Seeing Double: Twin and Triplet Strollers to the Rescue
If you think you're seeing double, you're not alone. Twin births have risen 3 percent each year between 1990 and 2004, and triplet births jumped a whopping 404 percent in the 1980s and 1990s.[1] With so many twins and triplets being born, moms want to learn about the best strollers for their growing family.
A Helping Hand
With so many multiples entering the world, moms need an extra hand. Items such as car seats and high chairs accommodate only one kid, but strollers come in twin and triplet sizes to fit your family. Triplet and twin baby strollers provide room for two or three, plus extra storage to carry all the baby gear needed for a grand day out. A few of the best twin and triplet strollers are highlighted below.
Super Storage
Moms of twins, including super star Julia Roberts,[2] love the Valco TriMode Twin Double Stroller, which features handy storage pockets just about everywhere - under the seat, on the seat back, and on the rear of the canopy. A removable zippered pocket lets you easily grab essential items such as a cell phone and wallet. With generous padding in the seat, kids ride comfortably. Best of all, the TriMode fits through standard doorways, something any twin baby stroller pusher appreciates.
Room to Grow
For infants who look to grow faster and taller than you can imagine, the Phil and Teds Twin Stroller fits kids as tall as 45", making this side by side double stroller one of the roomiest in its class while still sporting a 29" width skinny enough for most standard 32" doorways. This Phil and Teds stroller for two sports individually adjusting canopies to keep kids happy and a 180 degree recline to fit the smallest infants. For a stroller for two that pushes easily, the Mountain Buggy Urban Double Stroller turns with one finger and comes with a newborn accommodating harness and a near-flat recline for infants. At 25" wide, the Urban Double Stroller is svelte enough for any boutique, though at 35 lbs, certainly not the lightest stroller on the market.
The Bumbleride Indie Twin Stroller comes with a footmuff, cupholder, air pump, car seat adapter and bumper bar. Use your Bumbleride Twin Stroller and car seat together by attaching the car seat adapter. Many two seat strollers accommodate a single infant car seat with the addition of a car seat adapter.
Lighten Your Load
The BOB Revolution Duallie, a jogging stroller for two, features a front swivel wheel that corners in the grocery store and that also locks forward with superior tracking when jogging. Perfect for parents wanting one stroller for all their needs, the Revolution Duallie Twin Stroller lightens the baby gear load. To shave weight off your stroller, the BOB Revolution Duallie 12" AW Twin Jogging Stroller features 12" wheels instead of the Duallie's 16" wheels.
Traveling with two, you want a stroller that folds quickly and compactly. All Baby Jogger strollers collapse easily, and the Baby Jogger City Classic Twin Stroller requires minimal effort to fold and weighs a manageable 33 lbs. Perfect for everyday walking and errand running with two, the City Classic provides deep padded seats for Jack and Jill. At 26 lbs, the Baby Jogger City Mini Twin Stroller offers a generous sun canopy, an easy fold, and one of the lightest weights available.
Triplets
Looking for a three-seat baby stroller? The Baby Jogger Q Series Triple Stroller stays balanced with three kids in the stroller, and each seat reclines individually to accommodate triplets as different as they are alike. Storage pockets keep baby gear within easy reach. The Mountain Buggy Urban Triplet Stroller features the same great features as the Urban Double Stroller, only for three! Flat, individually reclining seats accommodate newborns while front swivel wheels assist the maneuvering of three children around a mall. While at 42" wide, the Urban Triple is unlikely to fit through many doorways, it is slim enough to wind its way through larger urban spaces, such as mall and the high street.
When babies come in pairs, look to twin strollers and triplet strollers to give you an extra hand. Get the whole family out for rides, and make errands easier with these handy strollers. So, if you are one of the 32 in 1,000 moms looking forward to two (or three!), consider a twin baby stroller or triplet baby stroller.
Why so many twins?
A rise in fertility treatments is the main cause. Another factor is the later age at which many women now have children. The probability of twinning increases the later a woman gives birth, as high as 1 in 9 for women over 50.[3]
Interested in having multiples? Eat yams. Studies show that groups of Nigerian women who eat yams frequently have a 1 in 22 chance of giving birth to twins. If yams aren't your thing, consider moving to Connecticut or Massachusetts, where rates of twins and triplets are 25% higher than in other areas of the country. Yams and states aside, twinning happens more frequently if you, your mom, or your mother's mother is a fraternal twin or if you've already had one set of twins.[4]
Sources:
- National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6 : "Births: Final Data for 2005" (PDF).
- BabyChic101
- Fierro, Pamela Prindle (Jan 2008). Statistics About Twins, Triplets and Multiple Births. About.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- Increasing Your Chance of Twins. Pregnancy-info.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
