Overzealous Sales

I'll be the first to admit that I didn't know didly the first time we walked into a Babies R'Us store. Being confronted by 315 different car seats, 632 different strollers, 24 different cribs, etc. is enough to make you want to turn around and go home.

However, I had done a small amount of reasearch on both car seats and strollers on the consumer reports website as well as a cursury examination of amazon.com reviews. So we had an idea of which ones we wanted (Graco SnugRide and Graco Metrolite). The car seat has been consistently ranked as one of the best and to boot, our neighbor was using it.

When it came to the stroller, we got swayed by the salesperson and bought a behemoth called the Graco Quattro. She did the demonstration of all the bells and whistles and we were convinced. Upon balking at the hefty 30 lbs weight, she commented that its not really all that much given the kid will be around that weight pretty soon...sure....

In hindsight, 30 lbs might not be to much for her, but for L I can see it becoming a problem. So we're going to return it and opt for the Baby Trend Snap & Go Its easier to deal with and works well with the car seat.

Again,the Baby Bargains book has been great in making us realize that a 30 lbs stroller is just not for us. Either way, the stroller we really liked was the Bugaboo Frog, but $720 for a stroller was just a bit steep :-)