[blparent] Best strollers

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

The weight capacity listed for the Bob includes if using car seat and
other items such as what you may store underneath. It's not the child
themselves it's saying can be up to 100 lbs, though with nothing else on
board I suppose you could lug a child this weight around, but most kids
at this weight better be independently walking by that point, giggle.

Penny is still a normal toddler weight, but she's very tall for her age.
People usually think she's three because of her height and speaking
ability. We've been test driving strollers with her to see how they will
work once a child is actually in it, though there's a world of
difference between a newborn and a two-year-old, grin. She loves riding
around in them enthusiasticly shouting, "Whoo," as we roll around though
she usually doesn't like the confinement of a stroller these days. Those
boots were made for walking, I guess, LOL!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:34:25 -0700
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Best strollers
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Bridget,

That store sounds great and a wonderful way to really get to test drive
different strollers.  The jogging stroller sounds like a wonderful
option for you and it's fabulous that you can use the Bob with or
without the car seat.  Something I'd look for now that I didn't think so
much about before my son was born, is make sure that you can get some
decent height with the back-head rest and shoulder straps on the harness
of the stroller.  My husband and I purchased a Chico umbrella stroller
that we were very happy with in many ways and Chico makes some great
stuff.  However, the stroller instructions said that it can hold a child
up to 50lbs which is great but our son recently just grew out of the
stroller because of the limited height on the shoulder straps and he's
only around 30lbs.  Even if the stroller had better shoulder straps his
head was only another couple inches tops from being at the maximum
height of the head rest.  So, if you can try and get the stroller that's
going to allow you to use it the longest since kids often times grow
taller before they reach the maximum weight of a particular device then
that's going to be best.  I know the Bob has something like a 100lbs
capacity which is awesome, but unless a child is quite over-wait no
100lbs kid is going into a stroller because that's about the average
fifth grader.  That wait limit is a great sign of how well made the
stroller is but when it comes to how it actually fits a child it's the
height of the back rest and the flexibility of the straps that tell one
the most.

Oh, something you'll also just want to be comfortable with if you get a
stroller with air tires and are going over a variety of terrains is
patching tires.  I have lots of friends with air tires on their
strollers which they absolutely love but they do get punctured pretty
easily and patching or replacing tires just comes with the territory.

Happy shopping.

Erin