Our Daddy Levi

@MikeLeitner

2 ай бұрын

PIN HIM DOWN!!!

@hap6782

2 ай бұрын

Oil up

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

this is wild hahahaa

@Tanuki1397

2 ай бұрын

Our? What is this communism?😅

@james36o9

2 ай бұрын

Daddy? 😘

I have 2 kids, we're past the stroller era now but the ones we used to have were all bought second hand. No point in wasting so much money on things you will be using for just a brief period of time. After we were done with them, we sold them so next kids can make use of them. THIS is the real recycling and caring about the planet (plus your wallet will thank you :)

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

love this mentality!

@ManiacMeats

2 ай бұрын

1000% this^

@doraspoljar697

2 ай бұрын

The second hand stroller for my first baby just arrived and is in such an amazing condition. Why would I ever spend so much money on something used for such a short time?

@runningfromabear8354

2 ай бұрын

My older 3 in 2004, 2006 and 2008, we were happy with an Eddie Bauer second hand. There were much fancier ones but they didn't seem relevant to us. We did buy a cheap umbrella stroller later. It worked. When the older child was big enough to walk, the younger one went into the stroller. This was in Toronto, big winters but a stroller mostly used in cleared parking lots was fine. Then 2022 we had twins in northern Canada and I have a previous back injury. Parking lots full of snow and ice for 6 months of the year, we needed something with bigger wheels and especially in the first 6 months, I wanted both facing me, in arms reach for the many appointments coming and daily walks. We splurged on a $2000 bugaboo donkey. It's not a place where other parents buy expensive strollers, they tend to hibernate for the winter. We wear snowsuits and get out every day because I'm prone to seasonal depression, I can't just hibernate. When the snow is really, really bad, I strap some skis on the bottom of the wheels. Doesn't look pretty but gets us out the door. I hadn't thought I would spend that sort of money on a stroller before our twins. But for the versatility and my mental health, it was money well spent. Which is funny when you compare the ikea highchairs, used clothes, and Graco car seats, and ten years old minivan. We're not typically spending people, but there are times we've realized it's not worth the hassle of being cheap, just pay for whatever conveniences can make a tough slog a little easier.

@suwarnatalwar1575

2 ай бұрын

We need a parenting series! 💯

“You better not” Okay Daddy Levi

@Michael-mm2zm

2 ай бұрын

Daddy 😩levi

I'm not a parent, but the first time one of my close friends had a baby, I was shocked to learn that some of these strollers can cost _multiple_ thousands of dollars. 🤯

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

similar experience here, we didn't even know it was like... a whole thing

@semekiizuio

2 ай бұрын

​@@FutureProofTV when you all open about having a baby my thought was pets.. so maybe thats why

Our DADDY 😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

I didn't know strollers can get into the thousands until a niece was gifted one during her baby shower. I think it was about ~$6000. I was shock. Most expensive one I got was about $150 and it was a hard purchase. LOL

@TheUnknownCatWarrior

2 ай бұрын

How about you build a stroller out of everything you can find at your hardware store?

@rey_nemaattori

2 ай бұрын

At those numbers I'd expect to be able to drive myself to work in that thing....

Yes this whole subject of parenting classism and stuff is interesting

@jeffmcdonald101

2 ай бұрын

I think the whole "posturing" thing would be very interesting to look at. Was chatting to my 70 year old dad yesterday about it. I said it was a shame so many well employed, dual income families are living week to week. To which he replied. In my day, no-one aspired to having anything but a roof over their head. Life wasn't a fashion show. People had work-life balance. Now all my family have mortgages they will die with, cars that are way more complex and flashy than needed, new iPhones, handbags, sunnies, clothing of course...the list just goes on. Many countries have gone this way. Here in Australia people are leveraged to the hilt. Even my teenage niece feels like she "needs" a big truck. People seem to feel very inadequate. I note...this has gotten worse since we were all locked inside for two years.

@sarahkinsey5434

2 ай бұрын

@@jeffmcdonald101 Social media has had a HUGE influence as well. I have heard comments about fashion where a woman is questioning why she likes something-is it because she actually likes it or is it because she likes it in other peoples outfits or she sees it all over Instagram and TikTok

@MrTimah101

2 ай бұрын

Agree, I would watch more of this content please!

@AlanMars

2 ай бұрын

Are straight people okay

We spent about $400 for a stroller/car seat/baby carrier combo that could grow with our baby, and I considered that expensive. Worse yet is that we haven't used it a single time as a stroller; it's a lot easier and more convenient to just carry our baby around in a wrap. The biggest thing I've learned since having a child is that parents are being convinced left and right to buy things that are either overpriced or completely unnecessary; the only things we've bought that aren't secondhand were a bassinet, that car seat/stroller combo, and cloth diapers, and we're keeping it that way.

Currently 37 weeks pregnant with my first child and would be SO down for more parent-related content 😄 My partner and I moved from the SF Bay Area to Amsterdam a couple years ago for many reasons, and one of the cultural differences I am so grateful for is the lack of "keeping up with the Joneses" or trying to one-up each other. We feel zero pressure to make decisions based on expressing social classism or avoiding judgment from others here. 80% of the baby supplies we have gathered are either gifted, purchased secondhand, or being rented from an amazing Dutch company called Tiny Library, including our bassinet, reusable diapers, and baby carrier. (Pretty much everyone I've told about Tiny Library gives me the 🤯 reaction.) On that note, we plan to exclusively use a baby carrier and no stroller at all. A few reasons for this: (1) we live car-free, so just cycling, using public transport, or walking, (2) we live on the 2nd/3rd floors of a typical Dutch house (tiny steep staircase with zero space in the front entrance to store anything but a few shoes and coats) and there is NO way we're carrying a stroller up and down those stairs daily, (3) we personally disliked how much space strollers take up in public even before we got pregnant, and we also see how much other parents struggle with managing their strollers on the trains, trams, etc.). Basically we will be carrying our baby for as long as possible, and when she is able to walk, that is what we will have her do. (Again, this is such a non-traditional way of doing things, most people give us the 🤯reaction.) Granted, since this is our first child, we are perfectly aware that this plan of ours may not work out, and we fully acknowledge that we may develop reasons to get a stroller anyway. If that happens, we intend to rent it from Tiny Library, purely based on the features that fit our needs, without any consideration for what other parents might think, because here in the Netherlands, we "doe normaal" by being direct and practical and minding our own business.

@ngohoiGEM

2 ай бұрын

Yes i love babywearing too! We don't have a car, and i hate waiting for lifts, so baby wearing is perfect and the pram is only reserved for park visits etc!

@ElizabethJones-pv3sj

2 ай бұрын

Babywearing can be a great choice depending on parents needs. For me in the newborn phase it was so much easier to just put on a stretchy carrier as part of getting dressed in the morning then baby is happy and you can get stuff done with 2 hands. On the other hand my sister couldn't cope with the feeling of being touched all the time and found stopping and starting tasks to tend to a fussy baby less annoying than holding them all the time.

@amandahodgin9316

2 ай бұрын

Tiny Library sounds amazing! What a fantastic idea.

@sarawofford

2 ай бұрын

I have a 6 month old and still just use a baby wrap, don't own a stroller. It's great!

@rey_nemaattori

2 ай бұрын

Living car-free only works if you live in the big city, work there and remain there. So yeah it works for Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. But I live in a village near Arnhem (in the east of the country) and a car is quite necessary, doing the weekly groceries by bike is almost a day job involving multiple trips to different supermarkets, farmers and greenhouses. I cannot fathom living without a car, but life on the countryside is different, even in a highly urbanized country as the Netherlands.

Future Proof definitely needs more videos on the the whole parenting life style thing. When we were shopping for stuff for our son It was crazy how expensive this stuff is. Designer shoes/clothing, $3000 strollers, social media influencers, etc When you start following the money you can see where things are going lol. Thanks Daddy Levi for a great vid!

I'm utterly flabbergasted by the TACTICAL stroller! 😳

As long as you don't let it invade the whole channel, some videos about the parenting lyfestyle would be nice.

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

good to know!!

@leahb6013

2 ай бұрын

@@FutureProofTV I feel like it's extremely relevant to the usual content you make - It's just a specific sub category of consumerism is all. And a very big one at that. I plan on having a kid one day, personally. And it'd be nice to have a tidy little Futureproof "Parenting" playlist to reference at the time, when I suddenly have to make all these stressful purchasing decisions myself.

@LoveAndSnapple

2 ай бұрын

@@leahb6013Like we could see another video on bottles or something.

@sarahkinsey5434

2 ай бұрын

I think the consumerism aspect of weddings and babies is interesting. I am not married nor do I have children yet, but I know for a fact I want to get married in nature, low budget, and my kids will have mostly secondhand clothes. They grow so fast and get so dirty, what is the point?

@LoveAndSnapple

2 ай бұрын

@@sarahkinsey5434 This is very true. I’m not married and don’t have any children either but I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of clothes they’ll have based on what’s cool at the time. 😊

Daddy Levi, rocking a waste free, Subaru “share the love” drive, vegan leather, organic, all natural, hydro flask, Nalgene stroller… national parks edition. 😂❤

You didn’t mention anything about used baby gear. I hardly bought anything new for my babies (except diapers and baby food). You’ve got to buy used baby things or accept hand-me-downs from friends and relatives. Your kids outgrow these things so quickly.

Levi: “Strollers finally became something sort of somewhat affordable for the middle class…” Me: “Oh awesome! Maybe I should…” Levi: “For $630” Me: “Which middle class are we talking about again?”

@squngy0

2 ай бұрын

Middle class also includes things like doctors and lawyers. It's people who have money to spend, but still need to work for a living. Upper class people are the people who make money through owning stuff, like stocks and factories. If you don't have money to splurge on an occasional luxury, you probably aren't middle class. There is a reason why people are saying the middle class is shrinking, more and more people are not in the middle class anymore.

"You better not comment daddy" lol

Jogging strollers were super clutch for us when our daughter was young...I trained her up to enjoying a neighborhood 10k...as a side benefit the training became harder as she grew :)

Never have I thought of my baby sister's stroller as a fashion accessory 😭😭😭

@vvitch-mist20

2 ай бұрын

I never thought of it as an accessory. It's not my stroller it's my baby's as long as it does what it needs to then I could care less about what it looks like.

We bought a nuna stroller and car seat. It was about $1500. The nice quality and cushy feel were a big part. There's nothing wrong with wanting something that feels well made. We could afford it easily. But the other part is, they do have functionality. The car seat was the lightest one on the market. Carrying the baby upstairs is a lot easier when the carseat doesn't weigh 20lbs on its own. The wheels on the stroller are bigger and handle uneven sidewalk with less jostling. It folds up easier. The car seat slots into the base in the car much easier and smoother than the graco stroller we got for our baby shower. It's not just a waste of money. It's small conveniences that are worth the price, if the stroller doesn't represent a week of your paycheck.

This is hilarious to me. A stroller is just a short term tool to make your life a little easier & if people are judging others based on their choices I think theyre simply trying to justify their own waste of money to themselves. If you want to overspend on something do it on something like a car seat for safety or start a college fund. But I've always been a practical person who avoids trends, as you may have noticed if youve read my comments. The highlight of this video though was Levi doing the detergent ad & using a tactic he highlighted in a previous video concerning detergent pods. In that video he pointed out manufacturers had to create a need for them by talking about having to lug heavy bottles around, something no one had considered an issue; yet today here was Levi talking about the same thing. It made me giggle. :)

@Code7Unltd

2 ай бұрын

>college fund Yeah, good idea. Putting money away to make the kid into a dummy that knows how to riot like there's no tomorrow.

@flaval24

2 ай бұрын

@@Code7Unltd how long have you been watching these two? Do you really believe they aren't going to want their child to go to college? I happen to agree with you but everyone is different.

@Code7Unltd

2 ай бұрын

@@flaval24 I'm saying a blue-collar trade is better, and colleges can't teach trades. Especially as most of the white-collar jobs that colleges teach for are being firebombed by chatbots.

@HeatherLandon227

2 ай бұрын

It's also a reflection of how INSECURE these "parents" are. Like? Do they want to pass on the judgemental attitude with their child? Because that's what's gonna happen further down the line with all this judgemental nonsense.

@flaval24

2 ай бұрын

@@HeatherLandon227 wow. I'm pretty sure you don't recognize the irony in your comment so all I'll say is that opinions are like rights- everyone has them but one person's ends where the other's begins. It's not for me or anyone else to tell someone what to do with their child unless they ask. Besides, Frankie isn't even a year old yet, who knows what colleges will be like by the time he goes?

my sister raised two kids without ever buying, borrowing or using a stroller 😅 just she and her partner juggling the baby/toddler in those ergobaby straps until the toddler was big enough to do their own walking for longer than 15 minutes. said they "couldn't be f*cked with those baby carriage tanks and all the hassle". I still can't wrap my mind around the perseverance and arm strength 😅 but I do think fondly of her approach every time I'm jostled around the metro by people with baby carriage tanks.

I chose the first stroller on parenting magazine reviews and then found the cheapest one. It was a heavy beast. I had an older mom explain how an umbrella stroller would change my world. As soon as kiddo could sit up by themselves, I got one. OMG it was game changer. Lighter, easier to open and close, took up less space and so much cheaper. Bugaboos weren't big until my kids were in school but they look cool!

Such a daddy, he proofs us for the future

@sarag4743

2 ай бұрын

😂

1 kid, 0 stroller. Have been carrying around this guy in a "pouch" for the entire time and I loved it as a dad. The babywearing industry might be even weirder though, and flexing your merch is totally present.

@masu33

2 ай бұрын

Oh, and judgement... yes...

@janelleg597

2 ай бұрын

Good grief

My wife and I have the Uppababy Vista but end up using a $60 dollar travel stroller we were gifted the majority of the time. It's light and compact, which are benefits that outweigh any of the features offered on the tank strollers.

@dichang3

2 ай бұрын

I tried to get my son to use alternative/compact strollers, but he refuses. Lol. He prefers the uppababy only. It is more comfortable though, I gotta admit.

@adorabell4253

2 ай бұрын

The uppababy is very useful from birth if you're using a stroller a lot and not just to hold the baby between car rides. While it is massive taking it on the subway with the insane storage space and upgraded comfort meant that I could go anywhere easily without a car. Same for groceries. I would just walk to the store, load up a whole grocery load in the bottom, and then walk home. Can't really do that with an infant in a travel stroller. Later as my kid got bigger I got the itsy travel stroller and that thing holds nothing but is probably the absolutely most compact and light stroller to exist so far. Very useful with a kid that is in and out a lot and for museums and such.

@ttopero

2 ай бұрын

I bet there’s a market for well crafted, minimalist strollers! A common theme is that the big ones just don’t port well-kind of like they’re for suburban moms who venture out in the subdivision but rarely take it for an errand.

@lamemechose7072

2 ай бұрын

I’m of an age where the no-frills “travel” strollers were $25 & the super fancy ones were almost $200. I heard from so many people that the travel stroller will be the one used over and over & that the fancy one will be treated like a special outfit: only brought out a few times a year to impress others. It’s very strange to see how drastically things have changed in this area. I get that the currently high-end items are lightweight and collapsible like the travel strollers of my day, but I’d never drop that much on a stroller. I’d be too afraid to use it in case it got stolen or puked/pooped on.

We got rid of 1 car, moved closer to a bus stop and grocery store. And currently we use one of the Chariots from Thule, also above the one thousand dollars mark but it is versatile and also goes over snow, tow it with the bike and tow it when cross country skiing. totally worth it if you are not car dependent. You save thousands a year with 1 less car.

@story3877

2 ай бұрын

Chariots from Thule sounds like a 1930s sword and sorcery book where the women wear bikini armor 😆

@mrb152

2 ай бұрын

Costs more than my first car.

@yvindharila8225

2 ай бұрын

The Nordic three in one, Stroller, bicycle cart and ski sled.

@kryan440

2 ай бұрын

the sled part really gets me, like why?@@yvindharila8225

I didn't need more reasons to not have a kid, and this video dropped lol.

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

oops lmao

@shoyuramenoff

2 ай бұрын

@@FutureProofTV making the world future proof?

@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427

2 ай бұрын

Don't make excuses. Embrace the responsibility like a man or a woman.

@MinistryOfMagic_DoM

2 ай бұрын

​@@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427 get out of here with your nonsense 😆. Not everyone needs to have a kid.

@shoyuramenoff

2 ай бұрын

@@cmoneverybodyitsachoochoot5427 there's a lot of reasons why someone would not have a kid. I can handle my nieces for a few hours at a time, but being able to handle the full-time is beyond what I'm capable of...or really even them, because my cousin (who is happily married) has a lot of help with watching them. Takes a village.

When my kids were little we were big fans of the cheap, crappy umbrella strollers. They were light, nimble, small, easy to fold, didn't take any room in the car, and basically disposable. We had a fancy expensive one (for the time) but it was a pain to take places because it was big and heavy and slow and not maneuverable and took up half the trunk. So 99% of the time we opted for the tiny crappy one.

@GamesFromSpace

2 ай бұрын

That makes sense. It's not like the kid gives a crap, they're barely even aware of existing.

Cammo strollers? Dad:"Oh God where's my kid?!?!" Shrubbery: whaaaah whaaaaah whaaah! Dad: "Oh."

Please do the series. My wife and I are planning for kids 2025 and it'd be awesome to get your pro tips!

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

heck yes, doing diaper and formula research as we speak lol

@___asd159gh43

2 ай бұрын

@FutureProofTV heres my thing about diapers. I love the idea of washing and reusing them, but the thought of baby shit going throughout my washing machine and being cycled through loads is horrifying. Obviously, you scrape off the big chunks, but does this bother anyone else?

@semekiizuio

2 ай бұрын

​@@___asd159gh43wash them by hand? Pre wash them? Or use that Lysol germ killer pre wash before using it in the full load? Idk if that works but I am curious what future proof would say about reusable 🤔

@GrEaTDemOnBlade

2 ай бұрын

Brother no offense to Levi but if you need tips for fatherhood from youtubers, you'd probably do good in re evaluating your priorities.

@JTstratman13

2 ай бұрын

@@___asd159gh43I would probably just buy a kiddie pool and wash them with the hose and dish soap if I used cloth diapers.

YES, daddy Levi! Parenting is one of the most missing aspects of any genre of videos, including my areas of urbanism, neighborhood development and transportation. We need the voices of those who are parents to pull back the curtain, share their experiences, tribulations and successes, as models, inspiration and support for those considering to take on or have taken on the responsibility. Even if you have pull back the amount of footage later for their own privacy, please be the leaders in this desperately needed topic with your honesty and humility!

definitely interested in more videos on family stuff! The benefit with Strollers is that the resale value of them is actually very good! Unlike buying second hand carseats (which can be more risky), there isn't a safety risk.

Not gonna lie, we are a two stroller family. But rather than spending close to a thousand dollars for one of those luxury ones, we got the two cheaper ones which serve different functions. First we got a small, lightweight, and compact stroller that was still newborn compatible and keep that in the back of the car. The point was to be able to move our kid around from day one, while still fitting in even a small sedan, and not breaking my back every time I have to drag it in and out of the trunk. We can even cram it into the small exam room at the pediatrician's office. But it wasn't great for our nanny who takes our kiddo to the neighborhood park every day. It had little storage and small wheels that don't handle grass / woodchips / rubber play areas very well. So for her we focused on a model that had tons of storage and kept it set up in the garage with all the baby supplies and toys she would need every day. The combined cost of the two (plus accessories) is still less than a single luxury stroller and it's so much more functional. The other neighborhood nannies are actually a little jealous of how much storage is in our cheap 'park stroller'.

We did the whole stroller thing for about 6 months. Then i switched to baby wearing and never looked back

“My kid’s really good but I am tired a lot of the time” should be my personal catchphrase…. 6mo momma here and this video in particular hits so close to home as we think about getting a jogging stroller since our current Graco has NO need for speed 😂

I think a parenting series would be really cool! I hope it would give parents and potential parents some comfort and good recommendations. I know many people are nervous about having kids because of climate anxiety and it would be great to have some resources to give perspective and a sense of support.

My 2 cents as a someone with a kid that's grown up and out of the stroller stage (he's double digits now lol). Get a stroller that comes with a car seat base for a baby. Nothing worse than having to wake up a sleeping baby to put them into or take them out of the car. A seat that can go from car to stroller base without unbuckling your baby is a truly wonderful thing. As someone that cloth diapered our kid, I gotta say we had a bad time with the microfiber inserts. They start great at first, but they lose absorbancy over time and eventually they pick up a stink that no amount of washing or stripping will get rid of. We eventually switched to cotton prefolds, you can use them just like the microfiber inserts, but they're much easier to clean (because cotton). They also have a multitude of uses after your kid(s) no longer requires diapers.

@radius50

2 ай бұрын

Amen. Being able to take the whole seat out and gently clip it into the base in the car is the only way to go

The wagon idea is the best one. It has multiple uses including being used asa a stroller.

Congratulations!!🎉 There is nothing more pleasing than Taking babies 👶 on great adventures Peace and love to you all!,, Nice video!

We have a Nuna Demi Grow (for a potential second baby) and we had to think long and hard before buying it since it is also close to the $1K mark and we did not want to spend a ton of money on a stroller initially. But, the reason for choosing Nuna was because of it being free of PFAs and flame retardants since almost all of the strollers/car seats have PFAs and flame retardants which require the manufacturers using highly toxic chemicals. Babies are more vulnerable when it comes to toxic substances so we finally pulled the plug. The all terrain feature came as a bonus and we started taking hikes with it every day including the Swiss mountain tops during our travels! But then it made us go down this rabbit hole of PFAs and flame retardants in general since SO MANY of the baby products have them and it pushed us to have a lifestyle change. Yasssss to the parenting content by the way.

A series on the whole parenting phenomena is an interest. Letting you know per your instruction on this video. Cheers 😁

@FutureProofTV

2 ай бұрын

Good to know!! Hahah thanks 🙏

I swear as a european who got raised in a city with trams trains and busses there where strollers like these in the 90s already. because here regardless of gender you need a sturdy stroller to go in public transport also i was the third kid using my stroller and after i grew out of it it still was well off enough so my mother gave it to another friend of hers who was expecting. i cant imagine spending so much money on a stroller second hand for the win

Uppababy stroller is more sophisticated than my bike 😂 I can’t help but imagine soldiers pushing tactical strollers in war.

Daddy Levi, I remember 10 or so years ago getting our kids there first stroller. When the wife and I started looking we saw the Graco gave us the most flexibility with car seats, stroller and shopping cart situations. Easy decision, swipe the card, done... now my little sister with her new born is going through this whole process and I do not envy her. So much has changed in only 10 years.

Hold on let me get my Bugatti Stroller SuperSport

I'm probably in the minority but I don't have kids, not gonna have kids, and not interested in parenting stuff. Daddy.

lol yessss hahaha the baby content. I was so pumped for you to enter this wild world. Edit- yes to the series… clearly haha

Oh Levi, you're so cute! Your dad wasn't the only one who used a wagon. I haven't gotten to the end yet, but collapsible wagon are freaking expensive too.

So my parents apparently paid what is now equivalent to 460€ for mine at the end of the 90s. About what I expected and despite its functions not that luxurious.

My kids are grown but I’d love to see more on how the industry has changed over the years. I had one of those (vintage) Silver Cross pramsband loved it - however, it wouldn’t fit in the car and I couldn’t get it in the house its was so big! we even have a shot of three of the neighborhood babies/toddlers sitting up all in a row like ducks in it for a photograph. It was awesome.

Thank you Daddy for another banger video

@hp1515

2 ай бұрын

😂

one thing ive learnt about baby shopping coming from someone with a big family is that babies grow fast, just pass on whatever to the next relative. my family has been passing on a crib for maybe 30 years and i just keep it until another baby arrives. we have shared clothes no matter the gender too

Here in Korea a lot of parents have probably 3 strollers. One is the big everyday one for flexing on mom's in the park and walking to the store. One is an "umbrella" stroller. Flimsy and light weight. They fold up pretty small so they are great to throw in the car or travel with. And once the kid is old enough to sit up steadily they get a wagon. Often a big garden wagon. Some of them fold. Some are actually designed for kids. But these big guys are the family SUV of strollers. They carry the picnic basket and umbrella in there with the kid(s). They have mosquito nets and fans and tablets all mounted on arms. It's nuts.

I have my dads, mine and sisters pram that my Grandad made over 60 years ago. He was a metal fabricator and knew how to do upholstery (or taught himself), so he just made one out of off cuts of pipe over the course of a few months. If you want to know what it looks like it looks like the classic 1950 pram with 4 big fixed wheels and it even has a suspension system to it. The upholstery was made from wool or cotton blue tartan sheets (sort of like a picnic blanket). The Pram now sits in the loft in a plastic bag patiently awaiting its next assignment!

In my social circle parents used to buy second had stroller: either a fancy royal style and would drive across Germany to a store specializing on restoring "antiques" or some dudestroller, because of concern for outgassing of new plastics. Funny thing is even the sellers get it and tell you that it's been a couple years old and safe. But most of the parents now use daytowels after their second kid and make them walk as soon as they are able to and willing. Let them gain a little self confidence and independence and explore on their own terms. We just walk a couple meters behind the little ones and sometimes are quite amused about the ideas they get. Every now and then, the kids make sure we're still there. Not in the streets with cars but in pedestrian areas or parks, local shopping places (not department stores). They learned quickly, that my local organic grocery store hands out fruits and sometimes ice cream to "little costumers" and seek it out, before we can go on to the park. Some use cargo bikes or bike trailers, which are also good for grocery shopping. Most parents in my area don't care about appearances, rather wear something not as nice, expecting the get dirty and muddy. Makes life easier.

Definitely please do the series

Yes, please to more parenting content. This was hilarious and relatable. I tried to thrift or borrow as much as could when I was collecting baby gear. I did end up going with a jogging stroller because I thought it would be so great for being outdoors and like going to parks. Which it totally is and I love it but also takes over my entire trunk of my car so kind of annoying too. . . Would also love to see your take on diapers (cloth vs. disposable, are the "compostable" diapers even remotely compostable.) Thanks for sharing!

"How much do you wanna flex on the other tired people at the playground?" Yep, that's going in my quote collection 😂

You missed an opportunity to talk about the longboard stroller. That thing is hella cool. As a Diy er though, I bought a used jogging stroller and just replaced all the wheels with mower wheels. Took finagling but it worked fine.

This explains why I saw a stroller ad with a literal crash-safety rating 😅. I don't have kids so I was like... "oh boy, if its a crash with a car, I think that 1500 piece of junk will *still* fold".

I had my first child in 2001. Before she popped our, I knew what I would NEED in a stroller. I was someone without a car in a small town and knew I would be walking anywhere I went, incl grocery shopping. It needed to be a jogging stroller b/c these were the only ones at the time with wheels big enough to handle snow (incl snowbanks). It had to have a big enough basket in the bottom to handle at least half of my weeks worth of groceries, so I could carry the rest in a backpack. It had to be tucked in enough that it could handle the aisles of a store easily ( a lot of the joggers at the time were really stretched out looking). AND, it had to incl an infant carseat as part of the package (budget). I didn't have a vehicle but I could always count on someone for a trip to a doctor appt or other occasion where a vehicle would be more appropriate and you also weren't allowed to leave a hospital with a baby at that time unless you could prove you had an infant carseat for them. And it had to be affordable b/c I was on a tight budget. I only ended up with one option b/c of all this criteria, the Jolly Jumper brand one. And it was also sturdy enough to be able to be used with my 2 other children that followed and the way that the carseat could lock onto it also accommodated new infant carseats! That, my friends, was a score and it had ZERO to do with status!!

We bought ours used (a Baby Jogger City) and sold it to another family who we know used it for a number of years before selling it again. I'm just glad we bought a model that was solid and has seen use with multiple families! And almost 10 years later, I'm glad the period of my life folding a stroller into the back of a car is behind me. lol

I got the Uppababy Vista for my first in 2011 and it was incredible. Sure it cost a ton but it lived through the second as well with extra attachments to handle both.

I'm a maternity social worker at a hospital in New York and would love parenting phenomenon vids. Big hug to you and Leah! And Frankie too

I thank my parents for making sure I had super swag when I was a baby and had a proper Royal Silver Cross pram. 🙌

Wife and I love your channel, and now we’re expecting in a couple of months. Please make more parenting vein future proof videos!

When I first had my son I was pretty blown away by how costly strollers were, and just how many people care about specific brand names, just like any other status symbol, and then prices become ridiculous. Then you have the fact that there are a slew of parents that insist on everything being brand new, and everything being a big expensive brand. Then some of those people have multiple kids and each one has to have their own new expensive items. Now of course a little extra money for say a more sturdy built stroller (I live in Manitoba, so they need to be able to push through deep snow) is reasonable, but purely within what's critically necessary for function. We got ours second-hand, it was in great condition, and then we gave it to a friend that was having a kid shortly after we were going to be done with it, and I believe she was able to still pass it along as well. That's one benefit to reasonable cost on quality, but again, it's gotta be for quality and function, not a matter or brand or unnecessary features or design. That's just the strollers. I was surprised to see just how many items new parents do this with, from diaper bags to cribs, clothes to toys, and so much more. There is a lot of room for you guys to cover a lot of other parenting products/topics while staying absolutely within your usual product.

The Baby jogger is awsome. I have 2 boys, they did just about anything you can do to it, and its still like new. My oldest is 6! Not sturdy, thats funny. The baby jogger is a friging tank. I remember being freaked out about these things in the begining, and later noticing it was just something to stress about instead of stressing over becoming a mom.

I half agree. We have 3 kids and tried many strollers. I also thought that the stroller doesn’t matter and they all do the same, but then i have discovered Thule Cab and my live has changed! It is objectively a very good and versatile stroller where i can fit 4 kids if I want or 3 and get the whole house on the road! We even went skiing with it on the mountain! Amazing!

So funny this is coming out now. Was worried you were going to crush my dreams for a second. We are on the search for our stroller and experiencing all this

I would love that series!

We used a Quinny with 4 inflatable all terrain wheels 😅 but that was so I could get through the AB winters. It wasn't cheap, and I didn't even use it very much.

I work for one of the stroller companies mentioned in this video - and I totally agree with you. Also - the baby jogger model you got (great choice btw) is as sturdy as anything so I don't know why that petty comment was ever made?

Yes, do the series. There is an incredible amount of stuff to talk about, which means a lot of *CONTENT*

I'm just LOVING this daddy Levi content

My kid's 2.5 now. I was given a free secondhand stroller at his birth. Rarely used it. Basically only between 1y and 1.5y when I felt like walking and combining it with doing a lot of shopping. After that I got us a Thule - a baby wagon you attach to your bike. Ideal since we havent got a car, and walk can be too slow. The Thule is not cheap, but very lightweight, can be used as sort-of-stroller, turns easily, can fit 2 small kids, and a LOT os shopping. Never looked back.

I‘m sure this is a thing in my country as well, but most people I know will pass strollers on to the next parent in the family. „My“ stroller went to my cousin and so on. Babygear that isn’t needed constantly will be borrowed. Boxes of older cousins clothes at grandma’s to choose from. Saved a lot of money I believe 😅

5 kids here, first pram/stroller we got was imported from germany! To Australia! It was a Mutsy and it was awesome. Except for the fact my wife couldn't fold the damn thing up. The most important function. Crazy looking back on it now. We soon learnt that there was only one stroller we needed. New Zealand made Mountain Buggy. They were bombproof, easy to collapse, lots of accessories, and reasonably priced.

I specialize in luxury baby gear and yes it’s def a status symbol. I can normally tell what brand they are looking for by what they are wearing. Ysl bag+minimal look normally Nuna or Bugaboo. Chloe or LV neverfull for UP vista but with the Nuna Pipa. Chanel bag and a little flashy w/the jewelry probably Cybex. And you def fit the vibe of a baby jogger city mini gt2 (in a good way!).

Weird. We had the same two strollers for both kids -- an infant stroller (pram?) that lasted 3-4 months and an umbrella stroller that lasted 2ish years until the kids outgrew it. After the infant stroller, we were in love with the umbrella stroller -- small, lightweight, compact. . .

I’d absolutely love to see this turn into a series!

We got a great deal on our stroller used, I was very happy to get one that was very easy to push over any terrain and worked well even when there weren't curb cuts. I think we paid around $160 CAD on a stroller that is $700 new, and then we sold it for around $100 a few years later. :) Jogging Stroller - Mountain Buggy Urban Jungle

new daddy here as well, congrats! I go with this mindset for everything we buy for our baby; Do I remember my stroller? If the answer is of course not then who cares and I would challenge anyone who says different. You can't use your kids needs and wants as a reason to buy certain things. So much of baby stuff is geared for parents, so as long as baby is comfy and healthy then you might as well go for something you like. Buy what you want to buy and just accept that people make choices based off of different factors than you.

My sister just used a foldable handchart instead of a stroller. Has more space and can be used multiple ways. That thing made her the queen of every playground because nobody thought of using such a simple, cheap and practical solution. 😂

Definitely interested in more videos about the parenting phenomenon!

Yes! Please do that series about parenting !

You're not wrong about the desperation of new parents; i still can't believe how tempted i was at one point to try buying a $4000 crib and its promises of magic sleep-inducing qualities! The Babyzen Yoyo is the stroller of choice in urban Melbourne where we live; it's halfway between an umbrella stroller and a more full-featured model, and it's expensive for what you get, but totally worth it in our experience. We bought one for travelling to Japan when our son was 2, and loved it so much both there and at home that we switched over to it entirely. It was still in great condition when we were done with it, so we sold it on and got back a lot of that initial purchase price.

Yes more content like this please!!

parent who just got past the stroller phase here. Two things: 1) the second-hand market for these strollers is awesome. People willing to spend 1500 on their image aren't looking at second hand, so you can find them around 200. If they have a minor defect, it can go waaaay below that even. I spent €45 on a model that cost over €500 new. 2) beat your own parents to it when you are buying this thing. They will overspend on the one you don't want. Don't fall for this "only the best for my kid" trap! If it's fine, it's fine. Your kid needs to learn and experience that too.

I’d love to see more parenting videos! My husband and I have baby fever so it would be nice to prepare

We have a toddler and an infant and love our Vista V2 with the Rumble Seat attachment

15 years ago I went for a set of carseat and stroller. My criteria: fits in my car, it's in a gender neutral color (because people are annoying and apparently you can't put a baby boy in a pink stroller) and its easy to use. I can't tell how much other parents nagged me about how their stroller was better than my basic one. It puzzles me to this day why so much people buy certain strollers. Also, why do kids tend to use the stroller for much longer. I stopped using the stroller around 2/3 years. I see much older kids in the stroller now. Is it because it was so expensive that they have to use it longer?

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The older kids who use the stroller it would really depend on lifestyle, if the parents are outdoors alot because of their work or dont have a vehicle, it helps the kids who tire out and get sleepy during the day for nap time, strollers are their beds. Speaking from my experience, my parents made money setting up in flea markets and my mother didnt know how to drive... so the stroller was used for us until like 5yr old I think I know my brother would want to sit down and steal my stroller who was w years older then me.

Crazy, I am a parent of three and had no idea this was such a thing. I was just happy to have the stroller with the clip in car seat for easy transfer from car to stroller. I think I paid $350 for the stroller and carseat duel at the time. I'm glad I missed out on the hip stroller crowd.

Yes more parenting stuff! Given the cloth diapers in your video, I'd be super interested to hear about why they are becoming popular again. Are they really eco-friendly, save money, etc?

Yes, please, more content related to kids, parenting, and everything in between.

I'm watching this and all the while my brain keeps repeating "It's. So. Lame. It's. So. Lame." Caring about these things I mean, the video's great.

Yes please, videos about parenting and consumption sounds awesome!

Yep, everything else is getting bought second hand if possible but I worry about 2nd hand strollers unless it’s not been used much so we’re just going to shop around and get a hood deal on one we like and is tall enough for long mama. Also want a big winter tread for muddy wet England in the autumn/winter If anyone judges my choice they can get in the bin.

Yeeeah we went with a Graco system that was on clearance on their website with an additional 30% off for being new customers etc. Ended up being like $100. Thing worked like a champ for 2 kids. This was 5 years ago, and back then it was the same stroller as mentioned in the video. The Uppababy. Specifically the Vista. The $1,000 stroller that everyone had to have. I continue to point them out to my wife, who of course does not care. But I do it anyway, because dad. We went to a "nicer" mall in our area, and every single person with a stroller, it was a Vista. Not many. Not most. Every. Single. One. Now granted, this was a fancier mall in a fancier city. Also happens to be the only mall with an Apple Store (why we were there). It's insane. But! I have an additional phenomenon for you regarding fancification. That's now a word. Have you noticed that all cars have become luxury cars, more or less? And their price followed? Look at the interior of a 2013 Nissan Rogue and the luxury version, the 2014 Infiniti QX50. One's clearly a luxury car, one clearly isn't. And it's not even close. Now compare a 2023 Rogue interior to a 2023 QX50 interior. Huh. There's...not really a clear winner is there. Certainly not the massive difference there was a decade ago. Not a big difference in features either. And the prices have certainly reflected that. They've feature creeped the hell out of affordable cars. Face it, we've all been duped into buying luxury cars.

Oh please please do the parenting series! As someone who will have kids at some point soon that series would be incredible!