October
2009
New Baby In The House? Here’s Baby Stroller Safety Tips.
Having a new baby in the house is wonderful. And if you’re a parent bringing home your first baby you are soon to discover some of the wonderful ways your life has changed forever. And some of the inconveniences too. All of a sudden going out has just got a whole lot harder. You’re going to need to consider buying a baby stroller.
There are definitely some practical problems getting around with a new baby. And you’ll find that it suddenly becomes a 10 minute job to get into the car. How do you get out and about conveniently?
You mum and dad probably had a pram for you. Probably a steel pram that weighed a ton and wasn’t really user friendly. Hard to get in the car, heavy and slow to push. You had a real struggle to get baby and pram both into the car.
But modern technology allows the manufacture of strollers that overcome these problems. They are lighter, fold up much better and are way easier to push, with bigger wheels.
And that’s not all, there are other benefits to a having a baby stroller too. Benefits for baby. For example you can get strollers with reclining seats so baby can sleep or sit up and look around. And they should have adjustable footrests for a growing baby.
And you should also get plenty of storage space for mums shopping, and you should also make sure you have good brakes.
And whilst talking of brakes, here’s a few safety issues. The brakes should be a foot operated brake that operates brakes on all wheels. The brakes should be good enough so that you can stop a fully loaded stroller on a good hill and the brakes will hold. But remember for safety never stop on a hill unless absolutely necessary. And even with the brakes on you should also stop across the hill rather than facing down.
And here’s some more safety tips. Make sure you get a fully adjustable and solid 5 point harness. And keep it done up tightly. There have, in the past, been accidents where baby has tried to stand up and fallen out.
And here’s 2 more safety tips to using baby strollers, because safety is so important. When you need to go upstairs with a baby in a stroller look for a lift. It’s difficult to take a baby in a stroller safely up stairs. If you absolutely must then you should take baby out. Safer, just don’t.
And never tie a dog lead to a stroller. You may well look away and look back to find that your dog, and your stroller, and your baby, have taken off.
And surprisingly a good new stroller is very affordable. You can find stroller brand new at an extremely affordable price if you know where. A stroller is very cheap convenience for you and comfort for baby.
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