A stroller is one of the must-haves for a child, but many parents struggle with the choice of a stroller. So, what kind of strollers are right for every age group? What should I pay attention to when buying a cart? This article will give you the answer.
The stroller is a necessary tool for the baby to travel, allowing the baby to sit or lie in it while the parents can push the car to walk. Stroller In addition to the baby travel can also let the baby rest, play, generally 1-2 years old with a stroller, after the baby is two years old to use a toy car with wheels. These strollers are not only convenient for your baby’s life, but also beneficial for your baby’s intellectual growth.
The function of the stroller
1. Awning awning is mainly used to block sunlight and windproof, and its size determines its range of blocking sunlight and windproof. Now there are also sunshade umbrellas that can be fixed on the car at any time to adjust the actual situation. This kind of sunshade is less restricted by the environment and can resist ultraviolet rays. Parents can buy them according to the actual situation. It can be removed or stowed away when not in use, hanging backward or tight against the back of the chair. In addition, the top half of the best to have a transparent window to see the baby’s condition.
2. Seat cushion
The seat cushion is the part that is in direct contact with the baby, and the seat cushion design will vary from stroller to stroller. A sit-and-sleep vehicle has a lot of space and a heavy seat cushion, while some cars marketed as easy and convenient often have only a thin seat cushion.
Also need to note that when the car placed heavy objects, if the seat cushion has a large droop this means that the support of the cart is not enough, such a cart should not be bought, because the baby will feel uncomfortable. In addition, you can place a soft and comfortable head cushion on the seat cushion, or buy products with a head cushion design to protect the child’s head.
3. Sleeping basket
Babies can sleep in them and carry them when they go out, and many strollers now have room for a sleeping basket.
4. Safety seats
Specially designed for baby ride, ride can use the safety belt fixed, to prevent the baby from being squeezed and collision in the process of ride.
How to choose a stroller
· 0-1 years old
At this time should choose large wheel high car style baby strollers. The one-year-old baby is still very fragile, and most of the time is spent in sleep, travel needs to still need to lie down, and now the air pollution is more serious, and harmful gases are mostly sinking, if the height of the cart is low, the baby will be greatly affected, inhalation of toxic gases, will have a certain impact on the development of the baby. If there is a need to ride, it should also be equipped with a safety basket that can be installed on the car and fixed to the cart.
· 1-2.5 years old
At this time, the baby needs a high-wheeled cart style. This model is of moderate height, light and convenient, and the baby can get up and down by itself. At this time, the baby’s activity ability is greatly enhanced, and they can not meet the need to always stay in one place. They like to move around. If they still use a high model, there will be safety risks.
· 2.5-4 years old
At this time you can safely use the convenient and lightweight small wheel cart. At this time the baby has been much stronger, no longer so delicate, for the cart requirements are reduced. Choosing a lightweight cart will also make it easier for parents to push it on public transport or up and down stairs.
Buy baby carriage precautions
1. Understand your child’s needs
Children of all ages need different strollers, from ones that can lie flat for newborns to ones that are more mobile for older children. Now there are many styles of carts in the market of all ages, parents should choose according to their children’s own circumstances.
2. Other factors
(1) Light: if you often take children out, the wheel of the cart had better have a rotating shaft, and has a strong shockproof effect, in the relatively crowded road can easily pass.
(2) Weight: In order to move easily, can choose foldable easy style, when not in use do not occupy a large public space.
(3) comfort: baby stroller must make the baby feel comfortable, when you buy should carefully check every detail, see if there will affect the comfort of the baby.
(4) Cost performance: do not blindly pursue expensive, functional style, also do not be cheap and buy some basic functions are missing cart, please pay attention to different prices can improve what specific functions, in different brands and different models after comparison to buy.
Buy stroller ten elements
1. Movable joints: Safety is the top priority of the stroller. In consideration of safety factors, the sensitivity of each movable joint of the stroller must be better. The design of movable joints can be dangerous as well as easy to use. If the fixed failure of the joint suddenly loosens in the process of use, it will cause the cart to close in the process of use, causing injury to the baby.
2. Component diameter: The diameter of some components that play an important role should meet certain standards. For example, the diameter of the pushing rod and adjusting rod should be within the range of 1-1.2cm. If you do not reach this standard, the quality of the cart is not strong enough, in the use of the process prone to sudden failure, there are hidden dangers.
3. Fabric: the baby’s skin is very delicate, the fabric on the baby car will have direct contact with it, it is recommended that the fabric of the cart choose polyester cotton or pure cotton. At the time of purchase, you can use white cloth cushion rub a few times, check whether the cart fabric is easy to fade.
4. Component details: The cart should not have sharp parts that can sting the baby. The cracks between each part can be more than 1.2cm for the baby’s hands and feet to enter freely, and can also be less than 0.5cm for the baby’s hands and feet to not enter. Everywhere the metal parts need to be coated with anti-corrosion layer, the plastic parts should be flexible, the color should be shiny.
5. shockproof function: the road situation is often uncertain, so the shockproof function of the cart is better, so that the baby’s body is not hurt, so that the baby’s neck is in a comfortable position, in order to protect the baby’s head and spine. The waist and back should also be able to always close to the seat cushion, so that the abdomen is not squeezed, which helps the development of the baby’s internal organs.
6. Seat pocket depth: seat pocket can not sink too deep, not more than five centimeters, otherwise it will affect the normal development of the baby’s spine. But the degree of subsidence can not be too shallow, from the handrail to have a certain degree, if the degree of subsidence is too small, the baby in the car when the cart will be unstable and rollover.
7 brake device: the wheel of the cart must be flexible, casters must be full of at least five, or too hard will cause rollover. In order to prevent accidental folding of the cart when the baby is in the car, the joint safety Settings of the folding car should also be safe and reliable. The cart must have a brake device. When the brake device is used, the cart will not roll away at will.
8. Product certificate: purchase cart should go to the regular merchants to buy, payment must ensure that the commodity has the relevant common certificates, such as certificate of qualification, certificate of quality, warranty card, etc.
9. Consider the age of the child: according to the age of the child to buy, less than eight months of the baby with a cart must be able to lie flat, less than one year old baby can use the sit-sleep dual-use style, 1-3 years old recommended to choose the sit-oriented model. You can both sleep and sit on a cart, but you need an awning to keep out of direct sunlight.
10. No need for too many functions: don’t blindly pursue more functions when buying a cart, it is good to have enough functions. Function at the same time may also cause some safety risks, choose multifunctional cart must meet the safety standards, carefully choose.
The lowest Angle of the back of the stroller
Why is the lowest Angle of the back of a stroller 170 degrees?
The purpose of this design is to ensure the safety of the baby. First, if completely lying flat, the baby after eating if spit milk, milk may be choked into the trachea and other places.
Second, if the wind is blowing head-on when walking on the road, the cold wind is easy to pour into the baby’s nose. Eventually, if the back doesn’t tilt a little when going uphill, the baby will slide out the other side of the cart.
Post time: Mar-08-2023