[ruthie]

Okay let us have it guys. What is the best baby stroller available on the market today. Oh, and don't limit it there. We want to know about the car seats and all the other baby toting stuff. Hehe.

[Willy]

I dont know about strollers, but here is a really cool child safety seat. It certainly would look good in the MINI:



check it out at:
www.simpsonraceproducts.com

[Bilbo Baggins]

I'd start off with a "Snuggly". Great way to carry young babies when you are out-n-'bout. The warmth from your body and the sound of your heartbeat soothes them. You can go about your business and they sleep the sleep of the innocent.

I'm way out of touch on strollers and car seats. I would check in "Consumer Reports" they review them regularly.

[RedUn]

I believe u can get Recaro baby seats which wud be very cool!!

[ruthie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bilbo Baggins

I'd start off with a "Snuggly". Great way to carry young babies when you are out-n-'bout. The warmth from your body and the sound of your heartbeat soothes them. You can go about your business and they sleep the sleep of the innocent.

You wanna make me cry? I carried my baby around in a snuggly for a couple of years. Then onto the back pack and he loved it so much. Got to dig up those pics and scan them in for you all.

[MoonPie]

*pretending to be RedUn*

pmsl

[ruthie]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoonPie

*pretending to be RedUn*

pmsl

LOL

[RedUn]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoonPie

*pretending to be RedUn*

pmsl

it just doesn't have the same ring

[Spy Car]

OK....we are hoping to get one of the new UK designed Silver Cross "compact" strollers to use in the MINI and for using as the fast and light stroller.

The other, fantastically expensive stroller system, is a Dutch thing called a Bugaboo Frog. You get a very cool frame and then you can snap on thier a bassinet, a car seat or a srloller seat.

Here are some pics

[Bilbo Baggins]

Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie

You wanna make me cry? I carried my baby around in a snuggly for a couple of years. Then onto the back pack and he loved it so much. Got to dig up those pics and scan them in for you all.

I carried two babies around for a couple of years. However, It is a little much to carry one on the front and one in the back pack. Did it a few times but only where the footing is very secure.

Looking down at that little tiny face, mostly just the top of a head, just below your chin as you walk about. Feeling the warmth of their body, and for a guy, feeling them move so close to your body. It was a wonderous thing.

HEY, where'd I put those piccys?

[Spy Car]

Hmmm...didn't work...using a friends PC at work at the moment...will try one at a time

[ruthie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bilbo Baggins

I carried two babies around for a couple of years. However, It is a little much to carry one on the front and one in the back pack. Did it a few times but only where the footing is very secure.

Looking down at that little tiny face, mostly just the top of a head, just below your chin as you walk about. Feeling the warmth of their body, and for a guy, feeling them move so close to your body. It was a wonderous thing.

HEY, where'd I put those piccys?

Bilbo, you are working on my tenderest feelings now.

Lets not move onto to the teenage years yet, okay?

[Spy Car]

Try again

[Spy Car]

Now I know why I like Macs

[Spy Car]

Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie

yeah - noticed.

Siting in a very posh television studio in Hollywood at the moment "supervising" all the work

Was about to compliment my collegue...and tell him his little Windows XP machine wasn't so bad (I'm a terrible Mac only zealot ) But now I can't even post pictures of my freeking baby stroller

Tonight I'll post from home

[Spy Car]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bilbo Baggins

I'd start off with a "Snuggly". Great way to carry young babies when you are out-n-'bout. The warmth from your body and the sound of your heartbeat soothes them. You can go about your business and they sleep the sleep of the innocent.

I saw this thing called a "Baby Bjorn" that is a sling like papoose that allows you to hold them against your chest...I really like the idea of having one of those...haven't gotten the Rakey seal of approval on this item though...as he and DC have informed me it is very important that an infant is able to spend time lying flat...so not too much time in a car seat...I hope a sling is ok because it seems like a great way for Dad and baby to bond.

When I was a kid my parents carried me around in a cardboard peanut-butter box---they always called it a "Jiffy-box", which was somehow a confused mix up of the name for two popular brands Skippy and Jif.

Mrs. Spy Car has informed me that using "Jiffy-boxes" is one family tradition we WILL NOT be carring foward.

[ruthie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spy Car

I saw this thing called a "Baby Bjorn" that is a sling like papoose that allows you to hold them against your chest...I really like the idea of having one of those...haven't gotten the Rakey seal of approval on this item though...as he and DC have informed me it is very important that an infant is able to spend time lying flat...so not too much time in a car seat...I hope a sling is ok because it seems like a great way for Dad and baby to bond.

When I was a kid my parents carried me around in a cardboard peanut-butter box---they always called it a "Jiffy-box", which was somehow a confused mix up of the name for two popular brands Skippy and Jif.

Mrs. Spy Car has informed me that using "Jiffy-boxes" is one family tradition we WILL NOT be carring foward.

Oh gosh. Babies just love to be loved in any box they find themselves in. Let's get back to nature. One thought I had when I was giving my baby up to the world (giving birth) was "Wow. Women have just squatted and given birth in the woods when they had to." So all our complex arrangements for making them comfortable and secure may not mean that much to them at all.

I also know someone who was cradled in the drawer of a cabinet because his parents hadn't much else and they felt secure in that little spot. Mommie and Daddie loved them - what else was necessary?

[Spy Car]

Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie

Oh gosh. Babies just love to be loved in any box they find themselves in. Let's get back to nature. One thought I had when I was giving my baby up to the world (giving birth) was "Wow. Women have just squatted and given birth in the woods when they had to." So all our complex arrangements for making them comfortable and secure may not mean that much to them at all.

I also know someone who was cradled in the drawer of a cabinet because thier parents hadn't much else and they felt secure in that little spot, Mommie and Daddie loved them - what else was necessary?

I'll inform Mrs Spy Car that Auntie Ruthie says a Jiffy-box is plenty good enough

I'm making fun of course...as the matter-of-fact...I'm the one pushing for the fancy stroller. And we are in total agreement that love and attention from parents is far more important than buying a lot of junk.

The Bugaboo is just so darn cool...even comes with a 21st century version of the "Jiffy-box" as part of the whole deal.

[ruthie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spy Car

I'll inform Mrs Spy Car that Auntie Ruthie says a Jiffy-box is plenty good enough

I'm making fun of course...as the matter-of-fact...I'm the one pushing for the fancy stroller. And we are in total agreement that love and attention from parents is far more important than buying a lot of junk.

The Bugaboo is just so darn cool...even comes with a 21st century version of the "Jiffy-box" as part of the whole deal.

Well, you must tell us about the "Bugaboo" then, eh? And what the heck is this "Jiffy Box?"

[ruthie]

I like the Auntie Ruthie part too.