City dwellers

[TrudyCampbell]

How the hell do you push a stroller and carry an umbrella simultaneously? Do you just screw the umbrella and get wet? Should I invest in some serious rain gear? Holy moly. That trip to PT seriously sucked. 

devonpow
rjamz
AndyCohen 

[fryjack2]

What kind of stroller do you have?

I can push mine with one hand (Bugaboo Donkey, and Bumbleride Indie twinn), but I also have a Marmot rain jacket with a hood and Hunters that I wear whenever it rains. Keeps all of me except my thighs dry. Umbrellas sometimes don't keep me drier than that. But rain is always a huge pain in the rear!

[devonpow]

It is pretty easy for me to push the stroller one handed for the most part. For tricky things like sharp turns, going over the T tracks, etc I have a tricky move of kind of hunching over and using the elbow of my umbrella holding hand to help maneuver, lol

And honestly unless it is pouring I don't use an umbrella, just my rain coat.

[rjamz]

I wear a hood be get wet

[TrudyCampbell]

I have the uppababy g luxe and for some reason today I was having a really hard time with one hand. Maybe because it's really windy?

[rjamz]

Nov 26, 2013 16:46:38 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I have the uppababy g luxe and for some reason today I was having a really hard time with one hand. Maybe because it's really windy?

I have a hard time doing that one with one hand too

[fryjack2]

Remember the days when our kids were light and the stroller was sooooo easy to push?

I'm kind of glad that I have 2 kids since the "lightweight" doubles are kind of pointless and I still use my big strollers. I LOVE air tires and their all terrain ability.

[AndyCohen]

Nov 26, 2013 16:45:55 GMT -5 devonpow said:

It is pretty easy for me to push the stroller one handed for the most part. For tricky things like sharp turns, going over the T tracks, etc I have a tricky move of kind of hunching over and using the elbow of my umbrella holding hand to help maneuver, lol

And honestly unless it is pouring I don't use an umbrella, just my rain coat.

Same. But I have a single handle stroller. We only use the umbrella stroller when traveling.

[TrudyCampbell]

Nov 26, 2013 16:58:42 GMT -5 @therealmc said:

Since I don't have the luxury of getting tagged, I will not share my secrets with you. 

Haha, sorry! For some reason I felt like you were too cool to be walking around in the rain. You probably use your fancy vehicle. 

[bigapple]

Nov 26, 2013 16:58:42 GMT -5 @therealmc said:

Since I don't have the luxury of getting tagged, I will not share my secrets with you. 

Right there with you. Oh she knows me well enough to expect some self-righteous-but-utterly-useless babywearing comment.

I can't push the umbrella (Maclaren Triumph) one-handed, so that's the one winning point for the City Mini.

But, yeah, I usually either wear a hood or strap him on under my umbrella.

[TrudyCampbell]

Nov 26, 2013 17:31:11 GMT -5 bigapple said:

Nov 26, 2013 16:58:42 GMT -5 @therealmc said:

Since I don't have the luxury of getting tagged, I will not share my secrets with you. 

Right there with you. Oh she knows me well enough to expect some self-righteous-but-utterly-useless babywearing comment.

I can't push the umbrella (Maclaren Triumph) one-handed, so that's the one winning point for the City Mini.

But, yeah, I usually either wear a hood or strap him on under my umbrella.

I actually just forgot to tag you, haha. But I do know you're a baby wearer! I don't know how you do it. Violet is so small and I get exhausted wearing her. 

[lolaburns]

My umbrella attaches to my head.