what would you do...

now, the front wheels on our sola are knackered, we have taken them to bits, oiled/wd40d them and that does help for a bit but then they get muddy and are broken again.....its doing my head in! i can use it with the front wheels locked but then its hard to do shopping cos you can't drive one-handed that way...

i have asked mamas n papas and they say as its under 2 years they will give me a repair quote, but thats no good as i would have to send it away!! they also do not sell the chassis on its own.

so essentially we need a new pram. now i don't really want a buggy type as i just dont like them we walk ALOT and i do really like elijah facing me, i also need a big basket and very sturdy wheels.....but......i dont want to pay £300 because hopefully now eli has been walking nearly 9 months we won't need it for ages, and when i get pg again i probably would want a new system then...

sorry this has turned into a really confusing post. anyway imagine you need a new pram but you are picky as f*ck, what would you do?

Hmm, rear facing prams tend to be costly unless you look on ebay..Have you checked out to see if there are any chassis on ebay?

( I can't believe he's still rear facing lol, If I put Oliver rear facing he'd stick his head out to the side to see everything )

what about the silver cross linear, its a really sturdy pram with front or rear facing seat unit.

You can pick them up for reasonable money - £100 or less

I have a Loola Up..Izzy faces me in that...its pretty darn stable...Ive had it since Izzy was a couple of months and its like new still!

You can get them for a good price on ebay - try here - they sell ones that have bene returned when people change their mind http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Babyvalue/Pushchairs-Prams-/_i.html?_fsub=4&_sid=128321969&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 and you can get some very good deals!

Lisa wrote:

I have a Loola Up..Izzy faces me in that...its pretty darn stable...Ive had it since Izzy was a couple of months and its like new still!

You can get them for a good price on ebay - try here - they sell ones that have bene returned when people change their mind http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Babyvalue/Pushchairs-Prams-/_i.html?_fsub=4&_sid=128321969&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 and you can get some very good deals!

I've been looking at getting a rear facing pushchair and looked at a Loola Up, they look really good Mari. xx

I really do love mine, Im glad I never sold it!

I used a normal stroller for a few months while my friend had the Loola for her newborn til she saved to buy a nice pushchair... and I was SO glad to get it back

I LOVE having Izzy facing me now, its so easy to steer, especially compared to strollers (even easier than my cossato and that takes some doing cos its like a feather to steer!)

oooh thanks ladies, i will do some researching - and hey! i don't think theres anything wrong with elijah facing me!!! i can't chat to him and ask him stuff and point things out if hes got his back to me! (attention seeking? me?)

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having toddlers rearfacing, I wish Oliver would sometimes..but he'd rather stick his head round and get it walloped by a car cos he's so nosy

haha eli does that sometimes, then we turn him round and within 10 minutes hes straining to see us and see what we are up to (in case we are eating secret things or summat)