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[quote=Anonymous]My preference is one of the nicer travel strollers that allows you to attach the carseat. We collapsed our stroller when we brought inside generally. I liked having it out of the way in our narrow row house. We also stored it in our car often if we didn't want to bring it inside, like another PP. Point is, we were opening and collapsing our stroller a lot, so I liked having a compact stroller that was easy to lift and carry, and had a fairly easy one-handed fold.

I think the two best options for these features are the Babyzen yoyo or the Babyjogger Citi Tour 2. Both have a one handed trip-fold design, are very lightweight, will allow you to attach a car seat, and are comfortable for toddlers and can be used until 4 years old if you wish. The Citi Tour costs about half as much. The Yoyo is a cooler looking stroller. Priorities vary.

I also really love the Colugo compact stroller but am unsure if you can put a car seat in it. I think for some people this might not matter as much, but given how much you intend to drive, I think you'll want it. It's just really nice if you are heading somewhere else in the car and the baby falls asleep, and you want to put them in the stroller. It also enables you to take the baby out in the stroller before they can sit up safely in the stroller itself, since you can't just put an infant right in a stroller. You can also get a bassinet attachment for this (I know the yoyo has one, again $$$, but not sure about the tour or the colugo). We didn't do this because turned out the baby and I really loved the carrier so unless the baby had fallen asleep in the car, my preference was to just do the carrier with no stroller at all.

I have never quite understood how so many people manage the full size strollers even though I see them around the neighborhood all the time. They look luxurious and I can see the undersea storage being nice, but when I think of how often we were carrying the stroller up the porch stairs, taking it in and out of the car trunk, pushing it down narrow side walks or navigating it in small city shops, it just seems like a hassle to me. But I am also someone who prefers compact things in general -- I prefer a compact car in the city, I like a smaller house, etc. I like feeling less encumbered in general.

For car seat we did a maxi cosi that I liked but am not sure they make anymore. It was lightweight and that was helpful when we had to carry the car seat inside and up the stairs. The important thing is making sure it works with your stroller adapter (most adapters are universal now but when I had my baby this was not true so just double check).

Good luck![/quote]

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