| As a new mother, you are not told how difficult it | | | | reach them. |
| is going to be for the first six weeks. Everyone | | | | Out of all the items you need for a baby, |
| tells you how wonderful it will be, that you won't | | | | probably the most tested and yet most |
| get much sleep in the beginning, and that it will be | | | | controversial item is a stroller. There are several |
| very difficult, but no one says to you that the | | | | manufacturers, every manufacturer produces at |
| first six weeks will be horrible, and then all of a | | | | least five or so strollers, and you need to select |
| sudden it will get easier. | | | | at least one for your baby and family needs. Do |
| You need items that you have never even used | | | | you need a travel system, which holds both a car |
| before, and if you know anybody who has ever | | | | seat and a stroller, what are the weight limits, do |
| raised, carried, or even seen a child before, they | | | | you have more than one child who will need to sit |
| have an opinion for you about how you should | | | | or stand on the stroller, how long has this stroller |
| raise yours. You read an insane amount of articles | | | | been produced, has it been recalled, and so on. |
| before the birth about other people's birth | | | | One of the best answers is to consult a toll free |
| experiences, your own fears multiply | | | | directory. You can call different locations again and |
| incrementally, and you start to wonder what in | | | | again, not only to ask them the questions you |
| the world you were thinking, wanting to have a | | | | want to, questions that will come up after testing |
| baby. | | | | the strollers, and after hearing other questions |
| When you start focusing on what you need for | | | | pop into your head talking with other parents |
| the baby, you go to a number of stores, read | | | | about their stroller, but also to compare prices. |
| more articles, and test out merchandise. It's | | | | You would be surprised to find that the stroller |
| interesting that people tell you to test out | | | | price itself may not vary substantially from |
| merchandise before you have the baby. You don't | | | | retailer to retailer, but for the effort, and using an |
| know what it's going to be like to have a baby, | | | | 800 number, you could easily save yourself a |
| you are relying on salespeople and other articles | | | | significant amount of money in shipping costs. |
| to find out what you might "need" and yet, you're | | | | Even your local well-known chain store charges |
| testing items. | | | | significant costs to ship items to you, and if you |
| The people who help you in the stores are often | | | | compare prices, you are sure to find that the |
| individuals who have never had children, either, so | | | | shipping costs are worked into the in-store cost. |
| that isn't especially helpful. They may carry the | | | | Using an on-line retailer, even with photos, does |
| merchandise in these stores, but they aren't | | | | not tell you much of the information you will find |
| always the best price, and they aren't always the | | | | relevant for your purposes, including what do |
| only items that are out there, just the ones that | | | | others say about this product, have there been |
| this particular well-known chain store chooses to | | | | many returns, and if so, what do they purchase |
| carry. | | | | instead? Make sure you get all your questions |
| So where else can you go? | | | | answered by the retailer you find on your 800 |
| You are always sure to find an endless amount of | | | | number directory. You can call as many times as |
| stores on the internet, but calling them to find out | | | | you want, and you may also save a significant |
| information isn't always feasible. Many of them do | | | | amount of money. At least enough to buy one |
| not have 800 numbers, or a toll-free solution to | | | | more month's worth of diapers. |