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We also have the Mockingbird and love it! We do a lot of walking / commuting on foot and so it made sense for us to have a nice (larger) stroller. Disclaimer: We also have a used travel stroller (I think it's the Uppababy g-lite, which is fine but not amazing) which we got when our baby was ~9 months old and had a few airplane trips coming up. We now keep it stored in the car and typically choose it for airplane travel. For the Mockingbird, we had the sleep-safe bassinet attachment and the separate bassinet stand, which was my favorite purchase when our little one was a newborn. She slept in there a lot, both while attached to the stroller and while sitting on the stand at home. Had we done more car commuting, maybe we would've bought the car seat attachment instead. But I'm glad we had the bassinet! The only attachment, other than the bassinet, that we bought was the cup holder. There is plenty of storage underneath and a handy phone pocket on the back of the child's seat, so this felt like the only thing it was lacking. I figured we would enjoy using the Mockingbird as a double stroller when we had our second baby, but our second baby is due later this year and I actually plan to try going back to just the single bassinet and adding the riding board attachment for my older daughter. She will be 3 when the baby arrives, and seems to be enjoying her time outside of the stroller more and more. PS- We did have an issue with one of the wheels after using the stroller for about a year, but Mockingbird sent us a replacement wheel quickly and free-of-charge.

We took our 20 month old in an umbrella stroller. But if you do an umbrella, and i definitely recommend them in Italy, esp Rome, it has to be a solid one. We had an uppababy umbrella stroller (great wheels and shocks), which did AMAZING on all the Rome cobblestone. Also folds up super small in restaurants and easy on trains. Was also great to recline the baby while siteseeing or when we had late dinners and the baby was sleeping. That stroller incredibly made it through over 20 cobblestone cities throughout Italy and Spain over the course of 5 years. We couldn't believe the wheels still hadn't come off! (This is not a paid advertisement lol) PS. Carrier is fine (I brought one too) but wore it maybe once because the stroller was too easy and comfortable. I used the carriecarre time when climbing a very narrow spiral staircase in Florence but never used it again for that first trip.

Fellow Ottawa mom here - get the Uppababy. We used the bassinet daily for walks and as an extra bassinet for home and travel right up until LO was too big for it. Also, the wheels are super solid and make it a lot easier to navigate Ottawa snowbanks come winter. Not sure if you plan on having more than one kid, but we wanted something that would last for the next one (or two!) and grow with our family. It's true you can find lots used on marketplace, which further reinforced my decision to spring for the Uppababy, because even well used and years old, people are still selling them for $800!

My husband read up on those and we didn't get one for a few reasons 1. we are tall and it is impractically short for us 2. There was some conflicting information on the safety of the seats. We ended up going with the Uppa baby - its expensive but it came with the car seat, a bassinet, and the standard stroller seat. If we eventually end up having another it can also convert to a double stroller and the resale value is decent if we end up selling it. To us it was worth it and now using it I really love it. It's one of those "if you have the funds do it, if not its not the end all be all". For us the biggest plus is its great for tall people (I'm 5'8 and my husband is 6'3)

It was expensive, but I like the Uppa baby stroller. Get it secondhand, the build quality is high. I had build quality concerns and had to “feel” each stroller in person. I’m a buy once cry once kind of guy, so when I felt the Uppa Baby stroller it felt significantly sturdier than others I checked. It’s expensive though.. folds up easily, I pull it out of the SUV with one hand and it’s already setup by the time I go to set it down. The wheels are great and make going up my brick front steps easy, I just pull the stroller backwards and the large wheels do the work. But, it’s expensive. My wife bought an attachment for ours once we had our second child, so now we stroll around with two. It feels just as sturdy with two as it did with one.

Ive had two kids, very different systems in place. Cost was my biggest concern basically. Baby 1 Bed: uppa bassinet + jolly jumper rocker stand. Stand was $10 used. Bassinet came with the stroller Stroller: used uppa baby from fb marketplace. Paid $100 for the stroller, seat and bassinet. Came with a snack tray. It was around 8 years old and an outdated model Car seat: safety first seat that stayed in the car (not a system), but that adjusted from infant to 50 lbs. Cost about $300 Once baby could sit up, I ditched the uppa baby because it was too big. Opted for a Summer 3D stroller that was super portable. That cost about $80 Baby 2 Bed: ingenuity bassinet (not relevant, but showing that we didn’t have a bassinet attachment). Bought used for $30 Stroller: graco modes that we got from a friend. They gave us the whole system with the car seat. Free, but valued at $450+ brand new, and worth mentioning that this is difficult as used car seats should only from a trustworthy source. Also still had the summer 3D mentioned above, and that was compatible with the Graco snugride Car seat: graco snug ride mentioned with stroller. Free from a one-and-done friend. This baby will need a new car seat when we grow out of the bucket. She will use that summer 3D stroller exclusively when that happens as I looove how light and portable, yet sturdy, it is. Baby 2 didn’t have a bassinet stroller attachment. She is 4 months old and would be outgrowing it now. We are huge on baby wearing, so we didn’t have her in the stroller much for walks around the block. Note that dad did a lot of the bigger walks while mom was recovering. Used ergo baby carrier: $15 Sorry for the long read. All this was to say the answer doesnt need to be black and white or fit in a box

Also resale value of uppa baby and nuna much better!