Belacane
03-04-2001, 07:57 PM
Hi all,
Alex will be 18 months when our next baby is born in September. We live in a weird area - a cul-de-sac with no sidewalks, and very little traffic, but adjacent to a major, major highway. So I tend to go out in the car to take Alex for walks. Therefore I need a double stroller that will fit in the back of my Ford Escape.
Well, after amazing amounts of research on strollers I think we have ended up choosing the Combi Twin Savvy. It is a fabulous folding stroller, but it IS a side-by-side. Babies R Us had it and I tried the folding and checked out the weight and size, and it seemed perfect.
My question to all of you is...for those of you whose children are close in age, like Alex and the new baby will be - do you find that your older child physically prodded, poked, whatever, the younger baby, when the younger baby was much too young to react to it? I don't want to buy a side-by-side if the baby will be poked and punched and nudged and jabbed while he or she is trying to sleep.
What do you think? Is a side-by-side going to work out?
Please note, I have NO experience with toddlers. I had no friends with babies and Alex is my learning experiment. Right now he's still only understanding his name and the word "NO" and the occasional "bottle" or "binky" - but perhaps by the time he is 18 months I will be able to tell him, "Don't poke your brother" and he will understand.
Thanks.
Alex will be 18 months when our next baby is born in September. We live in a weird area - a cul-de-sac with no sidewalks, and very little traffic, but adjacent to a major, major highway. So I tend to go out in the car to take Alex for walks. Therefore I need a double stroller that will fit in the back of my Ford Escape.
Well, after amazing amounts of research on strollers I think we have ended up choosing the Combi Twin Savvy. It is a fabulous folding stroller, but it IS a side-by-side. Babies R Us had it and I tried the folding and checked out the weight and size, and it seemed perfect.
My question to all of you is...for those of you whose children are close in age, like Alex and the new baby will be - do you find that your older child physically prodded, poked, whatever, the younger baby, when the younger baby was much too young to react to it? I don't want to buy a side-by-side if the baby will be poked and punched and nudged and jabbed while he or she is trying to sleep.
What do you think? Is a side-by-side going to work out?
Please note, I have NO experience with toddlers. I had no friends with babies and Alex is my learning experiment. Right now he's still only understanding his name and the word "NO" and the occasional "bottle" or "binky" - but perhaps by the time he is 18 months I will be able to tell him, "Don't poke your brother" and he will understand.
Thanks.