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Preface
Hello everyone, I am SeanIXz, a father of two children, two daughters in the family, the eldest is 6 years old and the youngest is 1 and a half years old, the whole process is me and my wife plus my parents brought by themselves, I did not ask for a nanny, I did not go to the confinement center, I learned while watching, and it is actually very easy to take a baby in practice.
Now the second child is also easy to bring, and if you have experience, you can avoid detours, solve problems and hit the pain points, and the overall cost is much less.
I have written a lot of articles before, and this one shares the experience of using and purchasing strollers.
What kind of stroller is enough?
The first is the change in thinking, in the past, when I was a big treasure, I had to buy the best everything, but now the second treasure is enough, which is also my main choice now.
Secondly, the price should also be appropriate, as a living home, this is also a more sensitive point, I hope to get it at the lowest cost, I basically will not recommend more than 1000 products, most of them are one or two hundred two hundred or three hundred to get, rational consumption, this point is also put in front of it.
Many parents who take a baby for the first time will buy a lot of overweight, and they want to buy the best everything, and the result is that the money expenditure is huge, and they will return to poverty overnight. It adds too much pressure to my family, and I will feel that raising a baby is too bitter to collapse.
There are many examples, there are 70,000 or 80,000 early education classes for one-year-old babies around me, and there are people who must buy the best imported goat milk powder, and the money for milk powder a year has spent 20,000 or 30,000... Adding up to hundreds of thousands a year, I can't stop it, this is because I was carried away by the atmosphere of the premature chicken baby around me, and I satisfied the desire to compare, but your anxiety is a tool for others to make money, and having such parents is naturally capital ecstasy.
In fact, in essence, at the stage of children 0-3 years old, no matter how good a nanny you hire, how expensive the confinement center is, how good the milk powder is, how good the equipment and toys you use, and how high-end the early education class, the child will only absorb the nutrients you need and will only grow up at your own pace.
The growth process of all human beings in infancy is similar, just go with nature, otherwise there is only a difference of less than 1% in energy and cost that cannot be stopped ten times, which is very worthless.
In my experience, most of the overspending is meaningless, at least until kindergarten.
Children grow very fast, especially in the infant stage, a year has passed, the demand changes very quickly, clothes, pants, shoes and socks have to be changed in an average of 2-3 months, baby products are used for such a short time, it should be spent at low cost, strollers are the same, the quality of strollers is really good, but it is designed according to the ability to use more than ten or twenty years, children use at most two years, most children are not willing to take strollers at about 3 years old, and the waste is very big when buying expensive.
What I advocate is to look at the essence of buying things, look at the actual effect, and meet the needs.
What is the essence of a stroller? - Children's outdoor carrying tools and sleeping and resting places
So what is the essence of a stroller? In fact, it is an auxiliary tool that allows children to lie comfortably and sleep by themselves, freeing their parents' hands.
The earliest children's carrying tools are basically like this, all kinds of wooden frame bamboo basket back baskets, the main function is to give children a warm, comfortable and safe place when working with children, for thousands of years all human beings have chosen a similar way, because this is the most suitable way for children.
Even we ourselves grew up in such baskets when we were young, and we all grew up healthy and healthy, so please rest assured that the main function of the stroller is to allow the baby to lie down and travel in relative safety, which is indeed something that can be done with a bamboo basket.
Even nowadays, the neonatal department of the hospital uses the same "basket", because children at this age are weak and can only lie flat, and the basket can provide a suitable space for the child to lie down, and it is also the child's "nest", which can bring a sense of security.
Then add a base to this "cradle" and add wheels, and he is a stroller, which may have been around for more than a hundred years, and its maturity and practicality are very high.
This is the essence of the stroller: cradle + wheels, the role of the stroller is also to reduce the burden of taking the baby out and liberate the parents' hands.
The characteristics of each age of the baby are different, the cradle shape is different, the scene of taking the baby out is different, the wheels are different, this is the essence of different styles of strollers, and further there are differences in different temperature environments, so this is the basis for our choice, as long as the needs are met, it is enough.
Of course, now we have more scientific guidance, and the state of the baby's spine is different depending on the age. The right design can make the child have higher comfort and reduce crying, so there are all kinds of stroller designs that adapt to different stages, and the following is the question of how to choose.
Strollers from 0 to 6 months
Children of different ages, the need for a different "cradle", before the age of 6 months most babies can only lie down, so this stage is the most suitable form of "bed".
At this time, the spine is in an arc state, you will find that children at this time are very fond of the posture of the hands and feet retracted, and the little feet and feet are always raised high when lying down, which is their natural relaxed body posture, and making a nest with a slight curvature of the back is very suitable for them.
Then a bed + wheels with a slight curvature is the best solution for the 0-6 months stage.
This stage of time is actually very short, and the child is sleeping most of the time, not much time to go out, generally buy it when there is a real need, and stay up for a few days to six months +, the main range of activities is limited to the downstairs of the community, the child is also very light, it is not effortless to hold, in fact, it belongs to the type that can be bought or not.
It is possible to lie flat in the form of a variety of high-view strollers.
I recommend the form of a basket, because, as mentioned above, the baby's spine is curved at this stage, and such a flat lying position is not very comfortable for it.
I have also studied for a period of time, when the two treasures were born, I used the basket directly, the comfort of the basket is higher for the baby, during the 0-3 months this basket is basically its bed, the swaddling bag is tighter so that it has the feeling of squeezing in the mother's belly, and every time you lie down, you will not cry or make trouble.
This 0-3 stage of my family Erbao is easily spent on this basket, and I don't even need to hold it to sleep, which saves a lot of things.
This is also a 3-in-1 model, a combination of a bassinet car seat and a stroller, which can provide travel needs for 0-3 years old, which is very suitable.
The basket + stroller combination of Gray in the United States, but the domestic has been delisted, and now it can only be directly mailed to the United States, which is too expensive and very worthless, but Xianyu has a lot of second-hand, some of which are brought back by themselves in the United States, and there are also old inventories, hundreds of dollars can be done, and you can pay attention to it if you have a demand.
This set is basically only used for one year, but the quality of life is designed in accordance with the on-board collision protection and 15-year life, because the bassinet is also a safety seat, there are mandatory life requirements of the safety seat industry standard, and the general 0-1-year-old Xiaobao is not broken, and it may also be designed according to the 3-5 children of European and American families, in short, it is very durable.
Domestic production now also has a lot of three-in-one and the right price of similar products, there is no need to be obsessed with imports, as an industrial country does not have to worry about the quality of domestic products is not good, the current situation is: the origin is not China, but to doubt its quality.
This set is very suitable for a second-hand collection, and then second-hand out, the cost is one or two hundred postage, this is the most cost-effective and practical plan for the 0-1 year old stage, and it can also be used to 3 years old, I recently gave this set to my cousin who gave birth to a second child at home, and I can pass on a few relatives and friends.
In fact, don't mind if it's brand new, second-hand It has also been verified by the safety of other babies, and it can also be stained with the blessings of other people's babies.
6m-3y stroller
About 6-8 months of the baby's limb development is more perfect, the strength is greater, can turn over and sit up on their own, waking time is more, and they also like to push out the door to play. At this stage, the flat stroller is no longer suitable, and it is generally recommended to choose a sitting position to travel.
There are indeed a lot of baby walking artifacts at this stage, all kinds of umbrella cars, folding cars and the like, but in fact, the demand is still the same, so that children can sit by themselves and parents can free their hands.
In terms of choice, depending on your own needs, I have bought a lot, because I often take my baby to travel far away to play, sometimes it is a temporary use for a week or two, so it is also a low-cost solution to the problem.
Simple
In fact, there are dozens of dollars in the shopping mall near the downstairs of the community, and the major mother and child stores on the street have them, some of them are still sent by buying milk powder, pay attention to the brakes, and it is also a good configuration to have an adjustable backrest.
The child is actually not very picky, there is no essential difference between sitting in this car and sitting one or two thousand, the baby is not heavy enough to consider ergonomics and comfort of the big weight, even if you sit on a small bench will not have any discomfort, every time you go out is to sneak until the child falls asleep and go home, so this is the configuration that has fully met the needs.
This is really simple and practical, I don't take a stroller every time I take the baby to travel to other cities by car, and after arriving at the destination, I go to the mother and baby store to buy a car like this, and it's not a pity to give it away or throw it away directly. In fact, you can only travel once or twice a year, and you will basically not use it after the age of 3, and the cost will add up to one or two hundred.
Lightweight foldable version
Add a gear is a lightweight folding model, mainly focusing on carrying out and convenient storage, it is more practical if the space at home is limited, and it is also convenient to carry in the car.
For example, this one is a simple aluminum alloy frame tire with a piece of mesh, the price is also very cheap, and the point of interest is that it can be folded and put into the trunk to meet the needs of driving.
After folding, it occupies a very small volume, the trunk can be stuffed with more things, and there are brakes and awnings, which are very suitable for short driving trips.
Multi-purpose strollers
Of course, now that everyone is rich, you can further pursue the appearance and experience with more Mimi in your hand, and the multi-functional type is a better choice.
The multi-functional model is characterized by the fact that it can change the shape and adjust multiple parts to improve the comfort of riding and pushing.
For example, the armrests with multiple gears can be adjusted up and down, which can be adapted to users of different heights, making it easier to push.
The handrail is suitable for kindergarten children as low as 1.2m in height, and such a user-friendly design is really friendly.
At the same time, it also supports different forms of rotation adjustment in the forward and backward directions to meet the needs of children's sense of security.
There are also travel needs that can be folded and small enough to be loaded into the luggage compartment of the plane.
The more functions, the more forms, the more expensive the price, this is a product with added value of design and process materials, easy to use, really easy to use, but compared to other models, I can only say that the price is several times higher, but the experience is not multiplied, look at the wallet.
In fact, I think this kind of stroller belongs to the petty bourgeois level of products, and the configuration is full, a bit like me, the science and engineering male equipment party loves to pursue, and there is a little bit of social attributes to increase face, if you like it, you can still do it.
The multi-functional model is good enough in China, but I still want to remind you that this is already a lot overmatched.
summary
In general, I still recommend enough to choose a stroller, I have also been lost in a variety of tall materials, vibration damping, brakes, awnings, folding and various multi-functions as a device party, and I bought a mobile phone camera myself to become a device party, but after actually going through the infant stage of two children, I still see the essence clearly, the stroller It is a simple basket / seat + wheel device, the main function is to reduce the burden on parents, free their hands, as long as this is met.
0-3 years old children will not have any discomfort in the stroller, any one can sit still, my second treasure is the mother and baby store 80 pieces of bamboo and rattan, because in the summer with it breathability is the best, the daily community downstairs is also very practical, the only problem is that the child her grandmother sometimes pushes her and feels that the face can not hang......