Pushchairs again.
Jul. 16th, 2006 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allanaI have to wonder how women with arthritis or rheumatism cope with modern pushchairs. There are so many bits to push or pull and they're all invariably stiff. Not pleasant. My hands are a bit carpal tunnel-esque due to pregnancy and I had issues today, so what about women with real problems?
While I am thinking aloud, it would also be good if someone developed a wriggly, screaming 10lb fake baby so that people can attempt to fold/unfold pushchairs in a more realistic situation. If you can do it without damaging yourself, baby, or dumping your handbag contents over the ground then you're on to a winner.
A quick tangent before I ramble too much: we showed the scan DVD to some friends and their one year old. Skye pointed at the screen and said "baby!" I melted from sheer cuteness :) I had no idea she was doing words!
After playing with a variety of pushchairs in Mamas and Papas and Mothercare, we ended up deciding on the Inglesina Zippy, mainly because it was the only one I could get folded and opened easily. It will take a bit of getting used to as it has a narrow wheelbase and we'll have to learn not to kick it, but honestly it's a bloody nightmare.
They're all either too heavy, too hard to fold, impossible to "briskly shake open", or have the most horrible prickly neoprene handles that make my hands recoil in horror. Or... they're ultra-light, completely impractical for a newborn in winter and can't take a car seat either. (The "designer" pushchairs are even worse in my opinion.)
So, now I'm trying to get my hands on the Zippy. Mothercare--of course--are out of stock in one colour and the other colour is marked as discontinued so it doesn't bode well for further stock from them. We can buy the store model, though, but I'd rather not, even if they discount it. One store model we tried was in horrendous condition. It had to be pushed quite hard to get the telescoped bits to unfurl. The other one was fine, but who knows how it will behave in a few months after daily abuse? Online shopping it is.
Did I mention that this pushchair is supposed to be a UK exclusive to Mothercare?
There are a grand total of two other websites selling this pushchair. One puts me off immediately due to font choice, poor layout, no proofreading and lack of product information. The other one looks fine, and I can't find any evidence of unhappy customers after extensive googling, but I'm unhappy with payment being taken immediately rather than upon dispatch. I suppose we'll stick it on the credit card and release the hounds if any dispute arises....
I feel very stupid for not buying it when we first saw it months ago :(
(On the plus side, I can retrieve a miserable toddler from the lowest level of a cotbed so I feel confident enough to buy one without dropsides. This means that I can get the roomset I've had my eye on and slash the furniture budget by 50%. More money for fun stuff!)
While I am thinking aloud, it would also be good if someone developed a wriggly, screaming 10lb fake baby so that people can attempt to fold/unfold pushchairs in a more realistic situation. If you can do it without damaging yourself, baby, or dumping your handbag contents over the ground then you're on to a winner.
A quick tangent before I ramble too much: we showed the scan DVD to some friends and their one year old. Skye pointed at the screen and said "baby!" I melted from sheer cuteness :) I had no idea she was doing words!
After playing with a variety of pushchairs in Mamas and Papas and Mothercare, we ended up deciding on the Inglesina Zippy, mainly because it was the only one I could get folded and opened easily. It will take a bit of getting used to as it has a narrow wheelbase and we'll have to learn not to kick it, but honestly it's a bloody nightmare.
They're all either too heavy, too hard to fold, impossible to "briskly shake open", or have the most horrible prickly neoprene handles that make my hands recoil in horror. Or... they're ultra-light, completely impractical for a newborn in winter and can't take a car seat either. (The "designer" pushchairs are even worse in my opinion.)
So, now I'm trying to get my hands on the Zippy. Mothercare--of course--are out of stock in one colour and the other colour is marked as discontinued so it doesn't bode well for further stock from them. We can buy the store model, though, but I'd rather not, even if they discount it. One store model we tried was in horrendous condition. It had to be pushed quite hard to get the telescoped bits to unfurl. The other one was fine, but who knows how it will behave in a few months after daily abuse? Online shopping it is.
Did I mention that this pushchair is supposed to be a UK exclusive to Mothercare?
There are a grand total of two other websites selling this pushchair. One puts me off immediately due to font choice, poor layout, no proofreading and lack of product information. The other one looks fine, and I can't find any evidence of unhappy customers after extensive googling, but I'm unhappy with payment being taken immediately rather than upon dispatch. I suppose we'll stick it on the credit card and release the hounds if any dispute arises....
I feel very stupid for not buying it when we first saw it months ago :(
(On the plus side, I can retrieve a miserable toddler from the lowest level of a cotbed so I feel confident enough to buy one without dropsides. This means that I can get the roomset I've had my eye on and slash the furniture budget by 50%. More money for fun stuff!)
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2006-07-17 08:22 am (UTC)Especially when I remember those blue and white or red and white striped twin-buggies you used to see around the streets of the shire...
At least you aren't under Peterhead pressure where the fashion is and probably always will be one of those big black prams like out of the opening credits to Nanny (that 1980's wendy richard programme which used to start and then I'd get sent to bed). The poor children of the Blue Toon are made up like dolls and stuck in these things with their arms rigidly on top of the cover. Rumours are that they have kiss-curls gelled onto their perfect foreheads and blusher (or even worse rumours - cheek pinching!) applied to give the poor child a rosy look to it's cheeks.
*shudder*
no subject
Date: 2006-07-17 08:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-17 10:22 am (UTC)