Graco - Jetsetter Compact Fold Stroller

Think about your sidewalks, bigger wheels can handle potholes and cracks much smoother than smaller wheels. Cup holder is nice to put phone and keys or coffee. Under seat storage is super helpful to carry extra crap. For the early phase having a click-and-go system is super handy. They do grow out of that pretty fast, so be careful about spending tons on it. We had an inexpensive hand-me-down click and go from Gracco and then a nicer three wheel stroller that we used a bunch.

I was going to post this too. It's enormous. It's great and well made, but no way I'm bringing this on an airplane or lugging it around a foreign city. We bought a Graco fold up that fits in an overhead compartment. Frankly, I keep that one in my car and use it around town as I just can't be bothered to dismantle a Vista every time I put it in the trunk. The Vista stays in our garage for walks from home. Or my wife uses it around town.

We got the Mockingbird and got the adapter for a Graco carrier seat. I love it, it allows for a second seat attachment. THAT BEING SAID… eventually I said “eff it” and got the Graco jet set light weight stroller because the normal strollers are HEAVY. I regret getting rid of my Graco Modes because it was not only cheaper, but way more light weight than the bougie brands.

So the graco extend2fit car seat model can be used from newborn to toddler and we bought that. However very quickly bought an infant car seat you can take in/out of the car because after leaving the hospital they have to watch you put the baby in the car seat and it took me like 40 minutes gahahahaha. We did get the graco jet stroller (I don’t know the actual name) but you can clip the newborn car seat into it and then it lays almost flat like a bassinet and can sit all the way up for use with a toddler. There are some newborn car seats like the dune one that fold into the car and are a pop up stroller but they’re extremely expensive.

We started with the graco car seat and click in stroller. When my daughter outgrew that, I felt the same way about the designer brands. It is wild how expensive they are and you see them *everywhere*. We have a mockingbird because I wanted a single to double knowing that we want more kids, but we found it on marketplace for $300 with the second seat and bassinet attachment. There’s absolutely no way I’d pay full price for it. Honestly we use my $30 umbrella stroller more haha!

I have a travel system stroller tjY we've had since birth, and a lightweight stroller (graco one and it rules).

Graco mom over here. Honestly, I didn’t try Uppa and I didn’t understand why they were so expensive. I have 2 graco strollers and both car seats were Graco. Everything was easy to use, the basket on my graco jogger was massive and great, and I had a smaller one for quick trips or travelling, which I recommend. The infant car seat was fantastic and obviously fit with both strollers. My baby has friends who had Uppa strollers and both babies have grown into wonderful toddlers. I just spent less money on a stroller. I used a halo bassinet for a bit then baby went to the crib.

my best advice is you really don’t need anything that’s insanely expensive if there’s reliable alternatives. i bought graco everything. i got a stroller from them for about $300 or so, it’s amazing. i live in nyc and walk everywhere, don’t even have a car, and it’s been lasting strong. it has room for storage so i can bring stuff when we’re going somewhere a little further away from home like to another borough, it’s not too heavy to pick up to walk up and down the stairs, and it’s great for walking on the bumpy sidewalk. i absolutely love graco so much. i bought a second super lightweight travel stroller with less storage space that’s even lighter to carry just because the graco stroller was cheap enough where i could get a second little cheaper stroller when i dont want to carry the heavier one. as for bouncers, i got a free one secondhand that worked great and i got a gifted one that was roughly $50. my baby only ended up liking bouncers for a couple months. after he wasn’t a little newborn anymore around 4 months old, he hated bouncer or anything that constrained him or kept him trapped in one place. he likes to move lol. so i wouldn’t spend too much money on stuff until your baby is here and you see what they like. ESPECIALLY diapers omg i wish someone told me this!!!! my baby ended up with super sensitive skin and could only use one brand of diapers. we had so many diapers we had to return because they would give him hives. clothes- you’ll most likely be gifted tons of clothes because people love to shop for baby clothes. once upon a baby, walmart, carters, there’s a lot of places with super cute really cheap baby clothes. also people are always giving away secondhand baby clothes on places like fb marketplace. i bought a few items that were a little more pricey that i really wanted, and then the rest i was gifted or got secondhand, or bought from places like the ones i listed. my baby had enough clothes he wore a lot of the newborn size, 0-3 months, 3-6 months clothes 1 or maybe 2 times because they grow so fast. he was in sizes 6m, 6-9m, 9m, 12m the longest so far. i also ended up with baby clothes in the wrong season for the size (or wrong size for the season?) because they don’t fit in the size that’s their age lol so i had 3-6m winter clothes when he was actually in 3-6m during the hottest months of the summer. i invested in a good baby carrier because i baby wear and walk everywhere, but even then i spent around $40 on it and didn’t get the expensive name brand ones. the one i have i absolutely loveeee and it wasn’t one of those $200 carriers. no hate to anyone who gets them, i wish i could afford it! but i’m on a budget and the cheaper one works great for me. my car seats were graco as well! they’re great i got an infant travel seat and a convertible car seat. basically, don’t spend tons of money on items before the baby is here and you don’t know what your baby is going to like or prefer, and don’t feel the need to get name brand items or expensive items if you’re on a budget because there’s reliable affordable options. baby stuff is expensive but i think right now social media and other moms will make you think you need stuff you really don’t need, and there’s ways to get more affordable options that will still be perfect for your baby.

Not crazy but unconventional for sure. I had my baby in December and did the baby wearing but I ended up being so worried about slipping on ice that I felt safer with a stroller. Yes they can be bulky but we stuck with the graco brand for click and connect so we could just throw the base in the car and attach his carseat if we went shopping. We have since moved on to a stroller wagon for bigger outings like the zoo and boy its great.

We had a graco with the “click and connect”, being able to pull the car seat out of the base with a lever and drop it in the stroller, then have it lock in was worth its weight in gold. We took it everywhere with both kids, fairs, beach, hiking trails, as well as city/shopping.