Junior's First Wheels

Is it a bird, is it a plane.........no it's a "travel system". We soon learned that you do not buy prams anymore for babies, you get travel systems which are kind of like transformers and seem to do everything except the washing up! So we purchased this little beauty from "Babies R Us" and spent some time at the weekend trying to figure out just how it all works.

Some people are superstitious and say it is unlucky to buy the pram or to have it in your house before the baby is born. But neither me or Tina are that superstitious and agreed that it would be more unlucky to leave it until the last minute for several reasons. Firstly, we wanted to familiarise ourselves with the pram and car seat - the last thing I want to do is leave it until the day I collect my new family from the hospital only to find out bits are missing, broken or simply that I haven't a clue how they work. Secondly, it helps break the expense down by getting this big chunk out of the way a bit earlier. Thirdly, we saw the one we wanted in stock and at a good price. Fourth, I didn't really want to be chasing around in the last week or so trying to shop around for prams/travel systems. Lastly and most importantly, there are companies around that check the installation of your babies car seat to ensure it is compatible with your car, installed correctly etc.etc. Since the car seat came as part of the travel system then it was an excuse to purchase the pram early so that we can get the car seat checked over properly and approved from a safety perspective.

Apparently now we have to buy a matching umbrella for the pram to go with the matching baby bag and rain cover!!! PS Do the designers of these travel systems expect the parents to push their babies around World Rally courses at high speed? After all the car seat and the pram are kitted out with a 4 point harness which would have any boy racer wetting his pants with excitement.