Make the decision to have a baby, and all the other decisions quickly follow. There’s a method of delivery to choose, then car seat, crib, stroller, diapers, method of feeding — not to mention baby-wearing devices, onesies, pacifiers and bottles.
Let us take one of those decisions off your shoulders. We surveyed Consumer Reports; the Bump; the blog Cool Mom Picks; the man behind the Baby Guy Gear Guide; and blogger Grace Patton, mother of six, on the best strollers out there.
As editor in chief of Cool Mom Picks, Liz Gumbinner has a front-row seat to the newest, coolest baby gear out there. Her stroller pick is the 4moms Moxi Stroller ($499.99, buybuybaby.com). “There’s an amazing LCD dashboard to help you track distance, temperature and time, a charging port for your phone and even pathway lights and taillights,” she says.
An umbrella stroller, vs. an everyday stroller, weighs in at less than 20 pounds, the Baby Guy Gear Guide’s Jamie Grayson said. But these days, umbrella strollers are so much tougher than the throwaway versions of the past and can be used dependably every day. Grayson said that the Babyzen YOYO+ 6+ ($495, amazon.com) is dependable enough to use around town. “It’s a totally durable everyday stroller that just happens to travel really well,” he said. It even folds up into a bag to go overhead on a plane.