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[quote=Anonymous]Some of this I can’t help you with (no car) but I have a few nuggets of wisdom that may help.

1) Don’t worry so much about the second kid thing right now. Not only is it impossible to see around corners (who knows how far apart the kids end up or how your life changes in that window. There was literally a global pandemic between the birth of my two kids.) You just never know. Plus, what I realized shortly after #2 came along is that if you walk a lot, in addition to a double stroller, you also need TWO strollers! Otherwise, what happens when one of you takes kid #1 to the park and the other takes kid #2 to the store? So you can cross the double stroller bridge if and when you get there, and you’ll need to buy a second stroller anyway!

2) It’s surprisingly easy to pull a stroller up and down row house steps. Whether you’re going up or down, point the handle bar up the steps and make the stroller do a wheelie. Bump bump bump. We’ve got probably 15 steps and I do this all the time, with both my uppababy vista and my city mini (though if I’m using the uppababy as a double, I make the toddler get up and do the steps himself). I even did this throughout my second pregnancy, with the 18 month old in the city mini. No problem.

3) While I wouldn’t store my stroller outside, what you can do (especially when they’re tiny) is take the stroller down the steps empty, leave the stroller at the bottom of the steps for a minute, and go back in and get the baby. We did this until the baby was about 5-6 months old because the “bump bump” seemed like too much for a tiny baby.

4) As far as snapping the car seat into the stroller - you can buy an adapter such that most infant car seats can snap into most strollers.

5) I strongly recommend the city mini. Great stroller, easy to bump bump, easy fold, pretty lightweight, not too pricey, rolls and handles great. Uppababy Vista can’t be beat as a double but for a single, save yourself big $$ and get the city mini.

6) Go to BuyBuyBaby once you’re down to a few options and push them around. They’re SUPER helpful, and it’s important to feel how it rides. You can try on baby carriers too. [/quote]

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