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When did prams turn into "travel systems"?!

amdublin · 2014-07-14 17:30:57

Doesn't it seem mad to fork out €1000 (or so) up front compared to when you used to just get your car seat and pram first, and then later on you'd get a buggy when needed. And is it just me or do a lot of parents "have to buy the travel system new". What's wrong with second hand? "oh but we want the new bugaboo* in the new…

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#32 21-07-2014 1:54pm
IvyTheTerrible

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I use cotton pads and warm water (the old fashioned warm wipe! )

Honestly, they'll try and sell anything.

I had a travel system thing but I got it cheap from a friend of a friend who had finished her family and needed the extra acre of space it took in her house!

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#33 22-07-2014 12:36pm
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I remember the exact moment that the baby realised that if he peed mid-change, he would soak himself and it was Not a Nice Feeling. It was about 3am when he was 5 months old, ran down the changing mat soaking his hair and every stitch he had on and oh he howled throughout getting him stripped, washed, dried and dressed again.

And he has never did it since. Thank Fcuk

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