The Art of Shopping for a Baby Stroller

Well…I don’t know if you can call it an art actually, but someone should have told me that a crash course in baby strollerology would have been extremely helpful.

There are only about a billion makes and models to choose from….how is a new parent supposed to know what they need? And of course the price ranges from cheap to “holy crap my house cost less to furnish” expensive!

I decided before hitting the stores, I would spend a few minutes checking out and comparing the different makes and models and prices online. I was immediately sucked into a whole new universe of baby strollertopia. There are, of course, the standard size strollers, double strollers, travel systems, lightweight strollers and travel systems, and of course every possible stroller accessory you can images.

Three hours later, I emerged from my computer and announced to my husband that I thought I found a great stroller in our price range that has the features that are important to us. I definitely wanted a travel system…what a great way to cart your peaceful sleeping baby from car to stroller to house without disturbing them! (yeah yeah…peaceful sleeping is the vision I have in my head right now. Im sure when we actually go to use all this baby stuff, our sweet little angel will be wailing his head off all the time!). In any case, I was ready to go shopping right away, feeling empowered and excited with my new found knowledge of baby strollers! (ok ok…I’m a geek I know, but what can I say?)

So off to sears we go, and the bay, and babiesRus ….
It was a lot of fun actually. I’m really glad I did a bit of research before going shopping because it really shed some light on things like how easy the stroller folds, how heavy the stroller is etc. I had found a Graco lightweight travel system that folds up with the click of a button online. That travel system set the precedent, and that is the stroller we ended up buying. I swear that thing was light as a feather! Hurray! Thank goodness for online shopping. You can almost always find what you want for a much better deal. We bought a travel system online that was on sale for $100 cheaper than the same stroller at babisRus.

One thing down, about a million more to go…