NimbleLite Stroller

i have the graco nimble lite and it folds up super tiny! my little brother is 8m and sleeps in it just fine when i'm babysitting and we need to be out during naps.

We just got a convertible one that we could put his newborn car seat into, but once he grew out of it turned into a regular stroller. I believe it was the Graco NimblelLite (2023). Everything about it is great, especially that it has a cup holder for my son and folds up super easy. The only caveat is there is like very little under stroller storage space. I’m for sure an over packer so this has FORCED me to pack lighter when we take it out bc there just isn’t a lot of room at all to hold stuff. Definitely something to take into account. One stroller I see A LOT of people with, and have some stroller envy for, is the Mockingbird. But it is definitely expensive. Hope this was helpful!

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.

I got a Graco travel stroller for $99 from Costco. Doesn't get used all that often but it was $99 and folds and unfolds single handed.

We didn’t have that expensive of a stroller for our first but it was pricey. It served us well for the first year but once she learned to walk, it was game over. She never wanted to be strapped in. It was also super bulky and I got annoyed having to load it into my car every time I thought I might need to use it. We ended up getting a cheap umbrella stroller to keep in our cars, and eventually replaced those with a nice Graco travel stroller that she actually likes to sit in. It also came with an infant seat that we only used for a few months as we upgraded to a rotating seat. We gave the stroller away to a friend - I felt terrible that someone spent so much money on the stroller and we barely used it, but at least it got new life with another family. I think researching baby products is very important and what matters to you might be different than what matters to someone else. Just because something is more expensive doesn’t make it better. But if it’s more compact, if it has higher weight limits, if it’s lighter, if the car seat is safer - I think that’s what matters most. And then just always keep in the back of your mind that you might not use it very long.

I think it depends what kind of use you’re looking for! I am a SAHM and we lived in a big city when my daughter was 0-2.5 years old. We splurged on the Uppababy Vista because I was going to be using it daily, on city sidewalks (aka uneven and bumpy and sometimes snowy and icy) between 2-6 miles, and for daily grocery shopping (so the large basket was very useful). It basically was our car. And it’s still in great condition 3 years later. We later got a graco travel stroller for a trip to Disney and it was incredible for the parks, so light weight and easy to manage. Then I tried to use it in Chicago for a walk and it really could not handle the uneven sidewalks. Like my daughter was almost launched out when I tried to walk over a lip that my Uppababy would’ve been able to handle easily. I personally feel like the Uppababy Vista is really useful for city dwellers who are using it daily instead of a car, and maybe not as necessary for people who are looking to just go on a few leisure walks a week on nicely paved sidewalks. Congrats btw!!

We just did last weekend there wuth and 8 month old and brought our own. We flew down from OREGON and my daughter had the Graco travel stroller and the strap on baby carrier. It worked out fantastic. Sometimes she was strapped on them, sometime she was in the stroller sleeping. I would suggest getting a stroller cover thing for when shes inside so people don't cough, sneeze, spill etc on her.