My neighbor Mary knows everything about kid gear. She is my go to reference when I need anything for my kids. I usually buy what she tells me about. I fought for a long time to ignore her stroller. It looked cool and certainly she seemed to love it. But it was expensive and I’d been caught in the expensive-stroller-not-living-up-to-it’s-price-tag trap before. In fact, I owned more strollers than I care to admit here in Blogland.
I live across the street from Mary. So everyday I could look out my front window and stare at her beautiful stroller. It was either sitting in her front yard taunting me, or it was neatly folded up on the front porch waiting to be tucked in to the back of their car (how did a double stroller get so small?). I even watched out the front window as Mary strolled, with a spring in her step, back from the park, or the store or anywhere she wanted with this stroller masterpiece.
I live across the street from Mary. So everyday I could look out my front window and stare at her beautiful stroller. It was either sitting in her front yard taunting me, or it was neatly folded up on the front porch waiting to be tucked in to the back of their car (how did a double stroller get so small?). I even watched out the front window as Mary strolled, with a spring in her step, back from the park, or the store or anywhere she wanted with this stroller masterpiece.
I had major stroller envy. Yet I still resisted-for months. I asked her every question. I compared it to my (many) strollers. I convinced myself mine were just as good, even as I struggled to push them or fold them or keep my kids in them. Through all of these months of questioning and comparing, I never touched her stroller. I just cautiously observed it from afar. Then, one day I broke down and pushed the stroller up our street. It was all over.
The stroller, holding two kids of substantial size, was…light AND easy to push, even on corners. I knew all these months it looked cool, but to be practical (two kids fit and you can move through store aisles) and easy to maneuver-impossible. Or so I thought, until I met Phil&Ted. I went in to my house and bought one online (to comfortfirst.com-because Mary told me to) a few days later. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Not only are the products great, but the company is fun and innovative. Never before have I read all the literature that comes with a product much less laughed out loud reading it!
I don’t recommend many things to moms. I think some of being a good mom is trial and error. People’s budgets vary and I never want to pretend I know what they can and can’t afford. But I do feel compelled to tell everyone about Phil&Ted’s Strollers. If you have more than one kid, and you intend to do any walking with them, I promise you need this stroller. You will spend as much money buying multiple other strollers to try to fill the void that only Phil&Ted can fill.
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