which way does your baby face in the buggy?

[Patti odoors]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081121/tuk-babies-stressed-out-by-buggies-45dbed5.html

What do you think?

[Purplecat]

I saw this, not much tbh.

Amber spent her first few months facing towards me and she was a pain.

William never faced me as he was in a double buggie. he's ok.

Abi goes in the sling or is facing me in her pram, she is much happier than the other 2, will have to see whats she's like when she's older and facing forward.

I also think it depends if you make the effort to talk to your kids, even stopping at times to have a face to face conversation, which I did with the other 2, basically coz they wouldn't shut up until i did LOL

[Rainbowwitch]

For the first few month they faced me then around 6 months they faced the world

[Bear]

I always have Evie facing me - I can't bear not to see her!

TBH, I think that the little time baby spends in a pushchair each day is not enough to contribute significantly to the findings in the report - however, obviously it is easier to converse with your child if they are facing you.

More importantly, it's the time spent with them outside of the buggy that matters, IMO.

[josiewassit]

Ben and Josh have had the same pram and they face away from me but it's never been a problem, I always talk to them and if in a queue at the post office or shop, I have always turned them to face me. I look in on them as much as I can. Both my boys seem so interested in looking around that I think they would get bored facing me all the time!! I have been shopping this morning and it obviously doesn't bother Josh - he has been asleep for most of it!!!

[evey101]

well dyaln always slept in the pushchair so i don't think it made any difference to him. he did face me though. same with charlie but i had to chat to her non stop to stop her from crying

[shazgh]

Their pram they lay flat but their feet were pointing to me ITMS or they were in the sling, then from about 9 months they faced the way we were going. I think kids will be stressed if their parents are stressed and don't communicate with them whether they are in a buggy or not.

[evey101]

Their pram they lay flat but their feet were pointing to me ITMS or they were in the sling, then from about 9 months they faced the way we were going. I think kids will be stressed if their parents are stressed and don't communicate with them whether they are in a buggy or not.

exactly.

i think that this is more aimed at the people who have the kids in the buggy almost all day while they are shopping and seeing mates (and drinking as i see the girls doin in the town center) these kids aren;t exactly getting the best start any way regardless of what way they are facing

[shazgh]

Yes and add to that the bottle in their mouth propped up with rolled blankets to save them even having to take them out the pram

[Girlzmum]

I think both of mine faced me until about 6 months, I would have liked to use a sling but my pelvis simply didn't let me carry them any distance at all.