LOVE my bugaboo runner. Been using it for 2.5 year. Recently got a Thule chariot 2 since little sister was born. She’s too small to take for a run but I’ve taken my toddler out in it and she loves it so much she wanted a bedtime story last night about her “car” (we don’t have a car so the Thule chariot is the closet thing we have).
We added a secondhand Bugaboo runner (discontinued) when bub was around 6 months. We had a Bugaboo Fox as our main pram, also secondhand, and bought a travel stroller further down the track too. Your needs just change so much as they grow. If you can make it work with the running stroller and a bassinet attachment I would do that and get a travel pram for short trips. FYI newborns shouldn't be in a capsule longer than 30 min to an hour, so while it's useful to have the travel system you should also consider a bassinet.
Over time I have had 4, though really only used two at a time,
1 - Doona; used 80% of the time until 13 months when he sized out
2 - second hand Bugaboo runner for skating/jogging starting at 6 weeks (not recommended by the manufacturer, but was fine for us on smooth paths) and I still use it occasionally for that purpose now even though he’s 6 and way too big for it but it’s still truckin! I’ve used it at theme parks up until this year but otherwise it rarely goes out of the neighborhood
3 - Bugaboo chameleon, I had no plan to get this but I wanted the $50 snack cup for the runner and I found it packaged with an entire chameleon setup with tons of accessories for $50, so I held onto this stroller for awhile. It was a beautiful and smooth stroller but I didn’t really need a full size additional to the jogger and my son was already aged out of the bassinet. I think I used it twice before reselling it (keeping that snack cup)
4 - GB Pockit AllCity, this basically replaced the Doona and then used it until age 5 as my main stroller and of course as a travel stroller.
We also bought a bugaboo and lucked out tha it was a practically new second hand one. It was so sturdy and took such a beating.
That being said, I kind of wish we had gotten a cybex. It would have fit with our car seat which also reclined enough for it to not be dangerous to leave a bay in it for a short shopping trip.
One of the biggest things we looked at were the wheels. We have lots of cobblestones where we are so they had to be big. People with small wheels get stuck all the time.
As an IVF person who had a kid later, I went all out. Bugaboo stroller, Clek car seat, etc.... I didn't have a registry. You are in a different place. I also believe in buying car seats and mattresses new for safety reasons.
If you are being asked for a registry, I would populate it with small easy items and nothing big if this is a point of consternation among or if they are feeling financial pressure - it's also just good practice for a registry. But something meaningful like a nice book or something cute so people can engage in getting something adorable for the baby.
As for work, avoid talking about it any more or say you're getting everything used off facebook marketplace (which actually does work well, I just didn't have energy while pregnant to go around buying things - I could have saved so much).
Loved the baby bjorn bouncer by the way.
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