Transporting your twins is a challenge worthy to be included on The Amazing Race. You’re leaving the house with twins? You’re awesome. Pat yourself on the back.
However, gone are the days of up and deciding to go somewhere on the fly. Now you find yourself getting the babies (and anyone else) ready to leave at least 30 minutes before you actually need to leave the house.
There’s a lot to think about and a lot to remember to make sure outings go smoothly once you leave the safety of your home. So do yourself a favor and let your brain rest once you’re on your way with this one little tip.
A tip that is worth the price of admission:
Get an inline double baby stroller.
In fact, not just any inline double baby stroller. We bought a Baby Trend Double Snap N Go Stroller Frame that easily fit both our Graco car seat/infant carriers.
I can safely say that this piece of baby gear is unequivocally the best purchase we have made to date.
Why? It’s light, compact, easy to maneuver, and you never have to disturb a sleeping baby by taking him out of the car seat. Just lift out of the car, snap into the stroller base, and go.
Seriously, if you don’t take a single other piece of my advice, take this one: get this piece of equipment. You will thank yourself many times.
Once you are done with your inline stroller, you can easily resell it on Craigslist or at a garage sale when you are done with it. Snap N Go strollers are very popular and high in demand.
Inline vs. Side-by-Side
There are a bazillion stroller options out there. Thankfully, having twins narrows that number to a couple hundred. But really, there are only two basic types: inline and side-by-side.
You’ll have to weigh the pros and cons of each kind based on your situation and the way you think you’ll use a stroller. The reality is that you may end up trying both kinds over the course of infancy and early childhood and that different types of strollers will work for you at different times of life.
How Long Will It Last?
In our case, we started with the inline and then moved to a side-by-side. The inline stroller only lasted for us until our girls got long enough to kick the other car seat, and consequently, her sister’s head. (We hit this problem about the six month mark.)
Once our twins could sit up on their own, we switched to a more basic, double stroller like the Jeep Wrangler Twin Sport All-Weather Umbrella Stroller. Since these umbrella-type strollers don’t need the bulky car seat carriers, they take up less space and aren’t such a wide load problem.
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The Double Snap N’ Go is awesome, that stroller made it so easy to take the kids out anytime anywhere. Once their legs got to long though I had to move on to another stroller. It was a hard decision but I eventually settled for a Baby Jogger City Select and it rides like a dream. My only problem is finding a durable travel bag for it.
I saw on another article that you have had experience flying with your twins. Have you found or heard of any durable travel bags to store the stroller in once you get to the gate check? One of my problems is size but the other is that it seems most of the bags that they have out on the market are made of thin material and tear easily when handled by the airline.
When I traveled with my Baby Trend I just check as is since it was mostly a frame and no seats to be ruined. Although in retrospect the storage bag underneath got a little worn on one side. So know of any durable travel bags or did you just check it as is?
@Kimberly – we’d always gate check our stroller right before boarding the plane. It made it easier to move around the airport when we could push our girls in it and gate checked items always seemed to taken care of just fine.
I am expecting twins. I found double snap n go frame, carriers, and car seat attachments, all for $40. Needless to say I am very happy to see your post. I should be trying it out in another month or so!
@Jonathan – sounds like you got a good price. We were very happy with our snap n go stroller. Good luck with your twins!
With this base can the car seats go bothe ways
@Letha – I believe that with the snap and go, you can put the car seats either forward or rear facing. It will, however, depend on your car seats.
Here’s the instruction manual for reference:
http://www.babytrend.com/pdf/1305TW_EN_1109.pdf