Picking a stroller is a big thing. You want the best, but not necessarily the most expensive. Turns out it’s a lot like shopping for a car. There is no shortage of strollers out there and a lot of hype, but finding one that will meet your needs for the long and short term is tough.

My sister had gone through more strollers than I could count trying to find one that drove smoothly as the baby got bigger. She kept taking them back to Toys R Us, who obligingly exchanged them in spite of their used condition (I don’t think they would do that anymore…they’ve gotten tough on their refund policy!). I wanted to learn from her trials, so I started asking around. It seemed that lots of moms had encountered the same trouble: nice to drive at first, but increasingly more difficult as time went on. (more…)