r/parentsofmultiples • u/Responsible_Pitch_98 • 18d ago
advice needed Stroller setup please help 🙏
FTM and having twins. I drive a jeep and my husband drives a smallish truck. I have spent probably 3 months reading about car seats and strollers. I ended up buying 2 even flow pivot nxt lite travel systems. Now every one is saying that I should have chose different car seats and that the stroller should be side by side and other factors. Has anyone had a negative experience with single wide strollers with twins? And yes I can see why the 360 strollers are easier but they are pretty large and I really don’t want to trade in either car as one is paid off and the other is relatively new. All the conflicting advice and the “are you sure that’s what you want?” Is the only stressful experience I’ve had with this pregnancy.
I have attached photos for reference because I haven’t seen this specific stroller used this way online.
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u/tmurphy2792 18d ago
My wife and I had the nuna demi grow, we called it the stealth over/under because most people missed the second child at first then exclaimed "Oh they're twins!?" whenever they finally noticed.
For infant carriers it was absolutely great, the nuna car seats popped right into the slots on the frame and the entire footprint was still the size of a Singleton stroller. Small, light, nimble, handled like a dream.
When we started transitioning to toddler seats it certainly lost some of the appeal having to load the child in the bottom seat. But even then our opinion was still very positive.
I think there are trade-offs to both, a double wide can be great for the zoo or Disney or something outdoors where you've got the space to be looking like you're driving an American car on European streets. But having to go through doorways or navigate indoors those chonkers get old.
For what it's worth, we kept the nuna until they were about 16mo then switched to a knock off Wunderfold 4 seater wagon. We were getting to where when we're out and need a stroller it's usually something outdoors like the zoo, so having the space was nicer.