Oh! the buggy puzzle, why oh why are they so flippin' complicated and why oh why do they just pop up when DD does it, or fold down when DD does it. I bet my 2 year old grandson can do it better then I.
16 years ago I was on the doorstep of my then DiL home trying to open her buggy when this enormous woman balled at me 'WANT SOME 'ELP LUV?' Err Yes please I replied, she then stamped on something at the back of the buggy and broke it in two. 'Sorry luv' she said and walked off. I ended up buying new buggy!
I catch my finger in the fasteners on harnesses and get numerous blood blisters.
My first DiL (owner of the buggy) gave me a minute by minute list of what and when to feed her 18 month old son when I first took him out for the day. Honestly! it went: put finger of bread in right hand. watch he doesn't choke, when he has finished mouthful pass him another one and watch him all the time. on and on ad nauseum it went. I was too amused to be offended. We took him to a cafe and he ate chicken nuggets and chips, loved it and didn't choke once.
The boy is now a strapping 16 year old, a lovely lad.
Agree glammananna, I love love love the old original large prams. Can't beat them. I have had two wonderful 'marmet' prams and absolutely love them. Our local hospital uses nothing but these for getting babies off too sleep. they are lined up in the corridor of the childrens' unit.
Mind you my first pram lost its wheel while I was stranded on a small roundabout while crossing a busy road. It rolled down the road until a passing motorist brought it back and clipped it back on. Very traumatic for a second time mum. I had a one year old sitting on a pram seat (don't see those now) and a new born in the pram, all balancing on three wheels.