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Caroline White 'Living With' the Easywalker MINI
I live in Bath with my husband Simon and our 3 children, Seb aged 5, Dominic aged 3 and Polly, 4 months. Seb made history last year as the first child with Down's syndrome to model in a major TV ad (M&S) and our campaign work keeps us very busy. He is full of beans, charms the pants off everyone and thinks he is Buzz Lightyear. Dominic is quiet but quirky. He is OBSESSED with elephants, robots and dinosaurs. Polly (so far!) seems pretty chilled and enjoys the mayhem around her. We lead a really typical family life and love getting out and about in our beautiful home city, especially walking and boat spotting along the Kennet & Avon canal.
Living With Review
Jump to a Month: First Impressions | November 2013 | December 2013 | January 2014 | February 2014
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Super excited about taking the Easywalker Mini out for it’s first test drive.
I was struck by how simple it is to remove the carrycot, fold the frame
and put into the car. It then literally takes seconds to put back
together again.
Polly was fine about going in the carrycot and it wasn’t long before she settled down and fell fast asleep.
We went for a walk along the canal, which has a fairly even surface. The
buggy is light and easy to push and really smooth. Above all, it looks
GORGEOUS and I love pushing it whilst being able to look at my sleeping
baby!
November the 15th 2013
Today we took the Easywalker Mini into Bath city centre to do some shopping.
It is so easy to get out of the car and within seconds and a couple of clicks and the frame is up and the carrycot on.
Polly settled in and happily had her morning nap in it leaving me free
to browse in peace (in fact she slept longer than usual!).
It was an absolute breeze going in and out of the shops, the Easywalker
Mini is so light and easy to push, it glides over all surfaces. Best of
all the buggy is so slim it fits down the narrowest of aisles and
through he smallest little gaps. My usual pushchair is a Phil&Ted's
sport so this was quite liberating!!
I felt super proud pushing this beautiful buggy around, especially as I am yet to spot anyone else with one!
November the 16th 2013
LOOOOOOK! Mini me :)
A few years ago I went to the lovely Bath Christmas market with one of my boys in their Phil & Teds.
The market is extremely popular and coaches visit from far and wide to
drop off scores of visitors. I vowed NEVER to go again until I was child
free!
However, as the Easywalker is so slim and light I thought I'd give it a
go! And it was fine. Totally stress free, didn't bang into anyone or get
stuck, just weaved in and out of everyone beautifully, Polly was
wrapped up warm in her carrycot and I started to feel really excited
about Christmas!
The Easywalker mini offers quite a bumpy ride over cobbles! I think it's
because the wheels are quite small (compared to my Phil & Ted
anyway, which handles the cobbles a lot more easily).
The buggy wobbled all over the place and the cobbles caused it to tip a
little. It wasn't enough to wake Polly up though and as most streets
these days are not cobbled (!) it's not really a problem :)
December the 11th 2014
Some smarty pants has parked their car on the pavement. Ordinarily, with my P&T, I would have had to have walked in the (busy) road around it but the easywalker mini is so super skinny it was no problem fitting through. I even did it not handed whilst taking this photo :)
Over Christmas we were on the road a LOT! We spent actual Christmas at
my parents in Essex and also travelled to a wedding in Sussex the day
before Christmas Eve.
As Polly is now almost 6 months, she wants to be looking around a lot
more so whilst she still fits (albeit snugly) into the carrycot, she
would prefer to be sitting, not lying flat when she is awake.
So the wedding was the perfect time to try her out in the seat unit. I
was practically crying at the thought of not using the carrycot anymore,
it is so lovely to push around, BUT once she was in the seat unit I
discovered a whole new world of loveliness!
Not only does the buggy look super cute, it is so compact and pod like,
it also still looks super stylish - it was lovely to be at a wedding
with such a smart and small set of wheels. We managed to keep nice and
tidily out of the way, manoeuvred ourselves in and out of small spaces
and amazingly Polly even slept in it despite it being very noisy in the
venue.
And the carrycot still had it's place! We took it with us and she slept
in it at our hotel (I HATE the idea of using a hotels travel cot and it
saved us taking ours).
As we were rushed over Christmas and on the day of the wedding we didn't
have time to really read the instructions properly but we managed to
work out how to fix the seat unit and harness, although I need to have a
look and make sure it's all done properly. The hood seemed a bit tricky
to transfer from the carrycot to the seat so we didn't bother but it
wasn't a problem as it meant the buggy was even smaller and neater than
usual.
This buggy is a joy. A beautiful one at that!
January the 17th 2014
Today on the way to school pick up the heavens opened. Doesn't it always? It was ok for Polly though as I'd brought the raincover with us as it seems quite usual these days for the bright blue skies to darken over and for floods to follow, usually at 2.55pm. Within seconds Polly was tucked up nicely in her rainproof pod and was the only one of us to keep dry.
January the 24th 2014
At 6 months, Polly has now started to want to be more upright so she can look around and it's lovely for me to be able to see her, using the parent facing option. I have never had this before and it makes so much difference. I love being able to see her and interact with her. As my eldest has special needs we use Makaton (Mr Tumble language) and I will be using it with her too so I am excited that I can sign whilst we are out and about. I also love how easy and gently the seat reclines. By the time we had done school drop off today I could tell she was getting tired and restless so I reclined the seat and now we are home I have parked her in the corner still asleep!
Yet last night she was able to sit in the buggy like a chair whilst we watched my son at swimming. I LOVE how she holds onto the buggy frame :)
I love how if I'm pushed for time (or feeling lazy!) I can fit the buggy in the car by just putting the handle down and not having the fold it up. It makes the school pick up super easy.
February the 18th 2014
We are lucky enough to have a bus route that runs just a one minute walk from our house right into various central points in Bath. I have only ever caught the bus once before, when I had both my boys in the Phil & Ted's buggy. By the time I got into town I was almost in tears and vowed never to do it again. The boys had to be taken out of and the driver insisted I took it apart and folded it up. Armed with bags and two small children it was one of the most stressful things I have ever done.
As the EASYWALKER mini is so light and small and because it is more
convenient getting the bus than faffing about with driving and parking, I
decided to give it another go. And it was perfect! The buggy slipped
easily onto the bus and barely took up any room. I "parked" it into the
disabled bay and knew that if I had to move there was plenty of other
options and places for me to put it. I didn't dread the journey home and
I will choose this method of going in to town every time now.
