Bugaboo Bee

I must admit to being a bit of a pushchair-aholic! With our first child we went through 4 different pushchairs in the first year - a Gracco that was far too big to push round the shops, another Gracco that was smaller, the Loola, after reading an article about the benefits of parent facing pushchairs, and finally the very lightweight buggy from toys r us.... Whe I found out I was pregnant with baby 2, myself and my partner decided on a few criteria that our new pushchair would need to fullfill. My main criteria was that it could be both parent facing and forward facing, my partner's main criteria was a lightweight pushchair. Parent facing ...  Read the complete review

We really really didn't want to buy a trendy pushchair like this one. Our criteria for a buggy were: As light as possible (we have several steps up to our house and I need to bump the buggy up and down them each day); very adjustable (there is a foot height difference between myself and my husband); a seat that can face forward or back; and suitable from birth. A fairly simple set of requirements, but actually quite difficult to satisfy. Many pushchairs on the market are very cumbersome, and tend to come with a separate carry cot for newborns, which makes the whole thing very bulky and heavy. Not so with the bugaboo bee. It is extremely lightweight and very ...  Read the complete review

If you've ever read the parenting magazines on the shelves of the supermarkets and turned to the "tried and tested" section at the back where "Heidi, 25" says "I loved this steriliser, it fitted neatly into my microwave and was done in no time" you'd be forgiven for being like me and thinking that the people who tested the items were in fact made-up and someone in the editorial department spent their day making up little quotes and anecdotes to fill the gaps... ... I can safely say now, that real people do actually test these products, and I was lucky to be chosen to do a stroller test for a magazine. I had aspirations of getting ...  Read the complete review