Stroller luck

This was the one last big missing piece of the puzzle that we solved this weekend. Everything else is just window dressing. Have the crib (ordered if not yet built and in place), car seat, co-sleeper, diapers, clothes, toys, etc. But we were stuck on the stroller for going on three months now. Until yesterday that is.

To begin, the gold standard seems to be the Bugaboo these days. Going for close to $1,000, it’s what all future prep-school drug dealers are riding these days. Not sure what makes this one worth so much more, but it was off the table on day 1.

Slightly down the ladder was the Stokke. Quite the fly ride, but here you’re giving up features for style. And no amount of money spent on a stroller is going to make us stylish.

Now it’s important to remember we have four flights of stairs to get up to our apartment, so weight is going to be an issue. However, we’ll be pushing her on City sidewalks, not smooth mall floors, so we wanted something that wasn’t too flimsy.

(Not at all Flimsy)

Corrie was leaning towards the Maclaren line, a favorite of the New York set. Simple. Elegant. Understated. It always struck us too rickety for broken sidewalks, and on the testimony of good friends, we figured we’d have to get a decent jogging stroller also. Big wheels are the key to a smooth ride, but they don’t make big-wheeled light strollers.

I was leaning towards a slightly more substantial model, the Pliko. Something about having a sippy cup holder to spill cheerios in seemed important. This one may have served both needs (rugged but light) but neither of them well. So the default setting was to just get two strollers, a light one and a heavy one. Until we found the Infinity. It isn’t on many websites since currently it seems to only be sold in the UK and the random Babies R Us store.

Slightly heavy, it reclines to a pram, faces either towards us or away. Rotating front wheels with the locking option, easy fold, etc. So we just broke down and got the one we found. It’ll probably live in the back of the car to avoid having to lug it up 4 flights every day, but it is in all respects a sweet ride.

Update:

It seems our Infinity is in fact the same model as the "Rock Star Baby" endoresed by none other than Jon Bon Jovi. Ours doesn't have the oh so important RSB logo, but she'll still be rockin'. Oh, and there is no way we would pay that premium for the Bon Jovi name.

(research provided by 'mom')