double buggy v todler seat??

how old will your daughter be when baby is born?

I have a Triton Trekker with a toddler seat on the front. It is great for decent length walks around home but I don't like taking it in the car/van because it is big and heavy. Having the toddler in front makes it a bit tough to steer if/when the baby is a lot lighter than the toddler, but I like the wheel base not being as wide as double strollers.

we have a pedigree with a toddler seat. Ours was actually a three wheeler that an engineer made into a four wheeler for us - so it would take a toddler seat. I love it and it is not so wide as the double - also my two year old occasionally wants to walk (or have Dad put him on his shoulders) so I have the option of it being a single stroller. This year Jake is going to start kindy so when that happens once again I can have a single stroller.

The heavy front though is difficult to steer. At the moment jake likes to be at the back and Taine sits in the toddler seat - much easier (taine is one though). INitially was quite hard. Would imagine this would be similar with most of the doubles though too? but not sure. We did have a double, one behind the other kinda thing - ours was second hand and really old - only $20 from trademe I think. Was okay buyt a real b"tch to manoveuor around things. I got good arm muscles from it though!

I have both. Depends on what you would use it for most i think, malls i would go for a toddler seat one but if you do heaps of walking then a double is really handy, i have a 3 wheel double cos Kobe (almost 3) cant walk as far and as fast as i go and he is over weight for a toddler seat.

Im also on the look out for one, My girl is nearly too heavy for standard toddler seats and she will be 21months when bubs is born.
I was thinking of the p&t and when I go on the bus into town one of those twin umbrella type strollers to make it easier to lug with a toddler and a baby (fingers crossed there isnt twins inside).
I have heard the toddler seats on the 3 wheelers arent all the good in the steering department, I jsut dont liek the look of some of the toddler seats out really, as some look extremly uncomfortbale.
I was looking at getting maybe a twin buggy on Trade me for when I go for walks but yeah then theres the shop doors thing, which is silly really, they should all design them to fit the double buggies in them.

our bertini jet isn't heavy and bulky, i like it. if you can get the phil and teds one though, i would. hehe, ask janine what she thinks of them (mum2paris)

Vanessa is the Bertini easy to fold down? and how big is it when folded? I'm looking at getting one.

Oh yip I'm coming that wud be cool. We had this horrible one that i never figured out how to fold and doesn't even fit in my car.

Yeah that makes scence. Check out trademe you can often get double moutain buggies for cheap that way you might be able to afford one for the car and one for walking.