just wondering, eli is too much of a heffalump for his little baby carrier really so thought a rucksack type might be better for spring - is it a good idea or backbreaking

and does anyone else have a handlebar bike baby seat??

we have this one

http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Premium-Back-Carrier-Black/dp/B001CC8PUC/sr=1-9/qid=1288200507/ref=sr_1_9/275-4799940-4976156?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=44459031&mcb=core

Not got it yet - had so many toher things to buy! Hopefully be getting it in a week or so (well I just booked Izzy into water babies at £130 every 10 weeks ...so ummm lol, I will see!)

christ! that's a bit much i have nearly bought a highchair a few times and then chickened out cos its so expensive haha hope she can swim like a dolphin by the end of it

I have the mothercare one and never use the bloody thing. Im on the verge of selling it now shes walking. Its comfy enough though and way easier n having her on my hip

hmmmmm me too! Thats only the first term! There are 3 more to complete the whole program

They wanted £130 up front, but I claimed poverty and she let me me pay £65 now and £65 next month....gotta try haven't you!

Good luck on waterbabies, i paid 130 for her to shriek her way through the 1st 8 lessons and i didnt even bother with the last 2

oh no! Izzy loves it in the pool luckily!

The front bike seat Thingy I got was asda £65. Tesco direct do one cheaper but watch baby weights. Asda one is fab

http://shop.grahamgoode.com/front-child-bike-seat-weeride-kangaroo-59234-p.asp

This is our one

Emma'n'Hayden wrote:

The front bike seat Thingy I got was asda £65. Tesco direct do one cheaper but watch baby weights. Asda one is fab

http://shop.grahamgoode.com/front-child-bike-seat-weeride-kangaroo-59234-p.asp

This is our one

Thats the one Mari and I have been looking at, glad you like it!

Totally off topic here but I live about 5 mins from the place in that link! Graham Goode motors!!! Its full of chav cars but they are really nice people!

I had a back carrier like the mothercare one and it was fab with the boys! It was an antique as it was the one my mum used for me and my brother!

xxx

Lisa - Mari it's lovely, think on my Facebook there is a photo of Hayden in it. Hayden shouts Weeeeeeeeeeee when we go fast )

i have trailor for my 2 to go in they love it and we regularly go out on trips on it x

You can have ours if you want. we don't use it any more and it's in perfect condition.

Kelly & Row wrote:

we have this one

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http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Premium-Back-Carrier-Black/dp/B001CC8PUC/sr=1-9/qid=1288200507/ref=sr_1_9/275-4799940-4976156?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=44459031&mcb=core[/quote[/url]]

we have that one two, i can wear that for longer than i ever could with the front carriers but iv hardly ever used it tbh x

uuugggh i was just making an idle point now we are into nose-hair wars

ffs i typed that into the wrong post

Lol wondered what you meant

We have a macpac rucksack

http://www.mumsnet.com/Reviews/Backpacks/26-macpac-vamoose

I used it when Seb was younger, when I needed to get the train, to go to the dentists up 2 flights of stairs, and when it was too snowy for the pushchair. OH used it a lot too for walks including a walking holiday in the Lakes, but since about 15 months he has really got quite heavy so it hasn't been used as much.

We paid about 150 for it and also bought the "sleepy-head pillow attachment" (another 10 or 15 I think); but I think it is 200 full price. We bought it expecting to use it for 2 kids.



Picture from around 7 months - I can't find any that show the full papoose.

Ros

those who have/had one - there is one with a visor type thing...is that practical? like this http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/nursery/53/4?extra=sch&n=women-maternity-collections&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_search&utm_campaign=googleps i am just wondering what you would do if you didnt have one when it was snowing/raining, or is it impractical to use in bad weather (really need to know as scotland in winter is rarely pleasant )

the one with have has a visor and inside it a rain cover that comes out goes over the visor and over the front and sides of the carrier (only the top part though) and it clips on.

The Macpac comes with a sunshade on two little poles that pokes into the top of the rucksack, and then a full-on raincover that goes over the whole thing (including sunshade, so the raincover isn't touching baby's head). I don't have any photos of it in use like that as you couldn't see Seb and it wasn't the weather for standing around with cameras. Obviously it is a bit of a faff to put on but like pram raincovers it gets easier with practise - it helps to have two people if you are putting it on outdoors when it is windy.

I think Seb's feet now poke out of the raincover so his legs need to be appropriately covered. He has been in the rucksack wearing a snowsuit and a [Regatta] puddlesuit (not at the same time!) for extra protection from the weather which helps to avoid needing the raincover. He doesn't particularly like the sunshade if we put the sides down as he can't look sideways, similarly I don't suppose he likes the raincover much though as we can't really see him we don't know, and as we mainly used it last winter which was approx 8-13 months he tended to doze off when there was nothing to look at.

Ros

i think we will deff get one - hopefully one with a good cover for eli then i suppose the raincover is the same in principle as on the buggy - he can't really see anything and just falls asleep which is a shame but better than being wet!

Elijah is just over 5 months now so will be a similar age to seb over winter/spring - could be really helpful as i am struggling a lot with the pram/carseat/buggy/stairs/bags situation and refuse to 'bump' him up/downstairs!

if anyone is looking to sell one we might be interested (when pennies allow! )

actually after doing some research we are probably going to go for the phil and teds escape - but only if i can find somewhere to try it on!

the offer is still there for ours. now we are moving we need to get rid of lots of things