so we just had our little baby girl. we live in rowhouse with 5′ high stoop and 4′ deep basement. it means wife needs to pull the stroller up or down the stairs. and she had problems with it. she got crazy stokke stroller just because it alegedly easier to pull up the stairs. but I do not see how.

so the question is: what you do about pulling stroller up the stoop? any particular tips about stokke stroller? she also asked aboul building rails to roll the stroller up the stoop. does it make any sense?


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  1. Sell Stokke. Get ErgoBaby carrier, then Maclaren Volo. End of discussion. We tried to make a fancy stroller work when we moved to a walkup. No way.

    Seriously, the ErgoBaby is your friend if you live in a walkup.

    The Volo is only 8.5 lbs and you will learn to fold it with one arm whilst holding baby in the other.

  2. Yes congratulations, Bobjohn. Don’t get mad at what was spent on the Stokke. CMU can get as sanctimonious and scathing about this as he wants, but there is pressure in society and an entire industry who capitalizes on worried and overwhelmed new moms simply wanting to do the best they can for their babies. A couple people are saying the Stokke can take stairs okay with practice, so take their words for it. Once Summer arrives and your wife is ready to take the baby on the subway or bus she can get a second, lighter weight stroller. Again, here is where CMU is wrong. If you actually pay attention in Park Slope, you’ll see almost everybody has an Uppa GLite or Maclaren which can be folded for travel.

  3. Honestly, you probably won’t be using this stroller much. The carrier is easier, especially when baby is small. Once the baby is around six months you can use a lighter stroller. We have the quinny zapp and we love it. It’s only 13 lbs and easy to handle. With the infant car seat strapped in it became about 30 though- which is why I didn’t use it much- I also live in a brownstone on the top floor.

    SUV strollers are pretty ridiculous, but not as ridiculous as all the people who just happen to not have children yet who think they know anything about what it involves. Give me a break. Clearly breeding interests you because you are all always the first to comment on these threads.

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