If you live in an urban Walkable area, I do think strollers are important for at least a year or two. I wanted something with a bassinet attachment but then my baby had severe reflux and hated lying flat. We inherited my friend’s uppababby Cruz and it was amazing for the urban life for a while. The big basket underneath with lots of clearance and the ability to switch baby front facing or back facing being the things I loved most. I could fit two full bags of groceries and a diaper bag, or three bags of groceries and carry the diaper bag home on my back.
We stopped using the stroller around 2.5. She either walks with us and I bring the Boba Air carrier in my purse for when she’s tired (she can make it about a mile) or we bring a wagon stroller if we need to carry a bunch of stuff.
I hugely recommend the Boba Air! It’s so lightweight! It’s for babies 4 months and up to.45 lbs so we still use it weekly.
If I was doing it again, I would get the Nesting Days men’s carrier for months 0-4 (up to 18 lbs) and the Bob Air for after that (14-45 lbs)
Yes, that sounds like a special use case where the stroller would matter a lot! We don’t routinely do shopping with the stroller, just park walks. I did once do 4 miles round trip with the stroller frame/car seat combo but that was a one-off.
I have a super old Action Baby Carrier but am considering a Boba now that baby is taller- she doesn’t seem as secure (it’s a lower carrier). She’s 20 months and we still do carrier walks sometimes and want to do some hikes over the summer.
I love the Boba for hiking and we use it instead of the fancy hiking backpack we have. Pipsqueak is average height but with a very long torso so I’d expect a tall baby would get similarly long use from it.
I feel the same about strollers (& cargo bikes). I think it depends on your transport methods & routines!
Another thing, each baby has their own needs & prefs. The Lalabu shirt carrier that was perfect for my preemie? Outgrown by #2 at 2 months. Same with high chair, bassinet, etc. My only lesson is that any reviews of anything as perfect for everyone are highly sus and babies are gonna baby.
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