd looks ridiculous in btw), can swap from parent to forward facing etc. Perhaps I will come to like it eventually after all - you've given me a bit of hope wink

I'm definitely not angry with my parents for anything - it's more like I'm angry with myself but can't do anything about it!

I just wish I'd spent all the buggy research time doing something more worthwhile blush

I am prone to a guilty conscience at the best of times though so this is to be expected grin
I HATED my first high chair. It might have been the best one in the word but I HATED it - my BIL and SIL appeared the day I got home from the hospital with it, treated me, my DH and my brand new DD1 like muck, sat and watched the TV and then left.....I loathed that high chair because the way it was given really upset me.

I know tis a different situation btu I can comepletely understand the irrational hatred of inanimate baby equipment.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 13:41:06
i need to know what pram it is before I can vote here grin

Fwiw I hated the one I got for ds1, felt terrible for having wasted a lot of money, guilty that it was so posh etc and tried to sell it through the paper about 3 times before getting my ehad around it and using it.

I never looked back, it was fantastic and I was really glad nobody had bought it.

Mind you ds1 was a buggy addict and didn't want to walk anywhere until he was about 5! Your dd sounds different/

Buggy must be symbolic for you, maybe it is something to do with your parents having got it, are you angry about something like their interfering, or something related?

I tendto get this upset about a present when I have issues with the person who gave it me iyswim.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 13:36:36
i had the same thing, when ds2 was about 6 months I gave it back to them saying it was for my brother when he has children. They were very grateful that i had thought of him and paid for the stroller!!! grin bonus.
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