Planning ahead....

I had a MB, I didn't use the cot though so can't answer that. I ended up selling mine and buying one of these



The mountain buggy I found a pain to fold down and put in and out of the car, I also found it hard to fit anything else in the boot once the buggy was in there so when I took my dogs out they were crammed in there with their little faces pushed up against the glass. It also is kind of a pain to take anywhere except the mall or wide open spaces, not exactly suitable for the local cafe, or the doctors etc.

Having said that it has been by far the best buggy I have used for steering and it felt very solid.

The one in the pic is great but the seats only go up to 15kg, so if you have big toddler it wouldn't be great. I take it outside along forest tracks and it's fine, the handles are a bit wafty but nothing you can't get over. It folds down like an umbrella stroller and fits in my footwell.
When I have the rear seat upright Kyle can see out over the top of Spencer so I don't mind them being one behind the other and it's easier to put the seat reclined so when he starts getting sleepy I lower him down.

I think i have talked myself out of the mb and into the p&t.... and now i am actually awake have gone into the product review section as I should have done last night LOL.

Thanks marissa, i had not even thought about getting around places.. I have enough trouble with the buggy I have now.

I'm totally looking at the P & T Vibe as it seems to be the only option to have a newborn and a big 2.5 year old.   I'm not keen on the kiddy board that goes on the back of some and we're planning on more kids so will come in handy!

i dont like the ones that put either baby or toddler behind the first seat, but most twins dont fit through doorways or you cant get storm covers etc... because im looking at such a small age gap too i found the p&t twin. it does everything the other ones dont. here is a pic, and you can see all the specs on the P&T website

pic of buggy

can you get sun and storm covers for those? i was put off cos i didnt think you could protect both babies in bad weather

Another option is exactly like the P&T - it's a Love N Care Europa (can get them at Farmers and Baby on the Move). They retail for the same price as a P&T ($720) but Farmers often have them on special for about $450-500.

I got a 6mo one off TM a couple of months back for $340 Cos it was in Invercargill noone wanted to get it shipped (we got free shipping). It's fab, does everything the P&T does, has the back part covered when baby is lying down (which apparently P&T don't? I don't know if that's right or not though). Only prob is the only double covers I could find were over in Oz but they worked out the same price as P&T covers to buy in NZ (I'm sure you could use a P&T one but I preferred to buy the one specifically for the brand).

The layback for the newborn is also able to positioned at whatever height you want - not limited to 3 settings or whatever as its on a pulley-type system. I think that'll come in quite handy!

Oh and they have great reviews, a lot of reviews saying that if you get them for a good price, they're way better than P&T as they've basically copied the design and made improvements from complaints about P&T. The brake is still a b*tch though!

So yeah if you have no money like we do and can't justify spending a small fortune on just a pram, I would highly recommend them. They pop up on TM every once in a while.

we bought the dash when we found out i was pregnant again. We only had a $50 stroller of trademe for henry so i figured we might as well buy the new pram and get use out of it with one child and then two. I couldnt put the brake on the sport on - actually couldnt do it no matter how hard i tried. The other thing we liked about the dash was the draw string part to adjust the recline of the seat. Better than haveing to unclip millions of buckles. Obviously havent tried it for any length of time with two children but have had a couple of trips with two toddlers and it worked great. Will be interesting to see how it goes with a newborn and toddler. Cant wait!!!