How many strollers do we need?

When I was pregnant of my first baby I decided to buy a MacLaren stroller, because in Paris the pavements are wide like side by side strollers. I didn’t want to have a heavy stroller in case I would have to carry it, so I just took the Triumph.  But I wanted also a pram for the good health of the back of my baby.

Then I moved in the bay area, south of San Francisco, and there I realised that I could have a bigger stroller with big wheels. Big wheels are so easy to push, it is like biking, it is a great pleasure. I found a BabyTrend single stroller, I loved it.

As I was using the car almost all the time, I needed something more convenient for all those moments my kid was falling asleep in the car seat and take her in the stroller. The Metrolite of Graco with 2 bases for each car and the Graco car seat were my team until…I had my second child.

With the arrival of my second child, I needed a new team stroller. Back in Paris for few months, I still needed something not too wide, so the Graco double stroller was good with the big basket but it is also good for the arms. It is also too long in the parisians elevators. So a compact double stroller that look like a single stroller is good even if still tough to push.

So I discovered one day a friend from Message pushing a Jane double stroller so easily that it became my new buddy in Paris I just added a little bag from Mac Laren because the basket is too small for me. And now in Boston the side by side stroller of BabyTrend is my companion, but the fight between kidsin the stroller can happen more often! So that’s it!

Basically my advice would be to have:
-A Mac Laren Techno with one kid and with the second kid a Jane in Paris.
-Jane double stroller for 2 kids (or more)
-In a city where you use cars most of the time the Graco is ideal.
-For the weekends and cities with big pavements, a three wheels stroller is wonderful! Now make your choice…