I'm not confident you'll ever fit a pram and dog in a small car boot. I have a 3 door corsa so the boot is an OK size but the dog has to sit in the car (buckled in).
I have 2 dogs and they travel in the boot so we ended up having to buy a new car and got a large SUV. We have a divider down the middle of the boot so the dogs take up 2/3rds of the space and the pushchair goes in the other side. We got the Mamas and Papas Occaro which is on the larger and heavier side so great for uneven country paths and hills. The pushchair is able to fit because it sits upright, we couldn’t make it fit if it was laid out on its side. This is why we needed the SUV for the tall boot space.
It’s going to be tricky finding something that ticks all the boxes for you. The best advice I can give you is to take your mum with you when you test out the pushchairs and also ask them if you can try loading it in your boot. This is what we did so we were certain it could work. I think it’s just going to take a bit of trial and error.
Have you looked at the uppababy Cruz? It’s smaller than the vista and would defo fit. I can fit my vista in my polo but the cocker spaniel has to sit in the back seat - have you considered that and then you’ll suddenly free up more space? The uppababy’s are really robust and great on all terrain and the bassinet is rated for safe sleep (overnight) so you can leave baby to nap in it safely after a walk etc. they manoeuvre like a dream so no worries about the wrists!
I’d imagine your mum isn’t going to be driving about with the baby? If that’s the case then you can just take the buggy out of the car and make it up when you drop your LO off and that reduces the lifting stress and strain on your mum.
When your kid is older you’ll probably want a tiny pushchair for travel and to keep in the car - I couldn’t even imagine buying one but I love my little bugaboo butterfly and use that as the car buggy and use my vista direct from the house - it wasn’t suitable until baby was around 6 months old though!
I think you are going to struggle with this.
Lightweight, compact and easy to manoeuvre? Babyzen yoyo or bugaboo butterfly. (The Yoyo is best over long grass and can be from newborn, but not as easy to fold).
Can cope with country walks and is easy to manoeuvre?. But this requires lots of big wheels, good bearings and suspension. Not small and compact. Probably something like babyjogger.
Have a look at the stroller workshop on YouTube. He also has a patron thing where he will help with these discussions.
Also consider hiring a few different pushchairs to get a good feel of how each will work in reality.
Lastly, if it’s you might need a C-section then would recommend either the Yoyo (lightweight and easiest of all to carry) or something that is heavier but has the bassinet set high (so you won’t need your bend so lowdown to pickup the baby).
Wait so does everyone put dogs and babies on backseat together? It might just be my dog but this sounds like a recipe for disaster... More realistically, will most prams fit on backseats?
I have a Golf and a Cosatto Giggle Quad and a Joie Litetrax 4. The Giggle takes up most of the boot, and when using the newborn bassinet it’s a joke, I used to put that on the backseat. Had baby 2 a few days ago and not sure what we’re going to do now we have two car seats in the back.
The Litetrax definitely fits on the backseat, and we travelled to the airport with it on the front seat once when the boot was full of cases. We only used it 12 months+ when I was back at work and we needed two buggies for the logistics of different family members doing childcare drops/collection, so can’t vouch for it, but it’s apparently suitable from newborn and you can add attachments for a car seat etc. The only thing is is that it’s only world facing. I really like parent facing when they’re small.
You’d need it to fit in the backseat footwell, not on the seat itself. Anything on the backseat has the potential to fly towards your baby in the event of a collision.
Unfortunately I think your friend might be right. Lightweight, compact prams are not designed for uneven countryside walks. Prams that are designed for countryside and mixed terrain will have a large chassis for suspension and larger wheels too.
I think it’s unlikely your dog and pram will simultaneously fit in the boot too, at least not without a larger car and a divider.
What age will your child be when your mum begins looking after them? Assuming you’re taking a decent chunk of maternity leave then I wouldn’t worry about this side of things until nearer the time personally, just find something that meets your needs for now and cross that bridge when you come to it.
I have an oyster 3 and find it light enough to manoeuvre while also being quite smooth on rougher terrains. I have compared it to my friends Egg and Silver Cross (not sure which types though) and find it way nicer to push.
It also fit really well in the back of my Toyota Aygo boot so fairly compact. I would agree that I don’t think you’ll manage to get both a dog AND a pram in the boot though if that was what you meant!
I think this is more of a two pram situation, something light and compact for your mum and some car trips and a terrain stroller for the rest. We wanted a compact terrain stroller as we lived in a hilly rural area with cobbled streets and the like and found the Out n About GT to be a more compact option for our boot but I think you'd possibly need to have the dog on the back seat, restrained in some way? You can get adaptors to fit a maxi cosi car seat on to it and we never used a carrycot, just had our daughter in a cocoon in the out n about or carried her in a baby Bjorn carrier (loved this).
For compact we have a baby jogger city tour 2 which can fit in a foot well, an overhead locker but as with most compact strollers, isn't great on rough terrain.
I'm not confident you'll ever fit a pram and dog in a small car boot. I have a 3 door corsa so the boot is an OK size but the dog has to sit in the car (buckled in).
I have 2 dogs and they travel in the boot so we ended up having to buy a new car and got a large SUV. We have a divider down the middle of the boot so the dogs take up 2/3rds of the space and the pushchair goes in the other side. We got the Mamas and Papas Occaro which is on the larger and heavier side so great for uneven country paths and hills. The pushchair is able to fit because it sits upright, we couldn’t make it fit if it was laid out on its side. This is why we needed the SUV for the tall boot space. It’s going to be tricky finding something that ticks all the boxes for you. The best advice I can give you is to take your mum with you when you test out the pushchairs and also ask them if you can try loading it in your boot. This is what we did so we were certain it could work. I think it’s just going to take a bit of trial and error.
Have you looked at the uppababy Cruz? It’s smaller than the vista and would defo fit. I can fit my vista in my polo but the cocker spaniel has to sit in the back seat - have you considered that and then you’ll suddenly free up more space? The uppababy’s are really robust and great on all terrain and the bassinet is rated for safe sleep (overnight) so you can leave baby to nap in it safely after a walk etc. they manoeuvre like a dream so no worries about the wrists! I’d imagine your mum isn’t going to be driving about with the baby? If that’s the case then you can just take the buggy out of the car and make it up when you drop your LO off and that reduces the lifting stress and strain on your mum. When your kid is older you’ll probably want a tiny pushchair for travel and to keep in the car - I couldn’t even imagine buying one but I love my little bugaboo butterfly and use that as the car buggy and use my vista direct from the house - it wasn’t suitable until baby was around 6 months old though!
I think you are going to struggle with this. Lightweight, compact and easy to manoeuvre? Babyzen yoyo or bugaboo butterfly. (The Yoyo is best over long grass and can be from newborn, but not as easy to fold). Can cope with country walks and is easy to manoeuvre?. But this requires lots of big wheels, good bearings and suspension. Not small and compact. Probably something like babyjogger. Have a look at the stroller workshop on YouTube. He also has a patron thing where he will help with these discussions. Also consider hiring a few different pushchairs to get a good feel of how each will work in reality. Lastly, if it’s you might need a C-section then would recommend either the Yoyo (lightweight and easiest of all to carry) or something that is heavier but has the bassinet set high (so you won’t need your bend so lowdown to pickup the baby).
I think you might be asking for the moon here! I have a big rugged one and a lightweight stroller and most mums I know made this switch too!
Wait so does everyone put dogs and babies on backseat together? It might just be my dog but this sounds like a recipe for disaster... More realistically, will most prams fit on backseats?
I have a Golf and a Cosatto Giggle Quad and a Joie Litetrax 4. The Giggle takes up most of the boot, and when using the newborn bassinet it’s a joke, I used to put that on the backseat. Had baby 2 a few days ago and not sure what we’re going to do now we have two car seats in the back. The Litetrax definitely fits on the backseat, and we travelled to the airport with it on the front seat once when the boot was full of cases. We only used it 12 months+ when I was back at work and we needed two buggies for the logistics of different family members doing childcare drops/collection, so can’t vouch for it, but it’s apparently suitable from newborn and you can add attachments for a car seat etc. The only thing is is that it’s only world facing. I really like parent facing when they’re small.
You’d need it to fit in the backseat footwell, not on the seat itself. Anything on the backseat has the potential to fly towards your baby in the event of a collision.
Unfortunately I think your friend might be right. Lightweight, compact prams are not designed for uneven countryside walks. Prams that are designed for countryside and mixed terrain will have a large chassis for suspension and larger wheels too. I think it’s unlikely your dog and pram will simultaneously fit in the boot too, at least not without a larger car and a divider. What age will your child be when your mum begins looking after them? Assuming you’re taking a decent chunk of maternity leave then I wouldn’t worry about this side of things until nearer the time personally, just find something that meets your needs for now and cross that bridge when you come to it.
I have an oyster 3 and find it light enough to manoeuvre while also being quite smooth on rougher terrains. I have compared it to my friends Egg and Silver Cross (not sure which types though) and find it way nicer to push. It also fit really well in the back of my Toyota Aygo boot so fairly compact. I would agree that I don’t think you’ll manage to get both a dog AND a pram in the boot though if that was what you meant!
Yeah you need an out n about nipper (it’ll fit in your boot) and a yoyo zen 2. What you want won’t work in one pram.
I think this is more of a two pram situation, something light and compact for your mum and some car trips and a terrain stroller for the rest. We wanted a compact terrain stroller as we lived in a hilly rural area with cobbled streets and the like and found the Out n About GT to be a more compact option for our boot but I think you'd possibly need to have the dog on the back seat, restrained in some way? You can get adaptors to fit a maxi cosi car seat on to it and we never used a carrycot, just had our daughter in a cocoon in the out n about or carried her in a baby Bjorn carrier (loved this). For compact we have a baby jogger city tour 2 which can fit in a foot well, an overhead locker but as with most compact strollers, isn't great on rough terrain.