Baby travel systems include a baby stroller and a car seat/carrier all in one package. The stroller and the car seat/carrier are usually coordinating and are from the same manufacturer. Purchasing them as a set can save you money and time hunting for just the right one of each.
Let's start with the baby stroller. Baby travel systems include a single stroller made of high quality materials that are durable and can take a lot of use, because parents usually keep them through multiple children. The fabric is a woven, washable, tear-resistant material and is almost always quilted in some fashion as to protect the baby from bumps and jostling around during rides on uneven pavement and such.
The stroller usually has a sun hood cover and sometimes they have a clear plastic 'moon roof' built in so that you can peak down on the baby to see if they are sleeping or playing. The wheels are usually double and are on ball bearings so maneuvering the stroller is very easy to do, especially in a crowded mall or on a walk along a bumpy trail. There are often one or two cup holders and a small tray on the back near the handle for your keys or other small items. And underneath the stroller is usually large mesh basket to carry your diaper bag or some shopping packages.
The second piece of the baby travel systems is the car seat/baby carrier. This item can be used as either a car seat or a carrier for the baby. When used as a car seat, this is an infant car seat which is used for babies under 20 lbs and rear-facing. There are specially made groves in the car seat for the seatbelt strap or frequently bases you install and leave in your car and you lock the car seat into the base when car riding. If you are not sure how to install the car seat, you can go to any fire station or insurance agency and they can show you how to properly install the car seat. If your car seat has the base and you are going to use the base, make sure you have installed the base correctly as well.
The car seat can frequently double as a carrier, which means the car seat has a handle so you don't have to transfer the baby into another piece of equipment to carry him or her around the store or wherever you are going. The handle adjusts back when the carrier is being used for a car seat and adjusts to the center of the carrier when being used as a carrier. Because they tend to be heavy, they are not as comfortable to carry your baby around for long periods of time, like a wraparound carrier or wraparound sling carrier might be, but they do provide a comfortable place for baby while in a restaurant, and you can adjust the handle so that the baby is sitting up and you can feed them.
Finally, the carrier can be mounted in the stroller and used in this way as well. If baby falls asleep in the car and you have reached your destination, all you have to do is take the car seat out and lock it into place in the stroller and you are on your way. Baby travel systems provide great convenience for parents on the go.
Spring has returned with an invitation to come outside and enjoy the fresh air. Winterâs ice and snow have melted away-- gone forever like bad memories, the sidewalks and streets are dry, clear, and passable. Green replaces brown as the color of the local landscape. The Sun is shining bright; there is a fresh crispness in the air as gentle breezes enter through the newly opened windows delivering the invitation. The temperatures hover around sixty degrees. Parents read the invitation again: âCome, come outside and play, enjoy the outdoors with meââ¦signed âSpringâ.
Mothers and Fathers, who have safely bundled up their babies and toddlers with layers of clothes during the winter months and carried them over the ice and snow, begin to slowly return to the neighborhood sidewalk and streets, parks, and malls, pushing their small babies along in their strollers. New parents or parents-to-be begin to shop for baby strollers so they can join other neighborhood moms or dads who set out for the great outdoors in response to springâs invitation.
Life and people like the budding bushes, flowers, and trees reappear in neighborhoods adding themselves to the mosaic street scenes of springtime. The exercising, health minded parents, in steady paces push their baby or babies in their single or double jogging strollers putting in their scheduled run for the day.
The cyclist enthusiasts lovingly secure their precious little ones in the bike trailers already attached to their choice of transportation, and pedal their way around the neighborhood in streets and on sideways with destinations unknown. Their babies and toddlers in their safety compartment enjoy the nice fresh air from their modern day âhorse-drivenâ carriage that they have been deprived of all winter long.
With only a sweater or jacket as needed outerwear, they regally take in the sights and sounds of the beautiful fresh spring views as the gentle breezes caress their little faces through the screened windows of the enclosed cart. Mom or dad supplies the âhorsepowerâ in front of them as they enjoy their âroyal rideâ through neighborhood of the local stately mansions.
Elsewhere, neighborhood moms, with Springâs invitation in hand and the other hand on a stroller, join each other leisurely pushing their infants along side by side in single or double umbrella strollers sharing their stories of motherhood, and how they survived the winter doldrums being locked up indoors all season long. Each new breath of springâs fresh air is really a sigh of relief of freedom for these winter prisoners. Off to the local park they go to join other proud parents to present their blessed children to each other (maybe for the first time), share parenting strategies and techniques, and catch up on the latest happenings in their neighborhoods.
Strollers these days come in many brand names, such BOB, Maclaren, TikeTech, and Bugaboo with different models that cater to sports minded parents, all-terrain, walking, jogging, cycling or hybrids. There are wide varieties of shapes and sizes for single, double, or triples passengers. They have umbrella type coverings, retractable canopies, prams, open air types, or enclosed cabins. Like in a paint store the colors are plentiful. There are three wheelers and four wheelers. There are set wheels and swivel wheels. They may have one carrying compartment or multiple compartments for the journeyâs needed cargo. Thereâs something to meet every parentâs need to safely share the lovely outdoors and warm weather with their precious little child or children.
So let the good times roll as moms and dads, walking, jogging, or biking return to the sidewalks and streets of our neighborhoods; and reminds us all to look for that invitation to enjoy the outdoors, the fresh air, and the new life all around us, especially when we peek into those strollers to get a glimpse of the cute little babies who are their passengers.
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