BABY TRANSPORT

For transportation of a baby or toddler there are special vehicles, special car seats, and devices for carrying.

Contents

Carrying the child

Pushable vehicles

Carriages and prams

Strollers and pushchairs

Travel systems or 3-in-1

Infant car seats

Complements

See also

External links

Carrying the child

A ''child carrier'' or ''baby carrier'' is a device used to carry an infant or small child.
This can be on the body of an adult, or separately.
On-the-body carriers are designed in various forms such as baby slings, backpack carriers, and soft front or hip carriers, with varying materials and degrees of rigidity, decoration, support and confinement of the child.

Pushable vehicles

They can be three or four wheelers.

Carriages and prams

A 'baby carriage' (in North American English), 'perambulator' (in British English, perambulator is usually shortened to '''pram''') 'or carrycot' is generally used for newborn babies and have the infant lying down facing the pusher.
Prams have been widely used in the UK since the Victorian era. As they developed through the years suspension was added, making the ride smoother for both the baby and the person pushing it. In the 1970s, however, the trend was more towards a more basic version, not fully sprung, and with a detachable body known as a ''carrycot''. Now prams are very rarely used, being large and expensive when compared with ''buggies'' (see below). One of the longer lived and better known brands in the UK is Silver Cross, first manufactured in Guiseley, near Leeds, in 1877, though this factory has now closed.

Strollers and pushchairs

A 'stroller' (North American English) or 'pushchair' (British English) has the child (generally upto three years old) in a sitting position, usually facing forwards, instead of facing the pusher.
Strollers for multiple infants include the twin (side-by-side) and the tandem configurations.
''Pushchair'' was the popularly used term in the UK between its invention and the early 1980s, when a more compact design known as a ''buggy'' became the trend, popularised by the conveniently collapsible aluminium framed Maclaren buggy designed and patented by the British aeronautical designer Owen Maclaren in 1965. ''Buggy'' is now the usual term in the UK; in American English, ''buggy'' is synonymous with ''baby carriage''. Newer versions can be configured to carry a baby lying down like a low pram and then be reconfigured to carry the child in the forward-facing position.
There are a variety of twin pushchairs now manufactured, some designed for babies of a similar age (such as twins) and some for those with a small age gap.
Triple pushchairs are a fairly recent addition, due to the number of multiple births being on the increase. Safety guidelines for standard pushchairs apply. Most triple buggies have a weight limit of 50kg and recommended use for children up to the age of 4 years.

★ For the historical development of strollers, see Stroller history

Travel systems or 3-in-1

Travel systems typically is a set consisting of a chassis with a detachable baby seat and/or carrycot. Thus a travel system can be switched between a pushchair and a pram.
Another benefit of a travel system is that the detached chassis (generally an umbrella closing chassis) when ed will usually be smaller than other types, to transport it in a car trunk or boot.
Also, the baby seat will snap into a base meant to stay in an automobile, becoming a carseat. This allows undisturbed movement of the baby from the car to the stroller, reducing the chance of waking a sleeping baby.
Suitable from birth to around 3 years (excepting the baby carseat that generally is a Group 0 + ; see baby car seat).

Infant car seats

Infant car seats are legally required in many countries to safely transport children up to the age of 2 or more years in cars and other vehicles.
In 1990, the International Organization for Standardization FIX (ISOFix) was launched in an attempt to provide a standard for fixing car seats into different makes of car. The U.S. version of this system is called LATCH. While some manufacturers have started selling ISOFIX-compliant baby car seats there has been a long delay in agreeing the technical specifications and the standard is still yet to become widely used.
There are several types of car seat depending on the position of the child and size of the seat. The United Nations standard ECE R44/03 categorised these into 4 groups: 0-3. Many car seats combine the larger groups 1, 2 and 3.

Complements

★ Bag clips and changing bags.

★ A buggy board is used to transport other child, attached to the buggy (stroller) .

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★ Insect net

★ Parasol

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★ Stroller or pram net Bag basket or tray

★ Stroller toybar

See also

★ Baby bathtub

★ Babycam

★ Bassinet

★ Infant bed

★ Minivan

★ Seat belt

★ Wrist link

External links

★ Stroller reviews and guides Detailed break-down of popular strollers on the market rated by durability, convenience, safety, and comfort.

★ Reviews of Pushchairs Independent reviews of Pushchairs with detailed specifications. All worldwide makes and models of pushchairs are reviewed.

★ Baby Strollers/Walkers Reviews on strollers, information on the different stroller brands, and the different types of strollers like jogging, hot rod, and even pet strollers!