Comments on: Riddle Me This: Carless Travel with a Child

By: jeffy

jeffy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:21:18 +0000

The Peapod bike seat will tote your kid once she hits 20 pounds until he gets up to 55 pounds. Or you could just get the Xtracycle attachment for your bike and toss the kid in the side loader like Derek in Olympia did. Also for bigger kids there's the companion carrier John Speare in Spokane has on his wife's bike. I haven't tried any of these personally since I'm kid-free as well as car-free ;-)

By: susie

susie — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:07:24 +0000

look into getting a sit and stroll. it’s a great stoller – you can collapse the wheels under it, and the steering handle slides behind it, and very easily it becomes a car seat. your baby fell asleep in the car? you don’t have to wake him/her up getting out of the car seat and into the stroller, cause it’s the same. just take the car seat out of the car and convert it to a stroller with your child still in it. we took our daughter all over europe in it…it fits faa regulations on planes, so you’ve solved the stroller/car seat hassle inherent in out of town travel. it also works as a booster seat in a restaurant. it’s sleek and small, so you can negotiate tight places a lot easier than normal strollers.

By: Aaron O.

Aaron O. — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:31:57 +0000

Matt, that just may be the holy grail. I'll do some more research and email you about that pint (and maybe a demo). :) Sit'n'Stroll Babies R Us

By: Matt Westervelt

Matt Westervelt — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:09:27 +0000

Non-Hypothetically, we have a baby and no car.

And a 3 flight walk-up.

We have a ‘sitnstroll’ car seat / stroller / flightseat dealibob. It works pretty good when we need to ride in someone’s car or cabs, and it’s awesome on vacation. You will want to pick up a dedicated stroller for walks with no chance of driving (neighborhood wanders, park, etc.).

The “buy a car” people would probably suggest you move to the suburbs too.

You can buy me that Pint at the Joe Bar.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:02:06 +0000

While I partially agree with buying a car, especially for lots of the reasons Tony gave (the pure convenience of needing to get places in semi-emergencies,) if Flexcar is still one of the options, for the early years, look for a car seat that is also a baby carrier. For the later years, … actually, I’m coming up blank. I can’t seem to find a combo stroller/carseat or backpack/carseat. I feel defeated.

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:03:16 +0000

I would suggest also buying a car. Just go get a Kia or a Hyundai. You can get one on the cheap and they come with these outrageous warranties. It’s not like we live in NY where you have to pay for a garage for your car. Our streets are still safe enough to park a car on the street for long periods of time with little cause for worry. It’s really the best solution for new parents. You need to have a reliable way to get to the doctor, hospital, grandma’s, etc. To me it’s more about the kid’s safety than about your convenience.

By: asshole

asshole — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:14:02 +0000

buy a fucking car