How do you handle a newborn and a stroller in a walkup apartment?
Baby Strollers
helloworld asked:
Any secret tips when you live in a walk up….how to get the baby and the stroller down to the street? (if there’s outside stairs…and you cant leave your stroller out there)
David
Any secret tips when you live in a walk up….how to get the baby and the stroller down to the street? (if there’s outside stairs…and you cant leave your stroller out there)
David
December 11th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Pamela
Take the baby up first, baby is more important than anything else, or buy a light stroller and carry both together, if you feel tired rest in the mid way, hopefully some gentlemen will help.
Or get a baby carrier to hold the baby to you and you have the free hand to carry the stroller.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Brian
Get one of the cheap strollers that folds up really tiny (like from Wal-mart, they cost like $15). Practice opening it one-handed. Carry it down in one hand and the baby in the other. Once you get downstairs, open the stroller, put the baby in it and away u go. It’s a lot harder when you get back from your outing though, even the little strollers are hard to fold up one-handed.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Alex
take the stroller down first and go get baby. i have to do that all the time. make sure when you take the stroller down the only thing you have to do is go get baby and lock the door.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Bertha
4 me i put my baby in his car seat and carry it in the crack of my elbow,on my left arm,therefore both my hands are free,and i would carry the stroller w my rite hand.it can be done.
December 20th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Elmer
They have small frames at Wal Mart.com that just hold the infant seat and weigh about 5 lbs. I would get one of those. It is important that you don’t strain yourself too much since a fall down the stairs could be dangerous for you and your babe.
December 21st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Harvey
Lol I had the same problem… I usually carried the baby up in the stroller, it was a workout beleive me lol I
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 am
Crystal
I’d make sure to get a baby carrier. The one you have your baby on you. That I think would make it easier. Good Luck.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Jill
Do you absolutely need the stroller? Have you considered using a baby sling (or other carrier) instead of the stroller most of the time? It doesn’t make it more difficult to get up and down the stairs the way a stroller does. It is easier to get through narrow doorways and through crowds, too.
December 25th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Michael
I have two month old twins and my way of doing this is.. I leave the stroller in the trunk so all I have to do is take the twins up the steps.