Pram angst

Does it come with airbags?

When you walk into the pram section of a large baby store, it can feel a little like walking onto a car lot.

There are oodles of different models boasting different features.

And if you're a first-time Mum, you have no idea which of these features are really important and which are just cup-holders.


My advice is to find something that can cut down the number of models to choose from. For me, I started with the number of wheels. I knew I wanted three wheels rather than four. There was no thoroughly researched reason for this preference, I guess I vaguely associated four wheels with that unruly shopping trolley we've all fought with at some point in our lives.

Red goes faster!

So that cut down my options a bit.

Advice from a friend (mother of three who worked at the large baby store) highlighted that the wheels themselves were not all the same. Some were made from hard plastic while others were rubber, like bicycle tyres. I'm no cyclist but I gather there's a reason why bicycles don't have plastic tyres, so I ruled out all the prams with those as well.

Now I had a much smaller pool from which to choose a pram.

I opted for the Baby Jogger City Mini GT. In tomato red, of course.

I'd totally recommend it to anyone freaking out in the pram section.

It's easy to manouver (I can easily steer it one-handed), is fairly light and easy to fold up and down. It's narrow enough to overtake in supermarket aisles and fits easily into the boot of most cars. The hood gives bub 50+ UV protection and the seat can recline all the way down for snooze time or all the way up for I-am-awake-and-want-to-see-what's-going-on time. The seatbealt is easy to manage and the fabric is easy to clean.

If you want to run with your pram, you can do so with this one, even though it's not designed to be a running pram (despite "Jogger" being in the name). If you're a runner, you can read my post about the Ironman Bob running pram.

The only downside (if you want to call it that) is that it doesn't have the capability to connect a car capsule. That means if you've driven to the cafe and bub has conked out during the drive, you'll either have to transfer them from the capsule to the pram (and pray they don't wake) or carry the capsule with you instead (and hope to be able to park right outside the cafe because those capsules are bloody heavy!)